David Wiggins

David Wiggins
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Current Court Information:
Iowa Supreme Court
Title:	Justice
Service:
Appointed by:	Gov. Tom Vilsack
Active:	2003-2020
Past post:	Iowa Court of Appeals
Past term:	2006-2008
Past position:	Judge
Personal History
Bachelors:	University of Illinois at Chicago, 1973
Law School:	Drake University Law School, 1976
Candidate 2012:
Candidate for:	Supreme Court
State:	Iowa
Election information 2012:
Incumbent:	Yes
Election date:	November 6, 2012
Retention vote %:	54.5% A

David Wiggins is a justice for the Iowa Supreme Court. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2003 and his current term expires 2020.

Education

Wiggins received his B.A. from the University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1973 and his J.D. from Drake University Law School in 1976.

Career

Prior to his appointment to the Iowa Supreme Court, Wiggins worked as an associate in the firm Williams, Hart, Lavorto & Kirtley, then became partner in 1979.

Awards and associations

• Former member, Board of Governors, Iowa State Bar Association
• Past president, Iowa Trial Lawyers Association
• Former senior counsel, American College of Barristers
• Master emeritus of the C. Edwin Moore American Inn of Court
• Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates
• 1999, Meritorious Achievement Award, Iowa Trial Lawyers Association

2012 election

Wiggins was retained in the general election on November 6, 2012, receiving 54.5% of the vote (100% of precincts reporting).

See also: Iowa judicial elections, 2012

See also

• News: Same-sex marriage likely to be an issue in Judge Wiggins's 2012 retention election, July 25, 2011

External links

• Wiggins Biography
• The American Prospect, "Poll Spells Trouble for Iowa Judge," September 4, 2012
• The Des Moines Register, "Branstad on call for justice’s ouster: ‘Every citizen has the right to express their opinion’," August 6, 2012
• The Newspaper, "Iowa Supreme Court Saves Photo Ticketing Program", August 29, 2008