Background
HAWKINS, Language Experience, Experiment and Exchange was born on December 17, 1925 in Red Oak, Iowa, United States.
HAWKINS, Language Experience, Experiment and Exchange was born on December 17, 1925 in Red Oak, Iowa, United States.
Drake University (Bachelor of Arts, 1948. Juris Doctor, 1951). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Scribes. President, Iowa Workmen’s Compensation Advisory Committee, 1964.
Worked at Hawkins & Norris (Des Moines, Iowa) specializing in General Civil Trial, Trials and Appeals. Contract and Tort Litigation. Personal Injury, Antitrust and Business Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1951, Iowa and United States.
District Court, Southern District of Iowa. 1960, United States. District Court, Northern District of Iowa.
1965, United States. Supreme Court. 1986, Texas.
1991, Colorado. Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Scribes.
President, Iowa Workmen"s Compensation Advisory Committee, 1964. Member: Polk County, Iowa State (Member: Special Committee on Workmen"s Compensation Law, 1964-1966.
Special Committee on Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure, 1965-1966.
1968-1969. Special Committee on Uniform Instruction, 1967-1969. Member, Special Select Legislative Study Committee 1976) and American Bar Associations.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Associate Editor, American Trial Lawyers NACCA Law Journal, 1958.
Lecturer, National Convention, 1965-1967. Member, Board of Governors, 1966-1967, 1967-1968. Member, Committee on Judicial Selection of Judicial Administration Section, 1970).
Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1967-1968.
Editor, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, Trial Handbook, 1970, Second Edition, 1986). International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1968-1972, 1976-1979, 1985).
International Society of Barristers. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers.
American Bar Foundation.
Military: With United States. Navy, 1944-1946
Hawkins & Norris was founded by J. Riley McManus in the early 1920"son Serving clients regionally with a focus in the State of Iowa, the firm engages in a general civil trial practice.
Member, Scribes. President, Iowa Workmen"s Compensation Advisory Committee, 1964. Member: Polk County, Iowa State (Member: Special Committee on Workmen"s Compensation Law, 1964-1966. Special Committee on Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure, 1965-1966.
1968-1969.
Special Committee on Uniform Instruction, 1967-1969. Member, Special Select Legislative Study Committee 1976) and American Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Associate Editor, American Trial Lawyers NACCA Law Journal, 1958.
Lecturer, National Convention, 1965-1967.
Member, Board of Governors, 1966-1967, 1967-1968. Member, Committee on Judicial Selection of Judicial Administration Section, 1970).
Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1967-1968. Editor, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, Trial Handbook, 1970, Second Edition, 1986).
International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1968-1972, 1976-1979, 1985).
International Society of Barristers. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. American Bar Foundation.
Military: With United States.
Navy, 1944-1946.
