Judge Larson, Spirit Lake,is a resident of Dickinson County and routinely hears cases in Dickinson, O'Brien and Osceola counties and will occasionally preside in the other counties as needed. Judge Larson received his bachelor's degree from Iowa State University and graduated from Creighton School of Law. He spent 17 years in private practice and served as an alternate district associate judge from 1983-1998 prior to being appointed as a full-time district associate judge in 1998. Judge Larson is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association and the Iowa Judges Association.