Admitted
1960, Iowa; 1961, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Georgetown University, LL.B., 1960; University of Virginia, LL.M., 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
Villanova University, A.B., 1955
Memberships
Polk County, Iowa State (Member, Jury Instruction Committee, 1969-1972, 1986-1994; Chair, 1991-1994; Chair, Appellate Practice Committee, 1999-2002 ) and American Bar Associations; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (Hon.).
Biographical
Delta Epsilon Sigma; Alpha Sigma Nu. Author: Opinion Evidence in Iowa, 19 Drake Law Review 245, 1970; Appellate Congestion in Iowa: Dimensions and Remedies, 25 Drake Law Review 133, 1975; Scientific Evidence: Defining a New Approach to Admissibility, 67 Iowa Law Review 879, 1982. Co-Author with V. Hale Starr, Jury Selection, Little Brown and Company, 1985, Second Edition, 1993. Faculty Member, Evidence Subjects, National Judicial College, 1976-1979. Law Clerk for Harvey A. Johnson, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, 1960-1961. Assistant County Attorney, Webster Co., 1963-1967; District Judge, 1968-1972; Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Iowa, 1972-1986. Chair, Governor's Public Investment Task Force, 1992. Co-Chair, Iowa Legislative Reform Committee on Government Ethics and Procedures, 1992. Chair, U.S. Magistrate Merit Selection Panel, Southern District, Iowa, 1990-1991, 1994. Chair, Joint State Government Ethics Committee, 1992-1993. Chair, Governor's State Institutional Task Force, 1995-1996. Member: Iowa State Ethics and Campaign Finance Disclosure Board, 1999—; Iowa State Judicial Nominating Commission, 1996-2001.
Military
U.S., Navy, 1955-1958, Lt.