WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Judge Leonard Terry Strand to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
“I am pleased to nominate Judge Leonard Terry Strand to serve on the United States District Court bench,” said President Obama. “I am confident he will serve the American people with distinction.”
Judge Leonard Terry Strand: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
Judge Leonard Terry Strand has served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the Northern District of Iowa since 2012. Previously, he worked at the law firm of Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he specialized in commercial litigation and employment law and also served on the firm’s management committee. Judge Strand joined Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC as an associate in 1990 and was made partner in 1996. He received his J.D. with highest distinction in 1990 from the University of Iowa College of Law and his B.A. with high distinction from the University of Iowa in 1987