1 Federal Court Overview Southern District of Iowa Frank Severino Chief Deputy Chief Deputy Clerk of Court • Hired by the court to carry out the court’s administrative functions • Records • Finance • IT • Jurors • Attorney Regulation • Naturalization • Execute Projects 1 2 3
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Southern District of Iowa Frank Severino · • Chief Magistrate Judge Helen C. Adams • Magistrate Judge Celeste F. Bremer • RecalledMagistrate Judge Ross A. Walters Courthouses
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Federal Court Overview
Southern District of IowaFrank Severino
Chief Deputy
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
• Hired by the court to carry out the court’s administrative functions
• Records
• Finance
• IT
• Jurors
• Attorney Regulation
• Naturalization
• Execute Projects
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Overview
• Update on courts
• Courthouse projects
• Best practices
• Changes to Federal Rules
• Resources
• Jury Information
• Transcripts
• COVID‐19
• U.S. Supreme Court
• Circuit Courts of Appeals
• 11 Judicial Circuits
• District Courts
• 94 Judicial Districts
Each Court Is Different
NEXT GEN
Attorney Regulation
Local Rules
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Southern District of Iowa:
• Des Moines
• Davenport
• Council Bluffs
Des Moines
• U.S. District Courthouse• Article III Judges
• Chief Judge John A. Jarvey• Judge Stephanie M. Rose• Judge Rebecca Goodgame
Ebinger• Senior Judge Charles R. Wolle• Senior Judge Robert W. Pratt• Senior Judge James E. Gritzner
• Magistrate Judges• Chief Magistrate Judge Helen
C. Adams• Magistrate Judge Celeste F.
Bremer• Recalled Magistrate Judge Ross
A. Walters
Courthouses and Judges
Council Bluffs
“Old Post Office” and Federal Building
Davenport
• U.S. District Courthouse
• Magistrate Judges
• Magistrate Judge Stephen B. Jackson, Jr.
• Recalled Magistrate Judge Thomas J. Shields
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• Judge offices are called “Chambers”
• Chambers Staff:
• Law Clerks (3)
• Paralegals
• Judicial Assistants
• Perform legal research and draft the Judge’s decisions and orders
Contacting Judges
•Never ex parte• Judicial Assistant•website
•Rulings
Trends
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Criminal
Civil
Why remove a case?
• Federal judges may be more experienced‐ predictable
• Smaller case load‐ timeliness
• More resources‐ multiple law clerks
• Better developed case law
• Jury pool is broader and covers a wider demographic area