David A. Dettmann
Education
- Luther College (B.A. 1971)
- Drake University (M.B.A. 1974; J.D. 1974)
Admissions
- Iowa - 1974
- Illinois - 1993
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa - 1974
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit - 1989
- U.S. Tax Court - 1974
- U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois - 2009
Honors
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for over 10 years (Trusts & Estates, Real Estate and Employee Benefits)
- Chambers USA – America's Leading Lawyers for Business – Real Estate since 2004 (first year)
- Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers - since 1994
- Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel - since 2000
- Supreme Court of Iowa, Recognition for Volunteer Activities (1999)
- Luther College, Distinguished Service Award (2001)
- Illinois Quad Cities Chapter Association of Fundraising Professionals, Outstanding Planned Giving Professional (2006)
- Advisors Circle – Community Foundation of the Great River Bend - 2007
Professional Associations
- Certified Public Accountant (Iowa, 1976)
- Member, Iowa Society of CPAs
- Member, American Institute of CPAs
- Member, National Association of Estate Planners & Councils
- Member, Quad City Estate Planning Council (1980-Present); Past Board Member and Officer
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Board of Governors (1997-2001), liaison to Multidisciplinary Practice Committee and Real Estate & Title Law Section
- Member, Committee on Title Standards of The Iowa State Bar Association (1985-1994), Chairman of Title Guaranty Subcommittee (1990-1994), member of committee when Seventh Edition of Iowa Land Title Standards was prepared by the Committee (1993); principal responsibility in development of Title Standard 4.7 dealing with conveyances from trusts including preparation of research paper dealing with Federal Gift, Estate and Iowa Gift and Death Taxes
- Member of Real Estate & Title Law Section Council for terms 1993-1996 and 2001-2004, Chair 1994-1996
- Member of Real Estate Modernization Committee (1998-2004), Chair (2001-2004)
- Iowa State Bar Association Representative on Iowa Legislative Advisory Committee on Electronic Filing of Real Property Instruments (2000-2001)
- Iowa State Bar Association Representative on the Iowa Legislature's County Real Estate Electronic Government Advisory Committee (2005-2006)
- Scott County Bar Association
- Member, Executive Committee (1980's, 1996-2000)
- Chairman, Real Estate/Abstract Committee (1985-1995) with primary responsibility for updating Scott County Bar Association Title Standards (1989)
- Volunteer Instructor, Scott Community College for Peoples' Law School on Estate Planning and Probate
Community
- Presidentsrad (advisory committee to the College President), Luther College
- Board Member, Community Foundation of the Great River Bend (1996-2004); Chair (2004)
- Board Member, Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center (1984-Present), Chair 1989-1992
- Redeemer Lutheran Church, Bettendorf, Iowa, Past Council Member and Past Church Council President; Chair of Building Committees 1986-1987 and 1994-2000; Chair Organ Acquisition Committee 1992-1993; Organ Expansion Committee 2000-2002
- Member of Community Advisory Committee, Augustana College (Rock Island, IL) Center for the Study of Ethics 2003 - Present
