Background
Bouma, John Jay was born on January 13, 1937 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States.
Bouma, John Jay was born on January 13, 1937 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States.
University of Iowa (Bachelor of Arts, 1958. Juris Doctor, 1960).
Worked at Snell & Wilmer Limited liability partnership (Phoenix, Arizona) specializing in General Practice, including Trials and Appeals before State and Federal Courts. Administrative Law, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy Insolvency and Business Reorganization, Commercial Finance, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Corporate Finance, Corporate and Securities, Copyrights and Licensing, Emerging Business Law, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Environmental and Natural Resource, Estate Planning and Probate, Financial Institutions, Government Contracts, Health Care, Immigration, Indian Law, Insurance Company Regulation, Insurance Defense Litigation, Intellectual Property, International Law, Labor and Employee Relations, Legislation and Government Affairs, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Finance, Partnerships, Patents, Product Liability Litigation, Professional Liability Litigation, Public Utilities and Energy, Real Estate, Securities Regulation, Taxation. Admitted to the bar, 1960, Iowa and Wisconsin.
1962, Arizona.
Order of the Coif.
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Omicron Delta Kappa. Editor-in-Chief, Iowa Law Review, 1959-1960.
Listed in 1983-1996 editions of "Best Lawyers in America." President, National Conference of Bar Presidents, 1989-1990. State Delegate, American Bar Association House of Delegates, 1990.
State Bar of Arizona, President, 1983-1994.
President, Maricopa County Bar Association, 1977-1978. President, Phoenix Association of Defense Counsel, 1970-1971. President, Arizona Bar Foundation, 1987-1988.
Member, Board of Trustees, Iowa Law School Foundation, 1986.
Member, Board of Directors, Attorneys Liability Assurance Society (ALAS). Member, Arizona State Bar Committee on Civil Practice and Procedure, 1968-1990.
Member: Iowa State Bar Association. State Bar of Wisconsin.
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers.
American Bar Foundation. Since its beginning over fifty years ago, Snell & Wilmer has grown to be one of the largest law firms in the Western United States, with over 245 attorneys and support staff in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, Orange County, California and Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm is a member of Language Experience, Experiment and Exchange MUNDI a Global Association of 120 independent firms.
Through Language Experience, Experiment and Exchange MUNDI and other international contacts, Snell & Wilmer clients have access to independent attorneys and firms practicing throughout the World.
A number of Snell & Wilmer attorneys are fluent in foreign languages, including Finnish, German, Italian, Sinhalese, Spanish and Tamil.
Member, Board of Trustees, Iowa Law School Foundation, 1986. Member, Board of Directors, Attorneys Liability Assurance Society (ALAS). Member, Arizona State Bar Committee on Civil Practice and Procedure, 1968-1990.
Member: Iowa State Bar Association.
State Bar of Wisconsin. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers.
American Bar Foundation.
