Linda Kinney Neuman (born June 18, 1948) is an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from August 4, 1986, to July 11, 2003. She was appointed from Scott County, Iowa.[1]
Linda K. Neuman | |
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Associate Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court | |
In office August 4, 1986 – July 11, 2003 | |
Appointed by | Terry Branstad |
Preceded by | Harvey Uhlenhopp |
Succeeded by | David Wiggins |
Personal details | |
Born | Linda Kinney June 18, 1948 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Education | University of Colorado Boulder (BA, JD) |
Linda Kinney was born in Chicago on June 18, 1948, the daughter of Harold S. and Mary E. Kinney. She moved to Denver with her family in 1956, and she married Harry G. Neuman, with whom she would have two children. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1970 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado Law School in 1973.[2][3]
After marrying her husband in 1977, Neuman moved to the Quad Cities region. She worked as a trust officer at a local bank and was a professor at the University of Iowa before her appointment as a judicial magistrate for Scott County, Iowa. She was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court by Governor Terry Branstad in 1986, becoming the first woman to serve on the court.[2][4][5]
Neuman was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 2015.[6]