David N. May
{{Short description|American judge (born 1971)}}
{{other people|David May}}
{{Infobox judge
|name = David May
|office = Associate Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
|appointer = Kim Reynolds
|term_start = July 27, 2022
|term_end =
|predecessor = Brent R. Appel
|successor =
|birth_name = David Noel May
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|5|23}}
|birth_place =
|death_date =
|death_place =
|education = Truman State University
University of Missouri (BA)
University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (MPH)
Drake University (JD)
}}
David Noel May (born May 23, 1971) is an American lawyer from Iowa who has served as an associate justice of the Iowa Supreme Court since 2022.
Education
May grew up in Missouri.{{cn|date=August 2022}} He started college at Truman State University before finishing his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Missouri. He then received a Master of Public Health from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, for which he won the Graduate Student Association Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, and a Juris Doctor, with high honors, from Drake University Law School.{{Cite web |last=Maricle |first=Kelly |date=July 27, 2022 |title=Gov. Reynolds names David May to Iowa Supreme Court |url=https://who13.com/news/gov-kim-reynolds-to-name-new-iowa-supreme-court-justice/ |access-date=July 28, 2022 |website=who13.com |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727170041/https://who13.com/news/gov-kim-reynolds-to-name-new-iowa-supreme-court-justice/ |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=David May – Judges |url=https://www.iowacourts.gov/iowa-courts/court-of-appeals/judges/david-may/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319155312/https://www.iowacourts.gov/iowa-courts/court-of-appeals/judges/david-may/ |archive-date=March 19, 2022 |access-date=July 28, 2022 |website=www.iowacourts.gov}} In law school, May was elected to the Order of the Coif, won awards for the best student in five classes, and served on the Drake Law Review.{{Cite web |last=May |first=David |title=Joint Judicial Application |url=https://www.iowajnc.gov/media/cms/David_May_17F50848A0FBD.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622151425/https://www.iowajnc.gov/media/cms/David_May_17F50848A0FBD.pdf |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |website=Iowa State Judicial Nominating Commission}}
Legal career
Following law school, May practiced at Hawkins & Norris, P.C. in Des Moines, Iowa for three years, specializing in grain contract litigation. He then joined Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C. in Des Moines in 2001, and was a partner at that firm from 2005 until his appointment to the bench in 2016. At Bradshaw, May practiced commercial litigation and insurance defense.
Judicial career
= Iowa District Court =
= Iowa Court of Appeals =
On May 2, 2019, Governor Kim Reynolds appointed May to the Iowa Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy left by the elevation of Christopher McDonald to the Iowa Supreme Court.{{Cite web |last=Laird |first=Rox |date=May 2, 2019 |title=Two judges appointed to Iowa Court of Appeals by Governor Reynolds |url=https://iowaappeals.com/rox-laird/two-judges-appointed-to-iowa-court-of-appeals-by-governor-reynolds/ |access-date=July 28, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027120435/https://iowaappeals.com/rox-laird/two-judges-appointed-to-iowa-court-of-appeals-by-governor-reynolds/ |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |url-status=live}} May served as the co-chair of a committee to revise the Iowa Rules of Appellate Procedure.
= Iowa Supreme Court =
May was among five applicants who applied for a vacancy on the Supreme Court,{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Erin |date=July 27, 2022 |title=Gov. Reynolds names David May to Iowa Supreme Court |url=https://www.thegazette.com/state-government/iowa-gov-reynolds-names-former-appeals-court-judge-david-may-to-iowa-supreme-court/ |access-date=July 28, 2022 |website=www.thegazette.com |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727175426/https://www.thegazette.com/state-government/iowa-gov-reynolds-names-former-appeals-court-judge-david-may-to-iowa-supreme-court/ |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |url-status=live}} and ultimately one of three finalists whose names were submitted to the governor.{{Cite web |last=Kauffman |first=Clark |date=June 27, 2022 |title=Three finalists named for Iowa Supreme Court vacancy |url=https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2022/06/27/three-finalists-named-for-iowa-supreme-court-vacancy-2/ |access-date=July 28, 2022 |website=Iowa Capital Dispatch |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627212038/https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2022/06/27/three-finalists-named-for-iowa-supreme-court-vacancy-2/ |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |url-status=live}} On July 27, 2022, Governor Kim Reynolds appointed May to the Iowa Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Brent R. Appel.{{Cite press release |title=Gov. Reynolds appoints David May to the Supreme Court |date=July 27, 2022 |publisher=Office of the Governor of Iowa |url=https://governor.iowa.gov/press-release/gov-reynolds-appoints%C2%A0david-may%C2%A0to-the-supreme-court%C2%A0 |access-date=July 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727180400/https://governor.iowa.gov/press-release/gov-reynolds-appoints%C2%A0david-may%C2%A0to-the-supreme-court |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |url-status=live}} May is Reynolds' fifth appointment to the supreme court. With May's appointment, all seven supreme court justices have been appointed by Republican governors.
Personal life
May is a former member of the International Defensive Pistol Association and the National Rifle Association of America. He resides in Polk City, Iowa.
References
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External links
- {{Ballotpedia|David_May}}
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