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

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in 1999.

Early life and education

Vaitheswaran was born in

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, and raised in

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. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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, a Master of Arts in political science from the

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, and a

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from the

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Career

Vaitheswaran served as a law clerk for Judge Charles R. Wolle during his time as a justice of the

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. Vaitheswaran also worked for the Legal Services Corporation of Iowa and the Office of the Iowa Attorney General. She was appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals by Governor

in 1999. Vaitheswaran was an Institute of Judicial Administration summer fellow at the

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during the 2007–2008 year. She has published articles on

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaitheswaran, Anuradha Living people American jurists of Indian descent People from Hyderabad, India People from Cedar Rapids, Iowa Grinnell College alumni University of Iowa alumni University of Iowa College of Law Year of birth missing (living people) American people of Indian Tamil descent