Background
Biermacher, Kenneth Wayne was born on October 15, 1953 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Donald David and Ethel Pearl (Biermacher) Lawton.
Biermacher, Kenneth Wayne was born on October 15, 1953 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Donald David and Ethel Pearl (Biermacher) Lawton.
University of New Haven (Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, 1976). Drake University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1979).
Associate Whitfield, Musgrave, Selvy, Kelly, Eddy, Des Moines, 1980-1984. Shareholder Geary, Stahl & Spencer, Professional Corporation, Dallas, 1984-1989, Leonard Marsh Hurt Terry & Blinn, Dallas, 1989-1990. Partner-in-charge Dallas office Small, Craig & Werkenthin, Professional Corporation, 1990-1993.
Vice president, partner, director, general counsel Kane, Russell, Coleman & Logan, Professional Corporation, since 1993. Lecturer Iowa Defense Counsel Association Annual Meeting, 1982, Des Moines Area Community College Legal Assistant Program, 1981-1982, Human Resources Forum, American Electronics Association, Dallas, 1986. Legal research assistant Iowa State Bar Association Committee on Study Federal Rules Evidence, 1982.
Chairman special committee on Friends of Moot Court Drake Law School Board Counsellors, 1983-1984. Founder shareholder, director Recruit television, Inc., since 2001, Xlantic Records, Inc., Dallas, since 2001, Xlantic Music Public, Inc., Dallas, since 2001, founder, president, director Frontrunner Capital Corporation, since 1999, CDRK, Inc., since 2001, Geyser Petroleum, Inc., since 2004, others. Board directors Retractable Technologies, Inc., compensation committee, nominating committee.
Board directors, secretary MT Auctions.com, Inc., Dallas.
"Understanding Iowa Law," Iowa Legal Foundation, 1984.
Advisor University New Haven Law Enforcement Explorers Post Boy Scouts American, 1975. Coach Johnston Senior High School Mock Trial Teams, Iowa, 1984. Chairman scholarship and finance aid committee Canyon Creek Christian Academy, 1985—1987.
Vice president, director Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, Inc., 1997—2004, chairman circus committee, 1998—2000, chairman resource development committee, 1999—2001, member executive committee, 1999—2001, strategic planning committee, 2000—2001. Board governors University New Haven, since 2007, advancement and development, academic, student affairs committees, and law school feasibility study, since 2007. Delegate Polk County Republican Convention, Des Moines, 1980, Iowa Republican State Convention, 1980.
Deacon Canyon Creek Baptist Church, 1986—1987. Board directors Henry C. Lee Institute Forensic Science, 1997, since 2003. Member American Bar Association (subcommittee on fraudulent and deceptive trade practices, section tort and insurance practice 1985-1986, volunteer attorney post-conviction death penalty representation project 1988-1989), Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Federal Bar Association, Iowa State Bar Association (member Young Lawyer Section ethics committee 1981, law schools panel committee 1982, law-related education committee 1983-1984), Defense Research Institute, Iowa Association Trial Lawyers (founding director, chairman Drake University Law School student board directors 1978-1979, ex-officio member board directors 1978-1979), Dallas Bar Association (mock trial committee, law in changing society committee 1985, speech committee 1985-1986, business litigation section ethic and courtesy committee 1988, qualified mediator since 1989, member courts committee 1995, member fee dispute committee 1995), State Bar Texas (legal assistants committee 1988-1991), Dallas Association Young Lawyers (liaison with other professionals, federal opinions committee 1986), Order of Barristers, Attorney-Mediator Association, Drake University Law School board counselors (regional vice president for Texas and Oklahoma 1986-1989), Dallas Tower Club (trustee 1999-2003), Alpha Chi (vice chairman Connecticut chapter 1975-1976).
Scuba diving, hunting, furniture making, off-roading.
Married Joan; children. Carl Joseph II (deceased), Matthew Robert, Michelle Renee. 1 step child Brent Cohen.