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James J. Tomkovicz Edward Howrey Professor james-tomkovicz@uiowa.edu 319-335-9100 436 Boyd Law Building
BA, University of Southern California, 1973 JD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1976
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Professor Tomkovicz joined the faculty in 1982 after serving as a visiting professor at Iowa in the spring of 1981 and an adjunct professor at UCLA during the 1981-82 academic year. Prior to that, Professor Tomkovicz was an attorney with the Appellate Section of the Lands Division of the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. He also served as a law clerk to Hon. Edward J. Schwartz, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, and as law clerk to Hon. John M. Ferren, Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Since joining the Iowa faculty, Professor Tomkovicz has taught Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure: Investigation, Criminal Procedure: Adjudication, and Evidence. During the spring, 1992, semester, he was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan Law School. During the spring, 2002, semester, he was a faculty member in the London Law Consortium. Professor Tomkovicz has coauthored a casebook with Professor Welsh White of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law which is entitled Criminal Procedure: Constitutional Constraints Upon Investigation and Proof (4th edition, 2001, LexisNexis) and has authored an outline entitled Criminal Procedure (1997, Aspen). He is also the author of The Right to the Assistance of Counsel (Greenwood Press, 2002). In addition, Professor Tomkovicz has written several articles related to criminal procedure and criminal law. Professor Tomkovicz is a member of the California and United States Supreme Court bars.
Professor Tomkovicz has authored amicus curiae briefs for the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Knowles v. Iowa, Florida v. J.L., Kyllo v. United States, United States v. Patane, and Maryland v. Blake. |