James J. Tomkovicz holds the Edward F. Howrey chair at the University of Iowa College of Law. Professor Tomkovicz attended the University of Southern California, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, and the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor degree. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward J. Schwartz, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, and for the Honorable John M. Ferren, Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Professor Tomkovicz was an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa College of Law from 1982 until 1986, when he was tenured and promoted to full professor. He has served as a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, the UCLA School of Law, and the University of San Diego School of Law. He is the co-author of a widely-adopted criminal procedure casebook. He has written numerous articles, a book on the right to counsel, and a chapter in a legal biography of Chief Justice William Rehnquist. He has also authored a number of amicus curiae briefs in cases before the United States Supreme Court. He teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence. His scholarship focuses on various topics related to the constitutional rights of those suspected and accused of crimes.