Stephen Henley Locher at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
- Jurisdiction
- Iowa · Federal
- Judicial service
- July 18, 2022–present
Stephen Henley Locher
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2004-2008
- Professional Career: Private practice, Des Moines, Iowa, 2013-2021
- Professional Career: Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Iowa, 2008-2013
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. John R. Gibson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2003-2004
Education
- Harvard Law School · J.D., 2003
- University of Notre Dame · B.A., 2000
Personal record
Born 1978 · Mason City
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/12261091Courtroom 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