Background
Sapp, Richard Jerome was born on January 12, 1950 in Monticello, Iowa, United States. Son of William Raymond and Clarice Beverly (Mayland) Sapp.
Sapp, Richard Jerome was born on January 12, 1950 in Monticello, Iowa, United States. Son of William Raymond and Clarice Beverly (Mayland) Sapp.
Drake University (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1972. Juris Doctor, with honors, 1976). Omicron Delta Kappa. Staff Member, Drake Law Review, 1975-1976.
Worked at Nyemaster, Goode, Voigts, West, Hansell & O"Brien, A Professional, Corporation (Des Moines, Iowa) specializing in Trial Practice, Products Liability. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Iowa. Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa.
Staff Member, Drake Law Review, 1975-1976.
Author: "Pre-Trial Challenges to Expert Testimony in Toxic Tort Cases," Foreign The Defense, Defense Research Institute (1989). Company-Author: Products Liability 50 State Handbook (West 1994).
"Products Liability," Report on Civil Jury Instructions, Iowa Defense Counsel Association, 1990. Member, 1984-1990, Vice Chairman, 1988-1990, Litigation Legislation Committee.
Litigation Section Council, 1993, Iowa State Bar Association.
Member: Product Liability Advisory Council. International Association of Defense Counsel. Defense Research Institute.
Iowa Defense Counsel Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1987-1994.
President, 1993-1994).
Member, 1984-1990, Vice Chairman, 1988-1990, Litigation Legislation Committee. Litigation Section Council, 1993, Iowa State Bar Association. Member: Product Liability Advisory Council.
International Association of Defense Counsel.
Defense Research Institute. Iowa Defense Counsel Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1987-1994.
President, 1993-1994).
Married Debra Lou Harrington, December 21, 1985.