After completing public interviews of all 30 applicants, the State Judicial Nominating Commission said Friday it has selected a slate of six nominees to fill the two vacancies on the Iowa Court of Appeals that occurred when Chief Judge David Danilson retired on January 4, 2019, and Judge Christopher McDonald filled the Supreme Court vacancy on March 7, 2019.

Among the nominees is Julie Schumacher, District Court Judge – Third Judicial District, from Schleswig. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has thirty days in which to make the appointments to the court from this slate of nominees.