David M. Elderkin

Conflict, Mediation
115 First Avenue, S.E., P.O. Box 1968
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406


Conflict

Admitted

1937, Iowa

Law School

State University of Iowa, J.D., with distinction, 1937

Law School Graduation Year

1937

College

State University of Iowa, B.A., 1935

Memberships

Linn County (President, 1973), Iowa State (Member, Board of Governors, 1962-1966; Vice President, 1965-1966; President, 1966-1967; Chairman, Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure, 1967-1970; Lecturer, Trial Tactics Seminars, 1960-1984; Contributor, Iowa Trial Handbook, 1969; Co-Author, Defense of Cancer Cases,; Member: Scope and Correlation Committee, 1967-1980; Special Select Legislative Study Committee, 1976—) and American Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; Judge Advocate General Association; American Society of Hospital Attorneys

Biographical

Phi Delta Phi; Pi Gamma Mu; Omicron Delta Kappa. Assistant County Attorney, Linn County, 1946-1950. Member, 1959-1968 and Chairman, 1968, Iowa State Board of Bar Examiners. Supreme Court Appointee, Legislative Ethics Committee, 1969-1973. Member, Iowa Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure, 1971-1980. Recipient, Iowa Bar Association Award of Merit, 1972. Fellow: Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1965—; President, 1982, Dean of the Academy, 1989); American Bar Foundation; Iowa Bar Foundation; American Board of Trial Advocates; American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 1976-1978).

Military

Captain, United States Marine Corps, World War II