Speaker Name
Roxanne Barton Conlin
Job Title
Attorney/Partner/Owner
Company
Roxanne Conlin & Associates, PC
Speaker Bio
Roxanne Conlin has her own law firm in Des Moines, where she represents exclusively people who have been harmed by others, whether by discrimination, products, doctors or vehicles.
She entered Drake University in 1961, when she was only 16, and graduated from law school with honors five years later at the age of 21.
From 1969 to 1976, she was an Assistant Attorney General for Iowa, where she was head of the Iowa Civil Rights section and fought race and sex discrimination.
In 1977, she became one of the first two women ever to be a United States Attorney.
She has been named by the National Law Journal as one of the fifty most influential women lawyers in America, one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America and one of the top 10 litigators. The Des Moines Register named her as One of the Fifty Most Influential Iowans in 2000.
Her achievements have brought such honors as induction into the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame and national attention such as selection in 1975 as one of the “44 Women Who Could Save America” and in 1976 as one of “44 Women Qualified for a Cabinet Position.”
In June of 1982, Roxanne won a tough three-way primary and became the Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa. She was narrowly defeated in her effort to become that state’s first woman governor. She also ran for Iowa’s seat in the U.S. Senate in 2010.
She has had many other firsts. She was the first woman president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, a 60,000 member organization of consumer attorneys. She was the first woman to chair the Roscoe Pound Foundation, a trial lawyers think tank. She was the founder and first chair of the Civil Justice Foundation, which provides direct support to grass roots organizations and disabled individuals.
She entered Drake University in 1961, when she was only 16, and graduated from law school with honors five years later at the age of 21.
From 1969 to 1976, she was an Assistant Attorney General for Iowa, where she was head of the Iowa Civil Rights section and fought race and sex discrimination.
In 1977, she became one of the first two women ever to be a United States Attorney.
She has been named by the National Law Journal as one of the fifty most influential women lawyers in America, one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America and one of the top 10 litigators. The Des Moines Register named her as One of the Fifty Most Influential Iowans in 2000.
Her achievements have brought such honors as induction into the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame and national attention such as selection in 1975 as one of the “44 Women Who Could Save America” and in 1976 as one of “44 Women Qualified for a Cabinet Position.”
In June of 1982, Roxanne won a tough three-way primary and became the Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa. She was narrowly defeated in her effort to become that state’s first woman governor. She also ran for Iowa’s seat in the U.S. Senate in 2010.
She has had many other firsts. She was the first woman president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, a 60,000 member organization of consumer attorneys. She was the first woman to chair the Roscoe Pound Foundation, a trial lawyers think tank. She was the founder and first chair of the Civil Justice Foundation, which provides direct support to grass roots organizations and disabled individuals.
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