Dwight W. James

Personal Injury, Mediation
630 Equitable Building, 604 Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50309


Personal Injury

Admitted

1961, Iowa, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Law School

Drake University, LL.B., 1961

Law School Graduation Year

1961

College

Texas College of Arts & Industries, B.B.A., 1958

Memberships

Polk County and Iowa State (President, Junior Bar Section, 1968-1969; Chair Committee on Independence Judiciary); Iowa Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1977-1978); Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Board Member, 1989-1998); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Governor, 1980-1986); American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate; President, Iowa Chapter, 1993; National Board Representative, 1995-1998)

Biographical

Iowa/American Board of Trial Advocates, Outstanding Advocate Award, 1998. Past President and Master, C. Edwin Moore Inn of Court, 1990—. President, Board of Counsellors, Drake Law School, 1967-1968. Author: Wrongful Death Actions in Iowa, The Iowa Trial Lawyer, Winter 1982. Co-Author: Tort Reform: An Elimination of Rights, Vol. 36, No. 4, Drake Law Review, 1986-1987. Board Certified as a Mediator by the American Association of ADR Attorneys. Fellow: Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers; American College of Trial Lawyers; Roscoe Pound Foundation. (Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)

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