Jerry Leroy Larson[1] (May 17, 1936 – April 25, 2018)[2] was an American judge who served as an associate justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from 1978 to 2008.
He received his bachelor's and law degrees in 1958 and 1960 from the University of Iowa.
Larson then served as an Iowa District Court judge from 1975 to 1978.
[4][5] He is the father of Susan Christensen, Chief Justice of Iowa Supreme Court, & Jeffrey Larson, a judge of the Iowa Fourth Judicial District.
He swore in his daughter in 2016 for District Judge in Shelby County.