Background
McKinnon, Dan A. was born on June 27, 1939 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States.
McKinnon, Dan A. was born on June 27, 1939 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States.
University of New Mexico (Bachelor of Science, 1962). University of Colorado (Bachelor of Laws, 1965). Phi Alpha Delta. Cooperating Attorney, New Mexico Civil Liberties Union, since 1967.
Worked at Marron, McKinnon & Ewing (Albuquerque, New Mexico) specializing in Civil Trial and Appellate, Professional Malpractice, Civil Rights, Business. Admitted to the bar, 1966, New Mexico and United States. District Court, District of New Mexico.
1967, United States.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Phi Alpha Delta. Cooperating Attorney, New Mexico Civil Liberties Union, 1967. Member: Committee to Implement Standards of Criminal Justice in New Mexico, 1970-1973.
Board of Education, Albuquerque Public Schools, 1971-1977.
Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute Governing Board, 1971-1977. 1980-1999. Member, 1978-1985 and President, 1984-1985, Association of New Mexico School Board Attorneys.
Member, State Board of Bar Commissioners, 1983-1989. Chairman: Board of Education Task Force on School Based Clinics, 1987.
Chair, Board of Ethics and Elections, City of Albuquerque, 1995-1996.
Member: The Disciplinary Board, 1987-1989. Governor"s Task Force on Pornography, 1988. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member, Supreme Court Standing Committee on Code of Professional Conduct, 1991.
Supreme Court Justice, 7/15/96 to 11/15/96 (Interim). Member: Albuquerque Bar Association.
State Bar of New Mexico. American Judicature Society.
New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. The H. Vearle Payne Inn of Court (1994).
Committee to Implement Standards of Criminal Justice in New Mexico, 1970-1973. Board of Education, Albuquerque Public Schools, 1971-1977. Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute Governing Board, 1971-1977.
Since 1988.
Governor's Commission on Public Broadcasting, 1975-1979. Member, 1978-1985 and President, 1984-1985, Association of New Mexico School Board Attorneys. Member, State Board of Bar Commissioners, 1983-1989.
Chairman, Board of Education Task Force on School Based Clinics, 1987.
Member: The Disciplinary Board, 1989. Governor's Task Force on Pornography, 1988.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Albuquerque Bar Association.
State Bar of New Mexico.
American Judicature Society. New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association.