Ronald Earl Longstaff at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
- Jurisdiction
- Iowa · Federal
- Judicial service
- November 5, 1991–present
Ronald Earl Longstaff
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Private practice, Des Moines, Iowa, 1967-1968
- Adjunct professor, Drake Law School, 1973-1976
- U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 1968-1991
- Clerk, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 1968-1976
- Private practice, Des Moines, IA, 1967-1968
- Law clerk, Hon. Roy L. Stephenson, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 1965-1967
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, S.D. Iowa, 1991-2006
Education
- Kansas State College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University) · B.A., 1962
- University of Iowa College of Law · J.D., 1965
Personal record
Born 1941 · Pittsburg, KS
Courtroom rules and guidance
Courtroom Technology
Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge.
Our courtrooms are open for demonstration and testing upon request. We highly encourage parties to come in prior to a trial/hearing to test and get familiar with the courtroom technology. This is especially true if parties will be presenting from their own laptop.Courtroom Technology | Southern District of Iowa | United States District Court ↗
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/1384001CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1962/ronald-earl-longstaff/Courtroom Technology | Southern District of Iowa | United States District Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 24, 2026
https://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technologyFederal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts