OUR MISSION
To the trial lawyers of Iowa, who spend their professional lives seeking justice for all, these pages are dedicated in a reaffirmation of our passion that the scales of justice never be weighed against any person, now or forever.
We also reaffirm our passion that judicial officers of our state be selected by merit selection, as has been our esteemed history since 1962.
OUR MISSION
To the trial lawyers of Iowa, who spend their professional lives seeking justice for all, these pages are dedicated in a reaffirmation of our passion that the scales of justice never be weighed against any person, now or forever.
We also reaffirm our passion that judicial officers of our state be selected by merit selection, as has been our esteemed history since 1962.
The Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers is a private association of Iowa practicing trial lawyers formed to:
- Gain greater proficiency and skill in the pleading, trial, and pursuit of all forms of litigation
- Secure modern, adequate compensation for injured persons and survivors
- Educate Iowa lawyers in the presentation of trials and litigation at an annual seminar
- Sponsor, promote, and encourage improvement in jurisprudence which will protect the interests and rights of the parties in litigation
- Foster any activity which will enhance the administration of justice throughout the state of Iowa, including the retention of the merit based system for selecting Iowa judges adopted in 1962
The Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers is a voluntary association of Iowa practicing lawyers formed to:
- Gain greater proficiency and skill in the pleading, trial, and pursuit of all forms of litigation
- Secure modern, adequate compensation for injured persons and survivors
- Educate Iowa lawyers in the presentation of trials and litigation at an annual seminar
- Sponsor, promote, and encourage improvement in jurisprudence which will protect the interests and rights of the parties in litigation
- Foster any activity which will enhance the administration of justice throughout the state of Iowa, including the retention of the merit based system for selecting Iowa judges adopted in 1962
FELLOWSHIP INFORMATION
Fellowship in the IOWA ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS is by invitation only, upon sponsorship and recommendation from peers and judges and unanimous approval by the Board of Governors. Fellowship is limited to 250 attorneys who have displayed exceptional skills and the highest integrity, and who have dedicated their professional lives primarily to trial practice. Any trial lawyer who maintains an office and an active practice, and who regularly appears as trial counsel in the Courts of the State of Iowa and who is a fellow in good standing of the Bar of the State of Iowa, shall be eligible for fellowship subject to compliance with the By-Laws. Each nominee for fellowship shall be nominated by a fellow in good standing of this association, but such nominee shall not become a fellow until his/her fellowship has been approved by a fellowship committee and after notice to the fellowship as provided by the By-Laws.
FELLOWSHIP INFORMATION
Fellowship in the IOWA ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS is by invitation only, upon sponsorship and recommendation from peers and judges and unanimous approval by the Board of Governors. Fellowship is limited to 250 attorneys who have displayed exceptional skills and the highest integrity, and who have dedicated their professional lives primarily to trial practice. Any trial lawyer who maintains an office and an active practice, and who regularly appears as trial counsel in the Courts of the State of Iowa and who is a fellow in good standing of the Bar of the State of Iowa, shall be eligible for fellowship subject to compliance with the By-Laws. Each nominee for fellowship shall be nominated by a fellow in good standing of this association, but such nominee shall not become a fellow until his/her fellowship has been approved by a fellowship committee and after notice to the fellowship as provided by the By-Laws.