Tom Riley Tom Riley Law Firm, P.L.C. 4040 First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-3140

Current Employment Position(s):

Founding Member

Bar Admissions:

Iowa, 1952

U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 1952

U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 1972

U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1970

U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1977

U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1996

U.S. Supreme Court, 1966

Education:

University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, 1952

J.D.

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, 1950

B.A.

Major: Political Science

Published Works:

Proving Punitive Damages: The Complete Handbook, Prentice Hall, 1981

 

Price of a Life: One Woman's Death from Toxic Shock, Adler and Adler, 1986

 

Trial Handbook for Iowa Lawyers, Lawyers Cooperative Pub. Co., 1997

 

Iowa Practice: Civil Litigation Handbook 2000-2001, West Group

 

Trial Masters: Strategies and Tactics that Win Cases, Trial Diplomacy Journal, Article on Punitive Damages, Prentice Hall, 1984

 

Punitive Damages: The Doctrine of Just Enrichment, 27 Drake Law Review 194, Summer, 1978

 

Opening Statement--Winning at the Outset, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Vol. 3, No. 2, Fall, 1978

 

Cross Examination: The Art of Gentle Persuasion, Trial Diplomacy Journal, Vol. 6, No.1, Spring, 1983

 

Protective Orders: Machiavelli Would Be Please, Trial, Vol. 20, No. 12, November, 1984

 

The ABC's of Cross-Examination, 41 Drake Law Review 35, Fall, 1992

 

Toxic Shock Syndrome: Proving Causation Before Science Has, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Vol. 6, No. 1, Summer, 1982

Representative Cases:

Holmquist v. Volkswagen, 261 N.W.2d 516 (Iowa App. 1977)

 

Kehm v. Proctor & Gamble, 724 F.2d 630 (8th Cir. 1983)

 

DeBurkart v. Louvar, 393 N.W.2d 131 (Iowa 1986)

 

Nesler v. Fischer, 452 N.W. 2d 191 (Iowa 1990)

 

Vinson v. Linn-Mar Community School District, 360 NW2d 108 (Iowa 1985)

 

Coster v. Crookham, 468 N.W. 802 (Iowa 1991)

 

Knickerbocker v. First National Bank of Oelwein, 827 F.2d 281 (8th Cir. 1987)

 

Huber v. Watson, 568 N.W.2d 787 (Iowa 1997)

References:

Michael W. Dunn, President, F & M Bank, Cedar Rapids, IA

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, University of Iowa, College of Law, 1979 - 1980

 

Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa, College of Law, 1976 - 1982

 

Trial Advocacy Lecture, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1975

 

Trial Advocacy Lecture, Nebraska Trial Lawyers Association, 1978

 

Trial Advocacy Lecture, Kentucky Trial Lawyers Association, 1982

 

Trial Advocacy Lecture, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Toronto Canada, 1982

 

Trial Advocacy Lecture, Tennessee Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1982 - 1998

 

Trial Advocacy Lecture, Belli Society Seminar, 1988

 

Trial Advocacy Lecture, Iowa Association of Trial Lawyers, 1990

 

Trial Advocacy Lecture, Iowa Association of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, 1991

 

Trial Advocacy Lecture, Iowa State Bar Association,, 2000

 

Private Seminar for Governor of Iowa, CLE, 2001

Honors and Awards:

Fellow, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1969 - Present

 

Chairman of Governor's Advisory Commission on Aging (State of Iowa), 1963

 

Delegate to the White House Conference on Aging, 1971

 

The Best Lawyers in America, 2000 - 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Governor's

2000 - Present, Member

 

Iowa Association of Trial Lawyers, 1990 - Present

 

Court Practice Institute

1976 - 1980, Member of Faculty

 

Judge Advocate, USAF (Korean War), 1952 - 1954

First Lieutenant

 

Iowa State House of Representatives

1961 - 1965, Member

 

Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, Board of Governor's, 1981 - 1990

Member

 

Iowa State Commission on Aging

1971, Member

Fraternities/Sororities:

Alpha Tau Omega

Delta Theta Phi

Birth Information:

1929, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Tom Riley Law Firm, P.L.C.
4040 First Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-3140
Phone: (319) 363-4040
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