James C. Ellefson

Family, Mediation
302 Masonic Temple Building, P.O. Box 618
Marshalltown, Iowa 50158


Family

Admitted

1977, Iowa, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa and U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. and Eighth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, U.S. Tax Court

Law School

Drake University, J.D., with honors, 1977

Law School Graduation Year

1977

College

Wartburg College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1974

Memberships

Marshall County, Iowa State (Member, Board of Governors, 1984-1988; Litigation and Family Law Sections; Public Relations Committee, 1998—; Chair, 2000—) and American Bar Associations (Member, Litigation, Family Law and Dispute Resolution Sections); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Iowa Trial Lawyers Association; Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers

Biographical

Member: Order of the Coif; Order of Barristers. Recipient, Community Service Award, Iowa State Bar Association, 2001. Staff Member, Drake Law Review, 1975-1977. Secretary, Drake Moot Court Board, 1976-1977. Clerk to Robert G. Allbee, Chief Judge, Iowa Court of Appeals and Justice, Iowa Supreme Court, 1977-1979. Member, District 2B Judicial Nominating Commission, 1984-1990. Fellow, Iowa State Bar Foundation; Blackstone Inn of Court.

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