Max E. Kirk - Waterloo, IA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, 1975
    J.D. with distinction

• Non Legal Education

  • Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa, 1970
    B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Shareholder

Bar Admissions

• Iowa, 1975
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 1980
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 1980
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1978

Other Affiliations

• Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1984 - Present (Fellow)
• Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2015 (President)
• American College of Trial Lawyers, 2002 - Present (Member)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 1994 - Present (Advocate)
• Iowa Association for Justice, 1977 - Present (Member)
• American Association for Justice, 1977 - Present (Member)
• Iowa State Bar Association, 1975 - Present (Member)
• Iowa State Bar Association, 1995 - 2000 (Board of Governors)
• Iowa State Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• Iowa State Bar Foundation, 2009 - Present (Director)
• Black Hawk County Bar Association, 1975 - Present (Member)
• Black Hawk County Bar Association, 1995 - 1996 (President)
• First Judicial Nominating Commission, 1988 - 1992 (Member)
• Iowa Supreme Court Grievance Commission, 2005 - 2011