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Appendix Contents Appendix Contents A. Task Force Members ..................................................................... A:1 B. Iowa Civil Justice Reform Task Force Survey ................................ B:1 C. Access to Courts Survey Results ................................................... C:1 D. 2009 ACTL/IAALS Report .............................................................D:1 E. Uniform Jury Summons and Questionnaire ................................... E:1 F. Court-Affiliated ADR State Comparison ......................................... F:1 G. Rock Island County Arbitration Caseloads .................................... G:1 H. Court-Connected General Civil Mediation Programs ......................H:1 I. Business Courts in Various States .................................................. I:1 J. Iowa District Court Civil Filings & Dispositions ‘09 ....................... J:1 K. Federal Civil Case Filings ..............................................................K:1 110 Appendix A A. Task Force Members Honorable Monica Ackley Michael Bush District Court Judge Bush, Motto, Creen, Koury, First Judicial District & Halligan, P.L.C. Dubuque Davenport Betty Ahrens Richard Calkins Executive Director Calkins Mediation Services Iowa Citizen’s Action Network & Training Iowa City Alternative Dispute Resolution West Des Moines John Allen Clinical Professor of Law Jennifer Chase University of Iowa College of Law Ball, Kirk & Holm, P.C. Iowa City Waterloo Susan Bernau Alicia Claypool Ahlers & Cooney, P.C. Former Chair Des Moines Iowa Civil Rights Commission West Des Moines Henry Bevel McCoy, Riley, Shea Chris Conroy & Bevel, P.L.C. AVIVA USA Corporation Waterloo West Des Moines David Blair James Craig David J. Blair, P.C. Lederer Weston Craig, PLC Alternative Dispute Resolution Cedar Rapids Sioux City John DeDoncker Tim Bottaro President/CEO Vriezelaar,Tigges, Edgington, The National Bank Bottaro, Boden & Ross, LLP Bettendorf Sioux City Jay Denne George Boykin Munger, Reinschmidt & Denne, L.L.P Executive Director, Sioux City Sanford Center Bd. of Supervisors, Gerald Denning Woodbury County Allbee, Barclay, Allison, Denning Sioux City & Oppel, PC Wilton Honorable Mary Ann Brown District Court Judge Martin Diaz Eighth Judicial District Martin Diaz Law Firm Burlington Iowa City A:1 Task Force Members Connie Diekema Melissa Head Finley, Alt, Smith, Scharnberg, Assistant District Counsel Craig, Hilmes & Gaffney, P.C. U.S. Corps of Engineers Des Moines Omaha, NE Laurie Doré Honorable Daryl Hecht Professor of Law Iowa Supreme Court Drake University Law School Sioux City Des Moines Marvin Heidman Tom Drew Heidman Law Firm, L.L.P. Drew Law Firm, P.C. Sioux City Des Moines Elizabeth Hodgson Joseph Fitzgibbons Wells Fargo Fitzgibbons Law Firm, L.L.C. Des Moines Estherville Gary Hoyer Elizabeth Flansburg CEO, Great River Entertainment Lawyer, Dougherty, Palmer Burlington & Flansburg, P.L.C. West Des Moines Michael Jacobs Rawlings, Nieland, Killinger, Paul Gamez Ellwanger, Jacobs, Mohrhauser Simmons Perrine Moyer & Nelson, L.L.P. Bergman PLC Sioux City Cedar Rapids Mark Lagomarcino Josephine Gittler Principal Financial Group Professor of Law Des Moines University of Iowa College of Law Iowa City Deb Larpenter Court Reporter—Fifth District Doug Goodman Indianola President Peoples National Bank Steven Lawyer Council Bluffs Steven V. Lawyer & Associates, PLC West Des Moines Sharon Greer Cartwright, Druker & Ryden James Lehman Marshalltown Hospital Administrator Genesis Medical Center Beth Hansen Davenport Swisher & Cohrt, PLC Waterloo Karen Lorenzen Hayes, Lorenzen Lawyers PLC Frank Harty Iowa City Nyemaster, Goode, West, Hansell & O’Brien, P.C. Russell Lovell Des Moines Professor of Law Drake University Law School Steven Havercamp Des Moines Stanley, Lande & Hunter Davenport Christine Luzzie Iowa Legal Aid Iowa City A:2 Appendix A Michelle Mackel Kathleen Richardson Iowa Legal Aid Drake University/F.O.I. Council Des Moines Des Moines Henry Marquard Jennifer Rinden S.C. Companies, Inc. Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, PLC Muscatine Cedar Rapids Leesa McNeil Paula Roby District Court Administrator Elderkin & Pirnie, PLC Third Judicial District Cedar Rapids Sioux City J.C. Salvo Honorable Sean McPartland Salvo, Deren, Schenck District Court Judge & Lauterbach, P.C. Sixth Judicial District Harlan Cedar Rapids Jacqueline Samuelson Ken Mertes Whitfield & Eddy, PLC Union Officer Des Moines Onawa Honorable Michael Schilling Steve Meyer District Court Judge Hy-Vee General Counsel Eighth Judicial District West Des Moines Burlington Honorable John Miller Martha Shaff Iowa Court of Appeals Senior Judge Betty, Neuman & McMahon, P.L.C. Burlington Davenport Marcia Nichols Randall Shanks AFSCME Political Director Shanks Law Firm Des Moines Council Bluffs Honorable Eliza Ovrom Anne Sheeley District Court Judge Assistant District Court Fifth District Administrator Des Moines Des Moines Heather Palmer Danielle Shelton Administrative Law Judge Weinhardt & Logan, P.C. Iowa Dep’t of Inspections & Appeals Des Moines Des Moines Lisa Simonetta Jean Pendleton EMC Insurance Companies Pendleton Zeigler & Herbold, LLP Des Moines West Des Moines Joy Stein Charlene Peterson (retired) Hoover Elementary School Principal Plymouth County Clerk of Court Council Bluffs LeMars Ben Stone Patrick Phipps Executive Director, ACLU of Iowa Thompson Phipps & Thompson Des Moines Moville A:3 Task Force Members Frank Tenuta Iowa Legal Aid Sioux City Deborah Tharnish Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. Des Moines Jeff Thompson Iowa Department of Justice Des Moines Peter Thoreen Hospital Administrator St. Luke’s Health System Sioux City Charles Traw Leff Law Firm, LLP Iowa City Janece Valentine Valentine Law Office, P.C. Fort Dodge Bruce Walker Phelan Tucker Mullen Walker Tucker & Gelman LLP Iowa City Steven Wandro Wandro & McCarthy, P.C. Des Moines John Whiston Clinical Professor of Law University of Iowa College of Law Iowa City N. Richard Willia Willia Law Offices, P.C. Sioux City Martha Willits Greater Des Moines Partnership Des Moines Philip Willson Willson & Pechacek, PLC Council Bluffs Kent Wirth District Court Administrator Fourth Judicial District Council Bluffs A:4 Appendix B B. Iowa Civil Justice Reform Task Force Survey Iowa Task Force for Civil Justice Reform Survey 1. Which of the following best describes your current position? Response Response Percent Count Attorney, private practice 58.6% 690 Attorney, corporate 7.5% 88 Attorney, government 16.0% 188 Attorney, non-profit 4.3% 51 Administrative Law Judge 0.9% 11 Magistrate or part-time judge 2.0% 24 District court judge 4.2% 49 Appellate judge 0.7% 8 Retired or inactive 5.8% 68 answered question 1,177 skipped question 6 B:1 1 of 45 Iowa Civil Justice Reform Task Force Survey 2. Which of the following best describes your experience in civil litigation? Response Response Percent Count My current practice involves civil 69.1% 813 litigation. My current practice does not involve civil litigation, but I have 21.7% 255 past experience in civil litigation. I do not have experience in civil 9.3% 109 litigation. answered question 1,177 skipped question 6 3. Please provide the Iowa judicial district, county, and estimated population of municipality in which your civil litigation experience primarily takes place. (E.g., 8A, Davis, 2600.) Response Response Percent Count Judicial District (#) 96.1% 748 County 97.0% 755 Municipality population (#) 85.6% 666 answered question 778 skipped question 405 4. If you are in private practice, how many attorneys are in your firm, including attorneys who practice full- or part-time, or are located in satellite offices? Response Response Response Average Total Count # of attorneys: 13.55 8,198 605 answered question 605 2 of 45 skipped question 578 B:2 5. How many years have you practiced law, including years serving as a judicial officer? Response Response Response Average Total Count # of years: 22.72 18,036 794 answered question 794 skipped question 389 6. How many years of experience do you have in civil litigation, including years serving as a judicial officer? Response Response Response Average Total Count # of years: 20.26 16,125 796 answered question 796 skipped question 387 3 of 45 4. If you are in private practice, how many attorneys are in your firm, including attorneys who practice full- or part-time, or are located in satellite offices? Response Response Response Average Total Count # of attorneys: 13.55 8,198 605 answered question 605 Appendix B skipped question 578 5. How many years have you practiced law, including years serving as a judicial officer? Response Response Response Average Total Count # of years: 22.72 18,036 794 answered question 794 skipped question 389 6. How many years of experience do you have in civil litigation, including years serving as a judicial officer? Response Response Response Average Total Count # of years: 20.26 16,125 796 answered question 796 skipped question 387 7. To the best of your ability, please estimate the number of civil JURY TRIALS in which you SERVED AS ATTORNEY OF RECORD or PRESIDED OVER AS A JUDICIAL OFFICER in the last five (5) years. Response Response Response Average Total Count # of cases: 11.38 8,794 773 answered question 773 3 of 45 skipped question 410 8. To the best of your ability, please estimate the number of civil JURY TRIALS in which you HAVE BEEN INVOLOVED AS ATTORNEY in the last five (5) years. Response Response Response Average Total Count # of cases: 4.71 3,582 760 answered question 760 skipped question 423