CELESTE F. BREMER
Biographical Data
United States Magistrate Judge, Southern District of Iowa; appointed 1984. Duties include: trials of civil cases; pretrial case management for one-third of the District’s docket; settlement conferences and other ADR procedures; criminal case pretrial matters; and prisoner civil rights case trials and management.
Judicial Conference of the United States, 2008 - present. Appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts to the Space and Facilities Committee, which sets policy and approves designs and budgets for space in U.S. Courthouses; Committee advises Judicial Conference on security, courtroom use, and strategic planning.
Legal practice prior to appointment:
State and County Prosecutor; Partner in general litigation firm; Corporate Counsel for Economy Forms Corp. and Deere & Co.
Admitted to practice: Iowa and California (inactive)
Adjunct Faculty: Drake University School of Education
Education:
Ed. D., Drake University, School of Education, 2002
J.D., University of Iowa, College of Law, 1977
B.A., St. Ambrose College, 1974
Member:
ABA, Iowa and California Bar Associations; Federal Magistrate Judges Association; American Judicature Society; National Association of Women Judges; Iowa Association of Women Attorneys; Polk County Bar Association; Polk County Women Attorney's Association; C. Edwin Moore Inn of Court