Lu Ann White

Born Waterloo, Iowa, August 31, 1956
Admitted, Iowa, 1981
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
U.S. District Court (Northern/Southern Districts of Iowa)

Education

Cornell College (B.A. 1978)
University of Iowa (J.D. 1981), Note and Comment Editor, Iowa Law Review, 1980-1981
Law Clerk, Judge Ronald E. Longstaff, U.S. District Court (1981-1982, 1984-1985)

Professional Associations and Memberships

Polk County Bar Association
• President, 1995-96
• Co-Chair, Newsletter Committee
• Public Relations Committee, Former Member
• Ethics Committee, Former Member

Polk County Women Attorneys
• President, 1987-1988
• 2006 Award of Merit Recipient

Iowa State Bar Association
• Board of Governors Representative District 5C, Former and Present Member
• Annual Meeting Committee, Former Member and Former Chair
• Membership Committee, Former Member
• Women and Minorities Committee, Former Member
• Young Lawyers Division Board of Directors, District 5C, Former Member
• Young Lawyers Professional Development Committee, Former Chair
• Federal Practice Committee, Member
• Annual Meeting Committee, Member
• Labor and Employment Law Section
• Litigation Section Council, Former Member

Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys
• Former Secretary

American Bar Association
• Litigation Section
• Law Practice Management Section
• Employment and Labor Law Section

Iowa Trial Lawyers Association

Iowa Judicial Nominating Commission District 5C (1998 -2003)

Iowa Supreme Court Council on Judicial Selection, Former Member

Iowa Supreme Court Task Force on Judicial Branch Education

Polk County Legal Aid Society Board of Directors, Former Member
 

Practice Areas

Languages

 Spanish

Publications

 “Several civil procedure rules amended to update service, now allow use of e-mail in some events,” Iowa Lawyer, January 2003