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DES MOINES The Iowa Court of Appeals has elected Judge Thomas Bower as chief judge for a second two-year term, court officials announced Monday.
Bower, of Cedar Falls, was selected as chief at the appeals court’s first meeting. A chief is selected in each odd-numbered year by a majority vote to serve a two-year term.
Bower has served on the appeals court since 2012 and was first elected as chief in 2019 when Chief Judge Gayle Nelson Vogel retired.
Bower received his bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University in 1984 and his law degree from Drake University in 1987.
He was appointed to the district associate court in 1993 and the district court bench in 1995. He was appointed chief judge of the 1st Judicial District Court in 2010.