Michael Streit
{{Short description|American judge}}
{{Infobox Judge
| office = Associate Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
| termstart = 2001
| termend = 2011
| appointer = Tom Vilsack
| birth_name = Michael John Streit
| education = University of Iowa (BA)
University of San Diego School of Law (JD)
| predecessor = Bruce M. Snell, Jr.
| successor = Edward Mansfield
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|4|14}}
| birth_place = Sheldon, Iowa, U.S.
}}
Michael John Streit{{cite web| url = https://www.martindale.com/west-des-moines/iowa/michael-john-streit-996739-a/| title = Michael John Streit Profile {{!}} West Des Moines, IA Lawyer {{!}} Martindale.com}} (born April 14, 1950){{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica0000unse_i4q1/page/1028/mode/2up|title=Who's Who in American Law, 2005-2006|year=2005|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|page=1029}} is former justice of the Iowa Supreme Court.
Education
Streit was born and raised in Sheldon, Iowa. He received his bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Iowa in 1972, and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1975. In law school, he was the editor in chief of the San Diego Law Review.{{Cite web |title=Michael J. Streit |url=https://www.iowacourts.gov/for-the-public/educational-resources-and-services/iowa-courts-history/past-justices/michael-j-streit/ |website=Iowa Courts}}{{Cite web |last=bf_dev |title=Michael J. Streit |url=https://www.sullivan-ward.com/attorneys/michael-j-streit/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Sullivan & Ward |language=en-US}}
Legal and judicial career
After graduating from law school, Streit practiced law at Moore & Shelton in Chariton, Iowa until 1983. In that time, Streit also served as the Lucas County attorney.{{Cite web |title=Michael J. Streit |url=http://www.iowacourts.gov/Supreme_Court/Justices/Michael_J_Streit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211024549/http://www.iowacourts.gov/Supreme_Court/Justices/Michael_J_Streit/ |archive-date=February 11, 2010 |website=Iowa Judicial Branch}} 1983, Streit was appointed to the Iowa District Court by Terry Branstad. Branstad later appointed Streit to the Iowa Court of Appeals in 1986.{{Cite web |last=bf_dev |title=Michael J. Streit |url=https://www.sullivan-ward.com/attorneys/michael-j-streit/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Sullivan & Ward |language=en-US}} In 2001, Tom Vilsack appointed Streit to the Iowa Supreme Court. In 1992, Streit founded the Iowa Judicial Institute.{{Cite web |last=bf_dev |title=Michael J. Streit |url=https://www.sullivan-ward.com/attorneys/michael-j-streit/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Sullivan & Ward |language=en-US}}
In 2010, Streit lost a retention vote along with David L. Baker and Marsha Ternus after a campaign against the Iowa Supreme Court's decision in Varnum v. Brien, which struck down a statutory same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional.{{cite news|last1=Sulzberger|first1=A. G.|title=Ouster of Iowa Judges Sends Signal to Bench|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 3, 2010|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/us/politics/04judges.html|accessdate=August 7, 2011}} In 2012, Streit received a Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.[http://www.jfklibrary.org/About-Us/News-and-Press/Press-Releases/2012-John-F-Kennedy-Profile-in-Courage-Award-Winners-Announced.aspx 2012 JFK Profile in Courage Award Winners Announced] (March 12, 2012). He has also received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of San Diego and served on the Board of Counselors of Drake University Law School.
After leaving the bench, Streit practiced law at Ahlers & Cooney in Des Moines, Iowa from 2011 to 2018, then at Sullivan & Ward P.C. in West Des Moines from 2018 to the present. He practices mediation, arbitration, and litigation.{{Cite web |date=April 4, 2011 |title=Former Iowa Supreme Court Justice Michael Streit Joins Ahlers & Cooney |url=https://www.ahlerslaw.com/client-alerts/former-iowa-supreme-court-justice-michael-streit-joins-ahlers-and-cooney |website=Ahlers & Cooney}}{{Cite web |date=May 29, 2018 |title=Former Justice Michael Streit Joins the Firm of Sullivan & Ward, P.C. |url=https://www.sullivan-ward.com/justice-michael-streit-joins-the-firm-of-sullivan-ward-p-c/ |website=Sullivan & Ward}}
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Category:Iowa state court judges
Category:Justices of the Iowa Supreme Court
Category:University of San Diego School of Law alumni
Category:University of Iowa alumni
Category:People from Sheldon, Iowa