Linda R. Reade
| Linda Rae Reade | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa | |
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In office January 1, 2007 – February 11, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Mark W. Bennett |
| Succeeded by | Leonard Terry Strand |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa | |
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Assumed office November 26, 2002 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Michael Joseph Melloy |
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| Born | 1948 (age 68–69) Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Education |
Drake University B.A. Iowa State University M.S. Drake University Law School J.D. |
Linda Rae Reade (born 1948) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Reade graduated from Drake University with her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970, a Master of Science degree from Iowa State University in 1973 and later from Drake University Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1980.
Following law school graduation, Reade was a law clerk in an Iowa private practice firm briefly in 1980 before practicing as an attorney in Iowa until 1986. Reade was an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa from 1986 to 1993, serving as Chief of the General Criminal Prosecutions Division from 1990 to 1993. Reade was appointed by the Iowa Judicial Nominating and Qualifications Commission to serve as a District Court Judge for the Iowa District Court of Polk County, Iowa from 1993 to 2002.
On the recommendation of Senator Chuck Grassley, Reade was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa by President George W. Bush on June 26, 2002 to a seat vacated by Michael Joseph Melloy. Reade was confirmed by the Senate on November 14, 2002 and received her commission on November 26, 2002. She became Chief Judge on January 1, 2007. Her term as Chief Judge ended on February 11, 2017.
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