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Marsha Bergan
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Marsha Bergan was a judge of the Sixth District of Iowa. She was appointed to this position in 2007.[1] She was retained in 2014 for a term that would have expired on December 31, 2020.[2] She retired in September 2017.[3]
Elections
2014
Bergan was retained to the 6th District with 75.8 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [2]
Education
Bergan graduated from Luther College with a bachelor's degree in 1973. She went on to receive her J.D. from the University of Iowa in 1977.[1]
Career
Bergan began her career working for Legal Services Corporation and was later the co-managing attorney of the Iowa City Legal Aid office. She then worked as a private practice lawyer in Iowa City for 25 years. For 18 years of this time, beginning in 1988, she also served District Six as a Jackson County magistrate judge. She has also worked as a substitute hospitalization referee.[1]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2005: Meritorious Award for Part-time Judicial Officers, Iowa Judicial Branch
Associations
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Iowa State Bar Association
- Board of Governors, Iowa State Bar Association
- Member, Johnson County Bar Association
- Master member, Dean Mason Ladd American Inn of Court
- Fellow, Iowa State Bar Foundation
- Board of Directors, Iowa Association of Magistrate Judges
- President, Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys
- Vice chair, Iowa Board of Law Examiners[1]
See also
- Iowa District Courts
- Iowa District Six
- Benton County, Iowa
- Iowa County, Iowa
- Johnson County, Iowa
- Jones County, Iowa
- Linn County, Iowa
- Tama County, Iowa
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Iowa Judicial Branch, "District Six Judges and Magistrates," accessed September 4, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Iowa Secretary of State, "Judges Standing for Retention November 4, 2014 General Election," accessed September 4, 2014
- ↑ The Gazette, "Linn County prosecutor appointed as next district judge," June 25, 2018
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Iowa, Southern District of Iowa • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Iowa, Southern District of Iowa
State courts:
Iowa Supreme Court • Iowa Court of Appeals • Iowa district courts
State resources:
Courts in Iowa • Iowa judicial elections • Judicial selection in Iowa
