David N. May, Esq.
Phone: 515.442.7329
Email: may.david@bradshawlaw.com
Practice Areas: Litigation and Trial Law, Insurance Law, Insurance Litigation Law, Litigation Law
Background
- Contract Instructor – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, ATF National Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, GA
- Co-publisher, Red Flags Fraud Blog
- Board Member and Honorary Chapter Counsel – Iowa-Nebraska International Association of Special Investigation Units (IA-NE IASIU)
- Lecturer – Iowa State Fire Marshal’s annual two-week Fire/Arson School
- Member – Metro Area Fire Investigators Task Force (MAFIT)
- Also provides lectures for: Iowa Department of Insurance; Nebraska Department of Insurance; and state chapters of the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI)
Practice Areas
General practice including, but not limited to Insurance Law and Litigation, Litigation and Trial Law
Education
- University of Missouri (B.A., 1993)
- The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (M.P.H., 1995)
- Drake University Law School (J.D., with high honors, 1998)
- Associate Editor, Drake Law Review, 1997-1998
- Order of the Coif
State Bar Admissions
Iowa, 1998
Federal Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Leadership Positions
- Iowa Bar Examination – Grader, 2004-2010
- St. James Lutheran Church in Johnston, Iowa
- President, 2009-2010
- Treasurer, 2007-2009
- Mutual Ministry Committee, 2004-2006
Professional Memberships and Admissions
- American Bar Association
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Nebraska State Bar Association
- Polk County Bar Association
Other Memberships
- International Association of Arson Investigators
- International Association of Arson Investigators (Iowa Chapter)
- National Fire Protection Association
Sample of Reported Cases
- Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Miell (N.D. Iowa Oct. 4, 2006) (unpublished)
- Faber v. Menards, Inc. (8th Cir. 2004)
- Howard v. Coventry Health Care of Iowa, Inc. (8th Cir. 2002)
- Larson v. Farmers Coop. Elevator (8th Cir. 2000)
- Lincoln Coop. Co. v. Sievers (Iowa Ct. App. May 15, 2002) (unpublished)
- Madol v. Dan Nelson Auto. Group, et al. (8th Cir. 2004)
- Ringelberg v. EMC Ins. Co. (Iowa 2003)
Publications
- Electronic Signatures and Application Fraud, IA-NE IASIU NEWS, Issue 7 (2008)
- Iowa Legal Research Guide, (William S. Hein & Company) (2003)
- Pioneer’s Paradox: Appellate Rule 4(a)(5) and the Rule Against Excusing Ignorance of Law, 48 Drake L. Rev. 677 (2000)
- Hedge to Arrive Contracts and the Commodity Exchange Act: A Textual Alternative, 47 Drake L. Rev. 319 (1999)
- In-house Defenders of Insureds: Some Ethical Considerations, 46 Drake L. Rev. 881 (1998)
News
Dec 23, 2010 – Dave May and Dave Proctor Launch Red Flags Fraud Blog
