Anuradha Vaitheswaran is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a judge of the Iowa Court of Appeals. She was appointed to the court by Governor Tom Vilsack in 1999.
Vaitheswaran was born in Hyderabad,India,and raised in Cedar Rapids,Iowa. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Grinnell College,a Master of Arts in political science from the University of Iowa,and a Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law. [1]
Vaitheswaran served as a law clerk for Judge Charles R. Wolle during his time as a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. [2] Vaitheswaran also worked for the Legal Services Corporation of Iowa and the Office of the Iowa Attorney General. [3] [4] She was appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals by Governor Tom Vilsack in 1999. [5]
Vaitheswaran was an Institute of Judicial Administration summer fellow at the New York University School of Law during the 2007–2008 year. [6] She has published articles on administrative law. [7]
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