Background
Royce, Merle L. was born on June 9, 1942 in State Center, Iowa, United States.
Royce, Merle L. was born on June 9, 1942 in State Center, Iowa, United States.
University of Iowa (Bachelor of Arts, 1964. Juris Doctor, 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Iowa Law Review, 1965-1967.
Admitted to the bar, 1967, Iowa (inactive). 1969, Illinois and United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
1971, United States.
Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit. 1976, United States. Supreme Court. 1979, California (inactive).
1989, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. 1990, United States. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Iowa Law Review, 1965-1967.
Company-author with Henry L. Mason, III, "Nonresident Jurisdiction in Business Litigation," Parts I and II, Volume 53, Nos.
3 and 4, Chicago Bar Record. Author: "Illinois Long-Arm Jurisdiction," Chapter on Jurisdiction for the Litigation Short Course for ICLE, 1981, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1980.
Law Clerk to Honorary Hubert L. Will, United States. District Judge, Northern District of Illinois, 1967-1969.
Member: Chicago (Member, Committee on Federal Procedure, 1971-1977), Iowa State (Inactive) and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of California (Inactive).
Member, Board of Editors, Iowa Law Review, 1965-1967. Company-author with Henry L. Mason, III, "Nonresident Jurisdiction in Business Litigation," Parts I and II, Volume 53, Nos. 3 and 4, Chicago Bar Record.