Kim Reynolds Ada GOVERNOR! OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR CTGOvERNOR Gregg JUDICIAL APPLICATION Please complete this application by placing your responses in normal type, immediately beneath each request for information. Requested documents should be attached at the end of the application or in separate PDF files, clearly identifying the numbered request to which each document is responsive. Completed applications are public records. If you cannot fully respond 10 a question without disclosing information that is confidential under state or federal law, please submit that portion of your answer separately, along with your legal basis for considering the information confidential, Do not submit opinions or other writing samples containing confidential information unless you are able to appropriately redact the document to avoid disclosing the identity of the parties or other confidential information 1 3. State your full name. Christopher Clement Polking State your current occupation/title. Attorney and mediator in private practice — Polking Law Office, PLLC State your age. 4 State the city of your residence, Carroll, IA List in reverse chronological order each college and law school you attended, including the dates of attendance, the degree awarded, and your reason for leaving each school if no degree from that institution was awarded. a. University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Juris Doctorate, Magna Cum Laude and Order of the Coif, 1998-2001. I practiced as a student attorney in the Misdemeanor Defense legal clinic and in the Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners (LAMP) legal clinic. I was also a student director of the LAMP clinic. 16. 1. b. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, junior year study abroad, 1992-1993. ¢. Tufts University, Medford, MA, 1990-1994, Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, ‘major in political science. List the dates you were admitted to the bar of any state and any lapses in membership. Please explain the reason for any lapse in membership. September 20, 2001 - State of Iowa. No lapses in membership to the present. Deseribe in reverse chronological order all of your work experience since graduating from college, including in your response: Your position, dates (beginning and end) of your employment, addresses of law firms or offices, companies, or governmental agencies with which you have been connected, the nature of your connection with each, and the name of your supervisor or a knowledgeable colleague if possible, (i) Polking Law Office ~ September 2001 to present, 225 E. 7" St., P.O. Box 882, Carroll, IA 51401. This was with my father, William G. Polking from 2001 until January of 2009. I have been in solo practice since January of 2009. In 2010, I formed Polking Law Office, PLLC. Attomeys Barry Bruner, David Bruner, and James Van Dyke have practiced out of the same building during this time frame and would be knowledgeable colleagues. (i) Magistrate Judge ~ Carroll County Iowa ~ February 6, 2008 through July, 31 2017. Supervisor was Chief Judge Kurt Wilke, knowledgeable colleague was Magistrate Judge Eric Neu. (iii) Student Director, Student Attorney Supervisor, Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners legal clinic, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2000-2001. (iv) Crime and Safety plan organizer, Longfellow neighborhood Community Council, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1996-1998. (v) Iowa Department of Agriculture, worked from home setting and checking ‘gypsy moth traps in several western Iowa counties, summer of 1993 and 1995. (vi) Chicago-Lake Liquors, Minneapolis, Minnesota, work floor, stock shelves and beer cooler, various dates in 1995 and 1996. (vii) Canvasser, Jordan neighborhood, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1994-1995. 2b. Your periods of military service, if any, including active duty, reserves or other status. Give the date, branch of service, your rank or rating, and present status or discharge status. None. 5 8. Describe the general character of your legal experience, dividing it into periods with dates if its character has changed over the years, including in your response for each a, A description of your typical clients and the areas of the law in which you have focused, including the approximate percentage of time spent in each area of practice. b. The approximate percentage of your practice that involved litigation in court or other tribunals. ¢. The approximate percentage of your litigation that was: Administrative, Civil, and Criminal. d. The approximate number of cases or contested matters you tried to conclusion (rather than settled) within the last 10 years, indicating whether you were sole counsel, chief counsel, or associate counsel, and whether the matter was tried to a jury or direetly to the court or other tribunal. ¢. The approximate percentage of your practice that has been in areas other than appearance before courts or other tribunals and a description of the nature of that practice. Thavve been engaged in the general practice of law as a private practice attorney from 2001 to the present time. Matters handled have included, but are not limited to: criminal defense; family law; juvenile law, both delinquencies and CINA actions, representing both parents and children, and acting as GAL for children; probate, including estates, guardianships and conservatorships, and trusts; termination of parental rights and adoptions; real estate transfer documents, title opinions, and real estate closings; drafting of wills, trusts and powers of attomey; debtor/creditor issues for both businesses and individuals; chapter 236 domestic abuse proceedings representing both plaintifis and defendants; business formation including corporations and limited liability companies; employment law including unemployment claims for both employers and employees; and city attorney for the City of Breda, Iowa from 2009 to the present. I have also been the attorney from 2009 to the present for the Carroll County Solid Waste Commission, a 28E intergovernmental entity that operates the Carroll County Landfill and Recycling Center, which serves several municipalities and counties in western Iowa. In 2019 I also became the City Attorney for the City of Arcadia, Iowa. In late 2011 I attended a 40 hour certified family law mediation training, and since 2012 I have regularly engaged in family law mediations, with a smaller amount of other civil law mediations.