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Rosemary Sackett
Rosemary Shaw Sackett was a chief judge for the Iowa Court of Appeals. She was appointed to the court in 1983 and was elected chief judge in 1999.[1] She was retained to the court in 2008.[2] She retired January 17, 2012, when she reached the mandatory retirement age.[3] As of 2012, she held the record of the longest serving judge in the appellate court's history.[4]
Education
Rosemary Sackett was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa on January 17, 1940.[5] She graduated from Buena Vista College in 1960. She went on to earn her law degree from Drake University Law School in 1963. In 1990, she received her master of laws (LL.M.) degree from the University of Virginia. Buena Vista University awarded her an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree in 2006. She is married and has five children.[6][1]
Career
Judge Sackett practiced law in Pocahontas and Spencer, Iowa for 20 years before joining the Court of Appeals. She has also worked as an assistant County Attorney in Clay County and she is a member of various law associations.[1]
See also
- News: Iowa Court of Appeals upholds journalist's free speech, November 25, 2011
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Sackett biography
- ↑ 2008 Election Results Scroll to bottom of page
- ↑ WCF Courrier, "Seat to open up in Court of Appeals," October 6, 2011
- ↑ CBS:WHBF-TV, "Ceremony to mark retirement of Judge Sackett," October 11, 2011
- ↑ Iowa Publications Online, "Iowa Court of Appeals Scroll to "SACKETT"
- ↑ "Judge Rosemary Sackett to Deliver Commencement Address," Buena Vista University"
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
