Des Moines, Iowa (RI) — The justices of the Iowa Supreme Court have chosen a new leader.
Fellow justices selected Susan Christensen of Harlan to become the new chief justice to succeed Chief Justice Mark Cady who died from a heart attack on November 15th.
Justice Christensen will be the second woman to serve as chief justice of Iowa’s highest court — and will work with the state court administrator to manage the operations of the judicial branch.
Christensen was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court in 2018 by Governor Reynolds. She will be up for retention in November 2020.
