David Morrison Landis

Background

He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts, 1971 with a Juris Doctor, and in 1995 with an Master's of City and Regional Planning.

Education

Bachelor, University Nebraska, 1970. Juris Doctor, University Nebraska, 1971. Master in Community Regional Planning, University Nebraska, 1995.

Master of Public Administration, University Nebraska, Omaha, 1984.

Career

He was elected in 1978 to represent the 46th Nebraska legislative district and reelected in 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2002. Many of the 391 bills he passed in 28 years in the Nebraska Unicameral were consensus measures forged by negotiation which brought contesting parties to agreement. Landis authored more successful bills than any state senator in the history of the state of Nebraska.

Senator Landis brokered legislative agreements between labor and management, utilities and ratepayers, big banks and small banks, insurance companies and trial attorneys, and other seemingly intractable foes.

Senator Landis passed legislation to create a statewide network of mediation centers, establish a system for negotiated administrative rulemaking in state government, extend the use of arbitration to resolve disputes, and create the state labor-management collective bargaining system. His negotiations skillset has been developed at training seminars at Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois.

Foreign fifteen years he taught negotiation courses at the University of Nebraska College of Law and the Department of Public Administration. His negotiation workshop clients include: Internal Revenue Service, Pacific Public Policy Program, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, State Farm Insurance Company, Western Fire Chiefs Association, Rocky Mountain Public Policy Program, California League of Cities, and the Southwest Leadership Program.

He enjoys music, theater, and doing a Sunday morning radio show on KTGL. He graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Arts (1970), Juris Doctor (1971) a Masters of Public Administration (1984) and a Masters in Regional and Community Planning (1995).

Since Nebraska voters passed Initiative Measure 415 in 2001 limiting state senators to two terms after 2001, he was unable run for reelection. He was elected to the Lower Platte South Natural Resource District in 2002. And accepted the position of Director of Urban Development in June 2007 when offered the job by Mayor Chris Beutler.

Achievements

• David Morrison Landis has been listed as a noteworthy state legislator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Lower Platte S. Natural Resources District, 1971—1978, since 2006. Administrative law judge Department Labor, 1977—1978. Officer Parent-Teachers Association, 1979—1980.

Member Nebraska Humanities Council, 1990—1996. Member Innocents Society (honorary), Golden Key Society (honorary, University Nebraska), Purple Mask (honorary, University Nebraska, Lincoln), Pi Alpha Alpha (honorary University Nebraska at Omaha), Tau Sigma Delta (honorary University Nebraska, Lincoln).

Connections

Married Melodee Ann McPherson, June 6, 1969. Children: Matthew, Melissa.

Spouse:

Melodee Ann McPherson

child:

Melissa Landis

child:

Matthew Landis