Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT—N.D. Iowa: Leonard Strand confirmed by Senate, (Feb 12, 2016)

Leonard T. Strand has been confirmed by the Senate to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. Strand was nominated by President Obama last year and confirmed by a vote of 93-0.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) praised Strand, whose confirmation was part of a deal between Republican and Democratic leaders to vote on five judicial nominees by President’s Day, including another nominee recently confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced Strand at his hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Strand spent 22 years in private practice with the Cedar Rapids law firm of Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC, where he concentrated in commercial litigation and employment law. For the past four years, Strand was a Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. Strand earned a B.A and law degree from the University of Iowa.

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