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James Gritzner

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Tenure

2015 - Present

Years in position

10

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Years in office: 2002 - 2015

Education

Bachelor's

Dakota Wesleyan University, 1969

Law

Drake University Law School, 1979

Graduate

The University of Northern Iowa, 1974

Personal

Birthplace

Charles City, IA

Contact

Official website

James Gritzner is anArticle III federal judge onsenior status for theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. He joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush. Gritzner became chief judge of the court in 2011. He served as chief judge until assumingsenior status on March 1, 2015.^[1]

Early life and education

Gritzner graduated from Dakota Wesleyan University with his bachelor's degree in 1969. He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with his Master's degree in 1974 before attaining hisJ.D. degree from Drake University Law School in 1979.^[1]

Professional career

Gritzner began his legal career as an assistant toMagistrate JudgeRonald Longstaff in theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa from 1977 to 1979. From 1979 to 2002, Gritzner was an attorney in private practice. Gritzner also served as a member of the Iowa Board of Parole from 1980 to 1982.^[1]

Judicial career

Southern District of Iowa

On the recommendation of U.S. SenatorChuck Grassley, Gritzner was nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush onJuly 2001 to a seat vacated by JudgeCharles Wolle as Wolle went onsenior status. Gritzner was confirmed by the U.S.Senate onFebruary 14, 2002, on a majority voice vote and received commission onFebruary 19, 2002. Gritzner became chief judge of the court in 2011 until assumingsenior status.^[2]

See also

• United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

External links

Suggest a link

• Biography of James E. Gritzner from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byGeorge W. Bush
2001	Armijo •Bates •Beistline •Blackburn •Bowdre •Bunning •Bury •Caldwell •Camp •Cassell •Cebull •Clement •Clifton •Crane •Eagan •Engelhardt •Friot •Gibbons •Granade •Gregory •Gritzner •Haddon •Hartz •Heaton •Hicks •Howard •Johnson •Jorgenson •Krieger •Land •Leon •Mahan •Martinez •Martone •McConnell •Melloy •Mills •O'Brien •Parker •Payne •Prost •Reeves •Riley •Robinson •Rogers •Royal •Shedd •B. Smith •L. Smith •Walton •Wooten •Zainey
2002	Africk •Anderson •Autrey •Baylson •Cercone •Chesler •Clark •Collyer •Conner •Conti •Corrigan •Davis •Davis •Dorr •England •Ericksen •Fuller •Gardner •Godbey •Griesbach •Hanen •Hovland •Hudson •Jones •Jordan •Kinkeade •Klausner •Kugler •Leighton •Linares •Moses •Marra •Martinez •Martini •Mays •McVerry •Phillips •Raggi •Reade •Rose •Rufe •Savage •Schwab •Smith •St. Eve •Walter •White •Wolfson
2003	Adams •Altonaga •Bea •Benitez •Bennett •Boyle •Brack •Breen •Browning •Burns •Bybee •Callahan •Campbell •Cardone •Carney •Castel •Chertoff •Cohn •Colloton •Conrad •Coogler •Cook •Cooke •Crone •Der-Yeghiayan •Drell •Duffey •Duncan •Erickson •Feuerstein •Figa •Filip •Fischer •Fisher •Flanagan •Floyd •Frost •Gibson •Greer •Gruender •Guirola •Hall •Hardiman •Hayes •Herrera •Hicks •Holmes •Holwell •Hopkins •Houston •Irizarry •Jones •Junell •Karas •Kravitz •Martinez •McKnight •Minaldi •Montalvo •Mosman •Otero •Pickering •Prado •Pratter •Proctor •Quarles •Robart •Roberts •Robinson •Rodgers •Rodriguez •Sabraw •Sanchez •Saylor •Selna •Sharpe •Simon •Springmann •Stanceu •Steele •Stengel •Suko •Sutton •Sykes •Titus •Townes •Tymkovich •Van Antwerpen •Varlan •Wake •Wesley •White •Woodcock • Yeakel
2004	Alvarez •Benton •Boyko •Covington •Diamond •Harwell •Kelley •Schiavelli •Schneider •Starrett •Watson
2005	Alito •Barrett •Batten •Bianco •Brown •Burgess •Conrad •Cox •Crotty •Delgado-Colon •Dever •DuBose •Griffin •Griffith •Johnston •Kendall •Larson •Ludington •Mattice •McKeague •Neilson •Owen •Pryor •Roberts •Sandoval •Schiltz •Seabright •Smoak •Van Tatenhove •Vitaliano •Watkins •Zouhary
2006	Besosa •Bumb •Chagares •Cogan •Gelpi •Golden •Gordon •Gorsuch •Guilford •Hillman •Holmes •Ikuta •D. Jordan •K. Jordan •Kavanaugh •Miller •Moore •Shepherd •Sheridan •Smith •Whitney •Wigenton
2007	Anderson •Aycock •Bailey •Bryant •Davis •DeGiusti •Dow •Elrod •Fairbank •Fischer •Frizzell •Gutierrez •Hall •Hardiman •Haynes •Howard •Jarvey •Jones •Jonker •Kapala •Kays •Laplante •Limbaugh •Lioi •Livingston •Maloney •Mauskopf •Mendez •Miller •Neff •O'Connor •O'Grady •O'Neill •Osteen •Ozerden •Reidinger •Sammartino •Schroeder •Settle •Smith •Snow •Southwick •Suddaby •Sullivan •Thapar •Tinder •Van Bokkelen •Wood •Wright •Wu
2008	Agee •Anello •Arguello •Brimmer •Gardephe •Goldberg •Jones •Kethledge •Lawrence •Matsumoto •Melgren •Murphy •Scriven •Seibel •Slomsky •Trenga •Waddoups •White

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Active judges	Chief Judge: Stephanie Rose  •  Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger  •  Stephen Locher
Senior judges	James Gritzner  •  Ronald Longstaff  •
Magistrate judges	Thomas Shields (Iowa)  •  Ross Walters  •  Stephen B. Jackson, Jr.  •  Helen C. Adams  •
Former Article III judges	Robert Pratt  •  Charles Wolle  •  John Jarvey  •  James M. Love  •  John Simson Woolson  •  Smith McPherson  •  Martin Joseph Wade  •  Charles Almon Dewey  •  William Stuart  •  Harold Vietor  •  William Hanson (federal judge)  •  Edwin Hicklin  •  Roy Stephenson  •  Carroll Switzer  •  William F. Riley  •
Former Chief judges	Robert Pratt  •  Charles Wolle  •  Ronald Longstaff  •  William Stuart  •  Harold Vietor  •  William Hanson (federal judge)  •  Roy Stephenson  •