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Judge Gayle Nelson Vogel 

Judge Vogel, Spirit Lake, was appointed to the Court of Ap-

peals in 1996. She was born in Rockford, Illinois, and graduated 

cum laude from Rockford College in 1971.  

In 1983, she graduated from Drake University Law School, 

Order of the Coif. Following law school, she worked in the private 

practice of law in Knoxville.  In 1994, she was awarded the Cham-

ber of Commerce Business Woman of the Year Award.  Judge 

Vogel is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association, having 

served on the Grievance Commission from 1988-1996.  As a mem-

ber of the Iowa Judges Association, she serves on the Juvenile Law 

Committee and is Co-Chair of the Iowa Court Improvement Pro-

ject.  Judge Vogel was instrumental in developing rules to expedite appeals in child dependency 

cases. 

Judge Vogel was born in 1949. She is married and has three sons. Her current term expires 

December 31, 2010. 

 

 

 

 

Judge Anuradha Vaitheswaran 

Judge Vaitheswaran was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 

1999. She attended high school in Cedar Rapids. Judge Vaithes-

waran received her undergraduate degree from Grinnell College. 

She attended the University of Iowa, earning a law degree and 

master’s degree in political science. Judge Vaitheswaran was a law 

clerk to the Honorable Charles R. Wolle, Iowa Supreme Court 

Justice, before Wolle's appointment to the federal district court. She 

worked as an attorney with Legal Services Corporation of Iowa and 

with the Attorney General’s Office before her appointment to the 

appellate court. Judge Vaitheswaran is a member of the Polk 

County and Iowa State Bar Associations, the Polk County Women Attorneys and Iowa Judges 

Associations, and the C. Edwin Moore Inn of Court.  

Judge Vaitheswaran was born in 1959.  Her current term expires December 31, 2012. 

 

 

 

Judge Larry J. Eisenhauer 

Judge Eisenhauer, Ankeny, was appointed to the Court of Ap-

peals in 2001. He was born in Emporia, Kansas, and received his 

undergraduate degree from Emporia State University in 1968. He 

then served in the United States Army for two years before attend-

ing Drake University Law School. After graduating in 1974, he 

practiced law privately and served as a juvenile referee from 1985- 

1993. He was appointed to the district court bench in 1994 and 

served as district court judge until his appointment to the Court of 

Appeals.  Judge Eisenhauer is a member of the Polk County and 

Iowa State Bar Associations and the National Council of Juvenile 

and Family Court Judges.  

Judge Eisenhauer was born in 1946. He is married and has two 

children.  His current term expires December 31, 2014. 

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Judge Amanda Potterfield  

Judge Potterfield, Tiffin, was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 

2008.  She was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and raised in Daytona 

Beach, Florida.  Judge Potterfield attended Hollins College in Roa-

noke, Virginia, where she received her bachelor’s degree in 1969.  

She received her law degree, with honors, from the National Law 

Center, George Washington University, in 1974.   

Judge Potterfield worked as a criminal defense attorney for the 

Georgia Criminal Justice Council and, later, for Prisoners’ Legal 

Services in New York City.  She moved to Iowa in 1982 and worked 

in the Linn County Public Defender’s Office.  She was in private 

practice from 1989-2001 before being appointed to the district court 

bench.   

Judge Potterfield was born in 1947. She is married and has one son.  Her current term expires 

December 31, 2010. 

 

 

 

Judge Richard H. Doyle 

Judge Doyle, Des Moines, was appointed to the Court of Appeals 

in 2008. He was born in Elgin, Illinois, and raised in Mt. Prospect, 

Illinois.  He earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from 

Drake University. After graduating from law school in 1976, he 

served as Assistant Attorney General for the Iowa Department of 

Justice in the Criminal Appeals Division. He was in private practice 

in Des Moines from 1977 until his appointment to the bench.  

Judge Doyle is a member of the Iowa State and Polk County Bar 

Associations, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, Iowa Association for 

Justice and the Lincoln Inne.   

Judge Doyle was born in 1949.  He is married and has two chil-

dren.  His current term of office expires December 31, 2010. 

 

 

 

Judge Edward Mansfield 

Judge Mansfield, Des Moines, was appointed to the Court of Ap-

peals in 2009. He was born and raised in Massachusetts. He earned 

his undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1978.  He re-

ceived his law degree from Yale in 1982. After law school, he 

clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 

Judge Mansfield was in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona, and 

then Des Moines from 1983 until his appointment to the bench. 

Judge Mansfield also has been an adjunct professor of law at Drake 

University since 1997. 

Judge Mansfield is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association, 

having served as Chair of the Trade Regulation Section from 2004-

2006. 

Judge Mansfield was born in 1957.  He is married and has three children.  His current term 

expires December 31, 2010. 

 

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