Teresa Baumann Deposition - Main Justice
Teresa Baumann Deposition - Main Justice Teresa Baumann Deposition - Main Justice
8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q. As a SAUSA/HIDTA attorney, were you what I would call essentially a line prosecutor? A. Yes. Q. Doing all criminal work; right? A. Yes, except for the habeas post-conviction work. Q. Right. In that capacity as a SAUSA, did you have any management duties? A. No. Q. Where did you go in 2005? A. I went to work for now-Chief Judge Linda Reade. Q. In what capacity? A. Elbow law clerk. Q. I've seen that term used. Is that her term? Is that -- Where does that term come from? A. I believe it's the administrative office of the court's term for a kind of more permanent long-term clerk position, rather than a one-year or two-year position. It's kind of open-ended. Q. Okay. How long did you work for Judge Reade? A. I worked for her until early 2008. Q. As her elbow law clerk? A. Correct. Q. In that capacity, did you have any management responsibility? A. I -- I was sort of the lead law clerk, and I helped Gov. Appendix Page 122 Case 5:12-cv-04029-RGK Document CASSADY 53-1 COURT Filed REPORTING 08/15/13 Page 8 of 35 (515) 243-5154
9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 -- I don't know -- "manage" might be too strong of a word, but I assisted Judge Reade in kind of managing chambers. She would have clerks come to me if they didn't know what they were doing. Q. Did you have any hiring authority? A. No. I helped her interview, but she had the authority. Q. Or firing authority? A. No. Q. Performance evaluations? A. No. Q. In 2008, where did you go? A. The Iowa Attorney General's Office at the Department of Transportation in Ames. Q. Why did you leave Judge Reade as the elbow law clerk? A. Mostly, because my son -- I had a boy, my second child, who was very, very disabled, and we moved closer to family. Q. Okay. And was that in Ames? A. Yes. Well, my in-laws were in Carroll, Iowa, which is about an hour from Ames. Q. Okay. And with the Iowa Attorney General, what did you do? A. Civil work, employment discrimination cases, a lot Gov. Appendix Page 123 Case 5:12-cv-04029-RGK Document CASSADY 53-1 COURT Filed REPORTING 08/15/13 Page 9 of 35 (515) 243-5154
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Q. As a SAUSA/HIDTA attorney, were you what I would<br />
call essentially a line prosecutor?<br />
A. Yes.<br />
Q. Doing all criminal work; right?<br />
A. Yes, except for the habeas post-conviction work.<br />
Q. Right. In that capacity as a SAUSA, did you have<br />
any management duties?<br />
A. No.<br />
Q. Where did you go in 2005?<br />
A. I went to work for now-Chief Judge Linda Reade.<br />
Q. In what capacity?<br />
A. Elbow law clerk.<br />
Q. I've seen that term used. Is that her term? Is<br />
that -- Where does that term come from?<br />
A. I believe it's the administrative office of the<br />
court's term for a kind of more permanent long-term clerk<br />
position, rather than a one-year or two-year position. It's<br />
kind of open-ended.<br />
Q. Okay. How long did you work for Judge Reade?<br />
A. I worked for her until early 2008.<br />
Q. As her elbow law clerk?<br />
A. Correct.<br />
Q. In that capacity, did you have any management<br />
responsibility?<br />
A. I -- I was sort of the lead law clerk, and I helped<br />
Gov. Appendix Page 122<br />
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