Edward Mansfield (judge)

Edward M. Mansfield (born January 12, 1957) is a Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court.[1]

Edward Mansfield
Associate Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
Assumed office
February 23, 2011
Appointed byTerry Branstad
Preceded byMichael Streit
Judge of the Iowa Court of Appeals
In office
2009 – February 23, 2011
Appointed byChet Culver
Personal details
Born (1957-01-12) January 12, 1957
Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationHarvard University (AB)
Yale University (JD)

Education

Mansfield grew up in Massachusetts.[2] His mother was a refugee from the Soviet Union.[3] He graduated from Harvard College, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, in 1978 and Yale Law School in 1982.[4][5] During law school, Mansfield worked at the Boston office of Sullivan & Worcester and at the Los Angeles office of O'Melveny & Myers. He declined offers from both firms to join them permanently.[5]

After law school Mansfield clerked for Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit before entering private practice.[1] From 1983 to 1996, he practiced at Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie in Phoenix, Arizona, where he became a partner in 1988.[5] He then moved to Des Moines for his wife's career and was a litigator at Belin McCormick P.C. from 1996 to 2009.[6][3] In 1997, Mansfield started teaching as an adjunct professor at Drake University. He has also served as the chairperson of the board of directors of Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa.[1]

State judicial service

Mansfield was appointed by Chet Culver to the Iowa Court of Appeals in 2009.[1]

Iowa Supreme Court

Mansfield was one of three justices appointed by Governor Terry Branstad in 2011.[7] In November 2010, Iowa voters had removed all three justices seeking reelection in response to the court unanimously legalizing same-sex marriage in Varnum v. Brien.[8]

In 2012, Mansfield authored an opinion for the court which found a dentist did not commit gender discrimination when, at the insistence of his wife, he fired a dental assistant to whom he was sexually attracted.[9][10] In 2016, Mansfield dissented when the Court found that the Iowa Constitution categorically prohibited life without parole for juveniles who committed first degree murder.[7]

In September 2016, Mansfield was named as a possible Supreme Court nominee by then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump.[11]

See also

References
  1. "The Hon. Edward M. Mansfield". American Law Institute. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  2. "Iowa Supreme Court finalists McDermott, Chicchelly, and May, in their own words". Bleeding Heartland. March 11, 2020. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  3. "Iowa Voters Judicial Directory" (PDF). Iowa Judicial Branch. August 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 18, 2019.
  4. "Gov. Culver appoints attorney to Iowa Court of Appeals". Globe Gazette | Mason City, Iowa | globegazette.com. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  5. Mansfield, Edward (2011). "Questionnaire". Iowa Judicial Watch.
  6. "Edward Mansfield". VoteSmart. Archived from the original on April 5, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  7. "Branstad names Iowa Court of Appeals Judge Edward Mansfield to the Iowa Supreme Court". Office of the Governor of Iowa. February 23, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  8. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (November 3, 2010). "Ouster of Iowa Judges Sends Signal to Bench". The New York Times. p. A1. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  9. Nelson v. Knight, No. 11-1857 (Iowa Dec. 21, 2012).
  10. "Iowa Supreme Court: OK to fire 'irresistible' worker". CNN.com. December 22, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  11. Flores, Reena (September 23, 2016). "Donald Trump will expand list of possible Supreme Court picks". CBS News. Retrieved September 23, 2016 – via MSN.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Michael Streit		 Associate Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
2011–present		 Incumbent


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