Background
GRAVES, BRUCE was born on October 5, 1939 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
GRAVES, BRUCE was born on October 5, 1939 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
University of Omaha (Bachelor of Science, 1961). University of Nebraska (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1964). Order of the Coif; Phi Alpha Delta (President, 1963).
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Worked at Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville and Schoenebaum, The Property Letting Centre Admitted to the bar, 1964, Iowa, Nebraska, United States. Supreme Court, United States.
Tax Court, United States. Court of Federal Claims, United States.
Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Order of the Coif. Member, Nebraska Law Review, 1963-1964. Member: Polk County (Member, Board of Directors, 1992), Iowa State (Member, Board of Governors, 1994.
Member, Corporation, Business and Banking Law Section) Nebraska State and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation.
Litigation) Bar Associations.
Director West Des Moines School Board, 1967—1976, Polk-Des Moines Taxpayers Association, 1982—1984. Member of Polk County Bar Association, Nebraska Bar Association, Iowa Bar Association (board governors 1994-1998, president 2000-2001), American Bar Association (subcommittee on litigation, committee on insurance companies since 1982), Des Moines Club (past president, director), Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Omicron Delta Kappa, Order of Coif.
Son of Forrest J and Lillian (Kurtz) Graves. Married Jeanne M. Rooney. Children: Gwendolyn Sue, Daniel Curtis, Brian Patrick.