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Judges · Iowa Supreme Court

Susan Christensen

Chief Justice

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About

  • Appointed to this post in 20181
  • No retention vote on record yet. New judges face voters at the first general election after a full year on the bench.

Chief Justice Christensen was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court in 2018. The members of the court selected her as chief justice in February 2020. She was born and raised in Harlan, Iowa. She earned her bachelor's degree from Judson College in 1988 and her law degree from Creighton University School…

Full biography on iowacourts.gov

Retention votes

No retention votes on record (Iowa Funnel has them from 2020 for justices and 2022 for other judges).

Opinions written

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Supreme Court opinions since November 2017; Court of Appeals opinions from November 2026.