Michael J. Melloy

Hon. Michael J. Melloy is a U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Eighth Circuit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is the first judge on the Eighth Circuit’s U.S. Court of Appeals to have served as both a U.S. bankruptcy court and U.S. district court judge: He served on the Northern District of Iowa’s Bankruptcy Court from 1986-92 and on its District Court from 1992 until his appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals in 2002. Judge Melloy served in the U.S. Army from 1970-72 and in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1972-76. Prior to his judicial appointments, he practiced primarily civil litigation and also administrative law, real estate, bankruptcy and tax as an associate and then as a partner at O’Connor & Thomas in Dubuque from 1974-86. He also regularly co-chaired Tom Tauke’s congressional campaigns. Judge Melloy received his B.A. magna cum laude in economics from Loras College in 1970 and his J.D. in 1974 with high distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law, during which time he interned at the Jo Daviess County, Ill., attorney’s office.