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ID 431610882 Email address amta@dwx.com
Status ResoluteOnly
First name Richard Last name Calkins
Full name Richard M. Calkins Esq.
Gender Male
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
Cell public? Yes
Promote video conferencing? No
CC name   CC email  
Formal Qualifications & Memberships
Judge? No
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 No
Calendar preference Disabled Calendar display type 5 day
Calendar last update time Never
Booking
Whole days Disabled Multiple mediations Disabled Ask Client to Select ADR Service? Disabled
Time zone Eastern
Requested Date Automatically Held/Booked? Disabled Auto hold type On Hold Ask if all attending counsel agreed on date? Disabled
Notes mandatory? Yes
Additional attendees No
GoogleMaps
Map enabled Yes Streetview enabled Yes
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Longitude 0
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