David N. May
Associate Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
Assumed office
July 27, 2022
Appointed byKim Reynolds
Preceded byBrent R. Appel
Judge of the Iowa Court of Appeals
In office
May 29, 2019 – July 27, 2022
Appointed byKim Reynolds
Preceded byChristopher McDonald
Succeeded byTyler Buller
Judge of the Iowa Judicial Election District 5C
In office
February 2016 – May 29, 2019
Personal details
Born
David Noel May

(1971-05-23) May 23, 1971
EducationUniversity of Missouri (BA)
University of Oklahoma (MPH)
Drake University (JD)

David Noel May (born May 23, 1971)[1] 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. 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.[2][3] 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.[1]

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.[2][3]

Judicial career

Iowa District Court

In February 2016, May was appointed as state District Judge in Judicial Election District 5C, which covers the south-central portion of Iowa.[2]

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.[4] May served as the co-chair of a committee to revise the Iowa Rules of Appellate Procedure.[1]

Iowa Supreme Court

May was among five applicants who applied for a vacancy on the Supreme Court,[5] and ultimately one of three finalists whose names were submitted to the governor.[6] 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.[7] May is Reynolds' fifth appointment to the supreme court.[5] With May's appointment, all seven supreme court justices have been appointed by Republican governors.[2]

Personal life

May is a former member of the International Defensive Pistol Association and the National Rifle Association. He resides in Polk City, Iowa.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 May, David. "Joint Judicial Application" (PDF). Iowa State Judicial Nominating Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 22, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Maricle, Kelly (July 27, 2022). "Gov. Reynolds names David May to Iowa Supreme Court". who13.com. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "David May – Judges". www.iowacourts.gov. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  4. ↑ Laird, Rox (May 2, 2019). "Two judges appointed to Iowa Court of Appeals by Governor Reynolds". Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Murphy, Erin (July 27, 2022). "Gov. Reynolds names David May to Iowa Supreme Court". www.thegazette.com. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  6. ↑ Kauffman, Clark (June 27, 2022). "Three finalists named for Iowa Supreme Court vacancy". Iowa Capital Dispatch. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Gov. Reynolds appoints David May to the Supreme Court" (Press release). Office of the Governor of Iowa. July 27, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
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