Brent R. Appel

Professional career

• Judge, Supreme Court of Iowa, 2006-present
• As of 2022, Appel is Instructor of Law and Deputy Director of the Institute for Justice Reform & Innovation at Drake University Law School
• Brent Appel | Drake University Justice Brent Appel joined the Drake Law faculty in 2022 after serving as a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court for sixteen years.
• After clerking for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Appel held the role of First Assistant Attorney General of Iowa (1979–1983) and Deputy Attorney General (1983–1987), arguing four cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including Nix v.
• He also chaired the Iowa Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission

Education

Additional information

• Brent R. Appel is an American attorney, former justice of the Iowa Supreme Court (2006–2022), and current faculty member at Drake University Law School
• Appel authored significant dissents, including a 94‐page dissent in the 2022 Iowa Supreme Court abortion ruling.
• He received the Iowa State Bar Association’s Rolland E. Grefe Pro Bono Publico Award in 2022 for his access‐to‐justice leadership
• In 2010, Chief Justice John Roberts appointed him to the Federal Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence (2010–2016).
• He was retained by voters in 2008 and 2016.
• He then practiced in Des Moines until 2006
• Appel was appointed by Governor Tom Vilsack in 2006 to succeed James H. Carter.
• J.D. — University of California at Berkeley School of Law in 1977. [...] He worked as a law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• Appel was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in history from Stanford University in 1973, followed by a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1977.
• Born July 13, 1950.
• Date of birth: 1950-07-13
• Whiteside.
• focusing on commercial litigation, employment law, and personal injury
• He also offers mediation, arbitration, and consulting services
• JD — University of California, Berkeley, where he served on the board of editors of the California Law Review
• received the Jamieson Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Advocacy
• Birth place: Dubuque