Background
MCCORMICK, MARK was born on April 13, 1933 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States.
MCCORMICK, MARK was born on April 13, 1933 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States.
Villanova University (Bachelor of Arts, 1955)- Georgetown University (Bachelor of Laws, 1960). University of Virginia (Master of Laws, 1982). Delta Epsilon Sigma; Alpha Sigma Nu.
National Moot Court Team.
Worked at Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn, A Professional Corporation (Des Moines, Iowa) specializing in Civil Litigation, Administrative Agency Law, Civil Appeals. Admitted to the bar, 1960, Iowa. 1961, United States. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, United States.
Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and United States.
Supreme Court.
Delta Epsilon Sigma. Alpha Sigma Nu. Author: "Opinion Evidence in Iowa," 19 Drake Law Review 245, 1970.
"Appellate Congestion in Iowa: Dimensions and Remedies," 25 Drake Law Review 133, 1975. "Scientific Evidence: Defining a New Approach to Admissibility," 67 Iowa Law Review 879, 1982.
Company-Author with V. Hale Starr, Jury Selection, Little Brown and Company, 1985, Second Edition, 1993.
Faculty Member, Evidence Subjects, National Judicial College, 1976-1979, 1982. Law Clerk for Harvey A. Johnson, Chief Judge, United States. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, 1960-1961.
Assistant County Attorney, Webster Company, 1963-1967.
District Judge, 1968-1972. Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Iowa, 1972-1986.
Chair, Governor"s Public Investment Task Force, 1992. Company-Chair, Iowa Legislative Reform Committee on Government Ethics and Procedures, 1992.
Chair, United States.
Magistrate Merit Selection Panel, Southern District, Iowa, 1990-1991, 1994. Chair, Joint State Government Ethics Committee, 1992-1993. Chair, Governor"s State Institutional Task Force, 1995-1996.
Member: Polk County, Iowa State (Member, Jury Instruction Committee, 1969-1972, 1986-1994.
Chair, 1991-1994) and American Bar Associations. American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.
Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (Honorary). Military: United States., Navy, 1955-1958, Lieutenant.
"Opinion Evidence in Iowa," 19 Drake Law Review 245, 1970. "Appellate Congestion in Iowa: Dimensions and Remedies," 25 Drake Law Review 133, 1975. "Scientific Evidence: Defining a New Approach to Admissibility," 67 Iowa Law Review 879,1982.
Co-Author with V. Hale Starr, Jury Selection, Little Brown and Company, 1985. Faculty Member, Evidence Subjects, National Judicial College, 1976-1979, 1982. Law Clerk for Harvey A. Johnson, Chief Judge, United States.
Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, 1960-1961. Assistant County Attorney, Webster Company, 1963-1967. District Judge, 1968-1972.
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Iowa, 1972-1986.
Polk County, Iowa State (Member, Uniform Instruction Committee, 1969-1972. Since 1986) and American (Member, Judicial Administration Appellate Judges Conference Special Committee on Appellate Advocacy, 1982-1984) Bar Associations. Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (Honorary).
[United States., Navy, 1955-1958, Lieutenant).