Roxanne Barton Conlin
Founding Partner
Roxanne Conlin & Associates
Des Moines, IA
Areas of Expertise
- Employment law
- Crime victims law
- Sexual harassment
- Torts
Biographical Information
- B.A., Drake University
- J.D., Drake University
- Masters, Drake University
Work Experience
- Partner, Galligan and Conlin, PC
- United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa
- Adjunct professor of law, University of Iowa Law School
- Consultant to the United States Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year, United States Department of State
Representative Memberships
- NITA Board of Trustees
- National Center for State Court Lawyers Committee
- Board of Directors, Trial Lawyers Care
- President, Roscoe Pound Foundation
- Member, American Law Institute
- Trustee, American Jury Trial Foundation
- President, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Board of Directors, National Association of Former United States Attorneys
Publications
- Disability Discrimination in Employment
Representative Writings
- ATLA's Litigating Tort Cases
Representative Engagements
- Numerous articles in periodicals including the Aspen Institute Quarterly, National Law Journal, Trial Lawyers Quarterly, Trial, and Drake Law Review.
Awards
- Recipient, Grant for Seminar "Limits of Positivism: Certainty and Justice in the Law," Harvard University
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Award from NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Lifetime Achievement Award from ATLA
- Mary Louise Smith Human Rights Award from the Des Moines Human Rights Commission
Other
- Democratic nominee for governor of the state of Iowa
- Chair, Iowa Democratic party
- Member, Senior Women's Strategy Council - Mondale/Ferraro Campaign
- Co-Chair Women for Harkin Committee
- Chair, National Policy Council, John Glenn for President Committee
- Chair, Panel on Food & Agricultural Policies for Democratic National Committee - Philadelphia
Articles available upon request.
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