The Bremer County Lawyer Darius Robinson has crammed within the remaining emptiness in his workplace.
David Thompson, 58, a seasoned prosecutor, has joined as the primary assistant county lawyer.
Thompson, a Democrat, misplaced his bid for re-election on Nov. 8 after 24 years of serving because the county lawyer in Benton County.
In a latest interview with Waverly Newspapers, he mentioned that political affiliation doesn’t and shouldn’t matter in the case of the prosecution of crimes.
“It’s a possibility to do public service and do one thing optimistic,” he mentioned of the workplace. “I don’t like politics.”
A local of Cedar Rapids, Thompson graduated from Kennedy Excessive College in 1983, and that fall enrolled on the College of Iowa to check historical past, in a while including faith as a second main.
He then studied regulation at Drake College, and after incomes his diploma in 1991, acquired a job on the Dutton Legislation Agency in Waterloo, studying lots on the go.
“I used to be a rookie,” Thompson mentioned of his early years there.
4 years later, he took a job at a regulation agency in Vinton, and his identify was added to the shingle of Milroy, Eckhart and Thompson, the place he practiced for the following 4 years.
He then determined to run for the workplace of the county lawyer, profitable his first election and launching his profession as the highest prosecutor in Benton County.
Thompson mentioned he’s happy with the work he had achieved in Benton County, the place he estimated he had gained 97% of his circumstances.
“I’ve a dedication to victims and to regulation enforcement,” he mentioned.
In his new place in Bremer County, he mentioned he could be of service to the imaginative and prescient that Robinson desires to implement.
“I don’t relaxation on my laurels,” Thompson mentioned. “You attempt to relate to the individuals you might be working with and the individuals you might be serving.”
Robinson praised Thompson’s experience as he welcomed him to the group.
“The chance to get somebody of this caliber doesn’t come fairly often,” Robinson mentioned. “He’s off to an important begin, preparing for his first spherical of felony pretrials in Bremer and doubtlessly felony trials developing quickly. He’s including lots of worth to the group within the workplace. Having a group of three attorneys actually will increase our capabilities.”
Thompson mentioned he had different job prospects following final result of the election however the one he actually needed was to work with Robinson as a result of the 2 have comparable prosecutorial philosophies.
“I’m right here to assist him accomplish his mission,” Thompson mentioned. “I deliver prosecutorial expertise, a optimistic perspective and I’m a group participant, I get pleasure from drawback fixing.”
Thompson mentioned that he respects the work carried out within the county by the earlier county lawyer, Kasey Wadding, and his group.
“Now we have to maintain constructing on the legacy of the previous group,” he mentioned.
“I’m impressed, I actually suppose it’s a excellent match, I’m completely happy to be right here. I really feel I nonetheless acquired lots of fuel in my tank.”
