Background
Gerdes, David Alan was born on August 10, 1942 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States. Son of Cyril Frederick and Lorraine Mary (Boyle) Gerdes.
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David Alan Gerdes
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Bachelor of Science, Northern State College, Aberdeen, 1965. Juris Doctor cum laude, U. South Dakot, 1968.
Career
Bar: South Dakot 1968, United States District Court South Dakot, 1968, United States Court Appeals (8th circuit) 1973, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1973. Association, Martens, Goldsmith, May, Porter & Adam, Pierre, South Dakot, 1968-1973. Partner successor firm May, Adam, Gerdes & Thompson, Pierre, since 1973.
Chairman disciplinary board South Dakot Bar, 1980-1981, member federal practice committee United States.Dist.
Court, South Dakot, 1986-1991, 94. Member federal advising committee United States Court Appeals (8th circuit), 1989-1993.
Board directors United States.D. Law School Foundation, 1973-1984, president, 1979-1984. Managing editor U. South Dakot Law Review, 1967-1968.
Chairman Hughes CountyRepublican Central Committee, 1979-1981.
Delegate Republican State Convention, co-chair platform committee, 1988, 90. State central committeeman, 1985-1991.
Achievements
Membership
Served to Lieutenant Signal Corps, Army of the United States, 1965-1968. Member American Bar Association, National Council Bar President, International Association Defense Counsel, Association Defense Trial Attorneys, American Judicature Society, American Board Trial Advocates, State Bar South Dakot (chairman professionalism committee 1989-1990, president 1992-1993), Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce (president 1980-1981), South Dakot Chamber of Commerce (board of directors 1998), Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, American Society Medical Association Counsel, Kiwanis, Elks.
Connections
Married Karen Ann Hassinger, August 3, 1968. Children:Amy Renee Gerdes-Barse, James David.
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Methodist -
Political Party
Republican