Ronald Earl Longstaff

Ronald Earl Longstaff (born 1941) is an inactive Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

Ronald Earl Longstaff
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Incumbent
Assumed office November 5, 2006
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
In office 2001–2006
Preceded by	Charles Robert Wolle
Succeeded by	Robert W. Pratt
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
In office November 5, 1991 – November 5, 2006
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089
Succeeded by	John Alfred Jarvey
Personal details
Born	Ronald Earl Longstaff 1941 (age 78–79) Pittsburg, Kansas
Education	Kansas State College (B.A.) University of Iowa College of Law (J.D.)

Education and career

Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, Longstaff received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kansas State College in 1962 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1965. He was a law clerk for Judge Roy L. Stephenson of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa from 1965 to 1967. He was in private practice in Des Moines, Iowa from 1967 to 1968. He was a clerk of the District Court for the Southern District of Iowa from 1968 to 1976, and taught as an adjunct professor at Drake Law School from 1973 to 1976. He was a United States Magistrate for the District Court for the Southern District of Iowa from 1968 to 1991.[1]

Federal judicial service

On July 24, 1991, Longstaff was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 31, 1991, and received his commission on November 5, 1991. He served as Chief Judge from 2001 to 2006, assuming senior status on November 5, 2006.[1]

References

1. "Longstaff, Ronald Earl - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.

Sources

• Ronald Earl Longstaff at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa 1991–2006	Succeeded by John Alfred Jarvey
Preceded by Charles Robert Wolle	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa 2001–2006	Succeeded by Robert W. Pratt