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Status |
ResoluteOnly |
First name |
Richard |
Last name |
Calkins |
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Full name |
Richard M. Calkins Esq. |
Gender |
Male |
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Pdf |
https://www.nadn.org/resolute/PDF/431610882.PDF |
Photo |
resolute/photos/Richard-Calkins.jpg |
Contact information |
Corporation |
Richard M. Calkins Law Office |
Address 1 |
2700 Westown Parkway |
City |
West Des Moines |
ZIP Code |
50266-1411 |
State |
Iowa |
Phone |
(515)283-0331 |
Fax |
(515)283-0702 |
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Cell public? |
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Promote video conferencing? |
No |
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Formal Qualifications & Memberships |
Judge? |
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ADR services |
1,2 |
Education |
Dean Richard M. Calkins attended Dartmouth College and Northwestern University Law School, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1953 and his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1959. In the latter institution, he was on the Law Review Board and graduated Order of the Coif. |
Memberships |
He has published three books: Antitrust Guidelines For The Business Executive, Dow Jones- Irwin 1981; Mediation: A Quest For Peace, Illinois State Bar Association 2005, and Lane & Calkins Mediation Practice Guide, Aspen Publishers, and numerous law review articles. Dean Calkins has been president of the American Academy of ADR Attorneys, the American Mock Trial Association, International Academy of Dispute Resolution, and the Blackstone Inn of Court. |
Biography |
From 1959-1961, Calkins was law clerk to Judge Elmer J. Schnackenberg, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. In 1961, he joined the Chicago law firm of Chadwell, Keck, Kayser, Ruggles and McLaren, where he became a partner. In 1969 he was a founding partner of Burditt and Calkins in Chicago. In 1980, Dean Calkins was appointed dean of the Drake University Law School where he served until 1988. Since then he has been an adjunct professor while practicing as a partner in the Zarley, McKee, Thomte, Voorhees & Sease law firm (1988-1993).
In 1993, he established his own law firm practicing primarily antitrust law. In 1995 he went into the full-time practice of mediation and arbitration with Resolute Systems.
Since 1996 he has conducted over 2,000 mediations and trained both law students and lawyers in mediation.Dean Calkins is trained not only to mediate, but also to act as an arbitrator on a one-person or three-person panel. He also has had extensive experience with other forms of ADR. |
ADR Practice & Case Experience |
Additional languages |
1 |
Practice started |
0 |
Dispute areas |
1,12,13,14,15,18,20,26,27,28,32,35,37,38,42,44,50,51,58,59,60,61,62,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,85,87,88,92,94,95,96 |
Calendar Settings |
Private calendar purchased |
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Calendar preference |
Disabled |
Calendar display type |
5 day |
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Calendar last update time |
Never |
Booking |
Whole days |
Disabled |
Multiple mediations |
Disabled |
Ask Client to Select ADR Service? |
Disabled |
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Time zone |
Eastern |
Requested Date Automatically Held/Booked? |
Disabled |
Auto hold type |
On Hold |
Ask if all attending counsel agreed on date? |
Disabled |
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Notes mandatory? |
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Additional attendees |
No |
GoogleMaps |
Map enabled |
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Streetview enabled |
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Latitude |
0 |
Longitude |
0 |
Rating |
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GoogleMaps accuracy |
Unknown location |