David A. Gerdes

Government, Mediation
503 South Pierre Street, P.O. Box 160
Pierre, South Dakota 575010160


Government

Admitted

1968, South Dakota; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

University of South Dakota, J.D., cum laude, 1968

Law School Graduation Year

1968

College

Northern State College, B.S., 1965

Memberships

The State Bar of South Dakota (Member, 1976-1981 and Chairman, 1980-1981, Disciplinary Board; Chairman, Professionalism Committee, 1989-1990; President, 1992-1993); American Bar Association; National Conference of Bar Presidents; The Defense Research Institute, Inc.; American Judicature Society; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; International Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; American Society of Medical Association Counsel.

Biographical

Phi Delta Phi. Managing Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1967-1968. Member, Board of Directors, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 1998—. Member, Board of Directors, 1973-1986 and President, 1979-1984, University of South Dakota Law School Foundation. Member, Federal Advisory Committee, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989-1993. Member, Federal Practice Committee, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, 1986-1991; 1994—.

Military