Ronald Earl Longstaff (born February 14, 1941) is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
Ronald Earl Longstaff
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Born 1941 in Pittsburg, KS
FJC ID: 1416
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 13/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 40/year
Iowa Southern District Court · 1991–2006
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Clerk · 1968–1976- Drake Law SchoolAdjunct professor · 1973–1976
- Private practice, Des Moines, Iowa1967–1968
- Law clerk , Hon. Roy L. Stephenson · 1965–1967
Appointments
- 1991–2006 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1965- Kansas State College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University)B.A. · 1962