Linda K. Neuman
Linda K. Neuman (born 1948) is an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from August 4, 1986, to July 11, 2003. She was appointed from Scott County, Iowa.[1]
Linda K. Neuman | |
|---|---|
| Associate Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court | |
| In office August 4, 1986 – July 11, 2003 | |
| Appointed by | Terry Branstad |
| Preceded by | Harvey Uhlenhopp |
| Succeeded by | David Wiggins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 (age 74–75) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | University of Colorado Boulder (BA, JD) |
Early life and education
Neuman was born in Chicago in 1948. She moved to Denver with her family in 1956. Neuman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1970 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado Law School in 1973.[2]
Career
After marrying her husband in 1977, Neuman moved to the Quad Cities region. She worked as a trust officer at a local bank and was a professor at the University of Iowa before her appointment as a judicial magistrate for Scott County, Iowa. She was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court by Governor Terry Branstad in 1986, becoming the first woman to serve on the court.[2][3][4]
Neuman was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 2015.[5]
References
- Iowa Judicial Branch Past Iowa Supreme Court Justices page for Linda K. Neuman at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-09-24)
- "UI Collection Guides -Linda Kinney Neuman papers, 1975-2003". collguides.lib.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- "Linda K. Neuman | Past Justices | Iowa Judicial Branch". www.iowacourts.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- "Can a woman find her way onto the all male Iowa Supreme Court? This time, likely yes". www.thegazette.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- Ferguson, Danielle. "4 to be inducted into Iowa Women's Hall of Fame". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2021-06-21.