Shall Brendan L. Greiner be retained in office as a District 5C District Associate Judge?
Source: electionresults.iowa.gov
What does this office do?
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Housing Affordability,
Brendan L. Greiner
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
Brendan L. Greiner has been a district associate judge in Polk County since 2018. Before that, he was an assistant county attorney in Polk and Story counties, where he prosecuted deadly traffic crashes and fraud.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Described in a Law Society Gazette profile how he passed England's first solicitor qualifying exam (SQE1) while serving as an Iowa judge, after 11 years as a prosecutor.
September 29, 2023
Source: lawgazette.co.uk
Was retained as a Polk County district associate judge by voters on November 3, 2020, with 107,859 votes for keeping him and 45,555 against.
November 3, 2020
Source: sos.iowa.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
Was rated by Iowa lawyers in the Iowa State Bar Association's 2020 judicial review. 94% of the 171 lawyers who rated him said he should be kept on the bench, and they scored his knowledge of the law 4.45 out of 5.
September 28, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nebula.wsimg.com
Sources: polkcountyiowa.gov2