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Ronald Earl Longstaff
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. Senior status since November 5, 2006.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- July 24, 1991
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 2, 1991
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 31, 1991
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 31, 1991
- Commissioned
- November 5, 1991
- Senior status
- Since November 5, 2006
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1941, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Roy L. Stephenson, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 1965-1967
- Private practice, Des Moines, Iowa, 1967-1968
- Clerk, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 1968-1976
- Adjunct professor, Drake Law School, 1973-1976
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