Attorney Profiles

Year Joined Organization

• 1981

Bar Admissions

• Iowa, 1958
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1958
• U.S. Federal Court, 1958
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1977
• U.S. Tax Court, 1988
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa

Education

• University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, 1967
  LL.M.
  
  
• Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa, 1958
  J.D.
  
  
• Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1957
  B.S.
  
  

Published Works

• Ethics, Grievance Commission, Drake Law Review, 1972
• Ethics, The Zealous Advocate, 24 Drake Law Review 79, 1974
• Ethics And Malpractice, 28 Drake Law Review 98, 1978

Representative Cases

• Burlington Northern R. Co. v. Board of Sup'rs of Adair County, 418 N.W.2d 72 (Iowa 1988)
• Heritage Cablevision v. Marion County Bd. of Sup'rs, 436 N.W.2d 37 (Iowa 1989)
• Matter of Randall, 640 F.2d 898 (C.A.8 (Iowa) 1981)
• Ayers v. Straight, 422 N.W.2d 643 (Iowa 1988)
• Saunders by Saunders v. Dallas County, 420 N.W.2d 468 (Iowa 1988)
• Iowa Coal Min. Co., Inc. v. Monroe County, 494 N.W.2d 664 (Iowa 1993)

Representative Clients

• ARAO-USA Insurance Company
• City of Johnston
• Great American Insurance Company
• I-Cap Pool
• Iowa State Association of Counties
• Midwest Legal Services
• Preferred Risk Insurance Company
• Scottsdale Insurance Company
• Trans America Insurance Co.

References

• First Interstate Bank, Des Moines, Iowa
• Dain-Bosworth Securities

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Lecturer, Drake University College of Law

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Supreme Court Budget Committee, 1988 - 1998
  Member
  
  
• Polk County Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Iowa State Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Iowa State Bar Association, 1968 - 1970
  Workers' Compensation Committee
  
  
• Iowa State Bar Association, 1968 - 1970
  Public Relations Committee
  
  
• American Bar Association
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Iowa House of Representatives, 1965 - 1967
• Iowa Senate, 1968 - 1972
• Iowa Senate, Minority Leader, 1973 - 1972

Fraternities/Sororities

• Delta Theta Phi

Birth Information

• March 10, 1932, Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America