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Dana Oxley
Dana Leanne Oxley (born December 21, 1967) is an associate justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. Education Oxley obtained a Bachelor of Arts in accounting from the University of Northern Iowa in 1990. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1998. In law school, she was articles editor of the Journal of Corporation Law, graduated third in her class, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Legal and academic career Oxley joined the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar Rapids law firm Shuttleworth & Ingersoll in 1999. She was then a career law clerk for Judge David R. Hansen of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit from 2001 to 2011. When Hansen retired in 2011, Oxley returned to resume her career at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll and specialized in Appeal, civil appellate litigation. She taught at Iowa Law in 2007, 2011, and from 2014 to the present. She also was an editor of the Eighth Circuit Appellate Practice Manual. Appointment to Io ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Iowa. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The Court holds its regular sessions in Des Moines in the Iowa Judicial Branch Building located at 1111 East Court Avenue on the state Capitol grounds, south of the Iowa State Capitol. History In 1846, Iowa became the 29th state to join the United States. Following the constitution of the Federal government, the powers of the government in Iowa were divided into the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. The Iowa General Assembly divided the state into four judicial districts, and Supreme Court justices were to serve six year terms, while district judges were elected for five year terms. The Constitution of Iowa of 1857 increased the number of judicial districts to 11, and allowed the General Assembly to reorganize districts after 1860 and every four years thereafter. Functions The Supreme Court of Iowa is an app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |