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Court:

Northern District of Iowa

Title:

Magistrate Judge

Chambers:

Sioux City, IA

Status:

Other

Nomination Information:

Educational Background:

President:

N/A

Law School:

University of Texas Austin, J.D., 1972

Nominated:

N/A

Other Schools:

Indiana University - Bloomington, B.S., 1969

Northwestern University

Confirmed:

1997

Prior Federal Judicial Service:

None

Professional Career History:

Judge Zoss entered the U.S. Justice Department honors program in May 1972, and for three years was a trial attorney in the Court of Claims section of the Civil Division. He was appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Iowa in September 1974, and in 1977, he served as Acting U.S. Attorney in Des Moines. In 1977, he entered the private practice of law, and in 1984, he was a founding partner of Adams, Howe and Zoss. While in private practice, Judge Zoss handled mostly litigation matters, representing a wide range of clients, including indigent and non-indigent criminal defendants in state and federal courts; individuals with tort, contract, and employment claims; corporations and transportation companies, both large and small; several major banks; a large pension and health and welfare trust; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and the Resolution Trust Corporation.

In 1993, Judge Zoss became the first Federal Public Defender in Iowa, and he established offices in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Sioux City. As the Federal Defender, he served on several committees at the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and was an officer with the Federal Public Defender Organization.

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Law Clerk Demographics (2010-11 Term)

Law School	Clerk Type	Hired As	J.D. Year
University of Oklahoma	Career	Alumni	1990