Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Jeffrey McDaniel as a district judge in Judicial District 7.

McDaniel, of Bettendorf, Iowa, serves as shareholder and president of Brooks Law Firm, P.C. He received his undergraduate degree and law degree from the University of Iowa.

McDaniel fills a vacancy created following the retirement of the Hon. John D. Telleen.Judicial District 7 includes Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine, and Scott counties.