Matthew McDermott

Professional career

• Matthew Charles McDermott is an Associate Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, appointed in April 2020 and serving until December 31, 2030
• Governor Kim Reynolds appointed McDermott to the Iowa Supreme Court in April 2020 to replace Justice David Wiggins
• He also worked as a summer associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City and volunteered at the East Bay Community Law Center
• He currently chairs the Iowa Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission Iowa Judicial Branch

Education

Additional information

• He was retained by voters in the November 8, 2022 retention election with 67.5% approval.
• Born November 22, 1977 in Carroll, Iowa, McDermott earned a B.A. in economics and political science from the University of Iowa in 2000, and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2003, where he held the role of editor of the California Law Review.
• Date of birth: 1977-11-22