Background
Blair, David J. was born on December 22, 1942 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Blair, David J. was born on December 22, 1942 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). University of Iowa (Juris Doctor, 1968). Order of the Coif; Phi Alpha Delta.
Worked at Law Office of, David J. Blair, Professional Corporation (Sioux City, Iowa) specializing in Arbitration, Mediation Law. Admitted to the bar, 1968, Iowa. 1970, United States. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and United States.
Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Order of the Coif; Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "Deal Killers in Mediation," Defense Update (Iowa Defense Counsel Association), January 1997, Volume X, Number.
1. "Attacking the Caseload Dilemma," 27 Drake L. Review
319, 1978; "The New Local Rules for Federal Practice in Iowa," 23 Drake L. Review 517, 1974; "A Guide to the New Federal Discovery Practice," 21 Drake L. Review
58, 1971. "Model Flood Plain Regulations for Iowa," 1 Flood Plain Management: Iowa"s Experience 167, 1969.
Comment, 52 Iowa L. Review 1028, 1967. Judge (General Jurisdiction), Third Judicial District of Iowa, 1976-1981.
United States Magistrate, Northern District of Iowa, 1973-1976. Law Clerk to Honorary William C. Hanson, United States.
District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, 1968-1970.
Chairman, Civil Justice Reform Acting Advisory Group, United States. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, 1991-1993. Commissioner, Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, 1992-1994.
Member, Iowa Supreme Court"s Advisory Committee on Media Coverage of the Courts, 1979-1981.
Member, Iowa Supreme Court"s Commission on Planning Foreign the 21st Century, 1995. National Panelist, Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Panels, American Arbitration Association, 1990.
Member, Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, 1990. Member: Woodbury County (Member, Fee Arbitration Committee, 1991-1996), Iowa State (Chairman, Bench/Bar Liaison Committee, District 3B, 1991-1993) and American (Vice Chairman, Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Section, 1995) Bar Associations.
Fellow, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1991-1995.
President, 1993-1994).
"Attacking the Caseload Dilemma," 27 Drake L. Rev. 319, 1978
"The New Local Rules for Federal Practice in Iowa," 23 Drake L. Rev. 517, 1974
"A Guide to the New Federal Discovery Practice," 21 Drake L. Rev.
58,1971
"Model Flood Plain Regulations for Iowa," 1 Flood Plain Management: Iowa’s Experience 167, 1969. Comment, 52 Iowa L. Rev. 1028, 1967. Member, Iowa Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Media Coverage of the Courts, 1981.
Judge, Third Judicial District of Iowa, 1976-1980. United States Magistrate, Northern District of Iowa, 1973-1976. Law Clerk to Honorary William C. Hanson, Senior Judge, United States.
District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, 1968-1970.
Member, Iowa Supreme Court"s Advisory Committee on Media Coverage of the Courts, 1979-1981. Member, Iowa Supreme Court"s Commission on Planning Foreign the 21st Century, 1995. National Panelist, Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Panels, American Arbitration Association, 1990.
Member, Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, 1990.
Member: Woodbury County (Member, Fee Arbitration Committee, 1991-1996), Iowa State (Chairman, Bench/Bar Liaison Committee, District 3B, 1991-1993) and American (Vice Chairman, Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Section, 1995) Bar Associations. Fellow, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1991-1995.
President, 1993-1994). Fellow, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1991-1995.
President, 1993-1994).