DES MOINES– Gov. Kim Reynolds, Thursday, announced her appointment of Andrew Smith as a district judge in Judicial District 3A.

Smith, of Alta, Iowa, serves as a district associate judge in Judicial District 3A. He received his undergraduate degree from Northeast Missouri State University (Truman State) and law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law.

Smith fills a vacancy created following the resignation of the Hon. John M. Sandy, having been appointed to the Court of Appeals. Judicial District 3A includes Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, and Palo Alto counties.