 |
 Edgar H. Bittle was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He was admitted
to the Iowa Bar in 1967 after graduating from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in government
and from the University of Michigan Law School.
He is a member of the Public Finance and Local Government Law and Employment Law departments of the Firm. During
1988 and 1989, he was co-chair of the Iowa Legislative Post Secondary Education Task Force which developed a twenty
year plan for higher education. He served as Visiting Assistant Professor for the spring semester of 1993 in the
Department of Education, the University of Iowa, and is an adjunct professor in the College of Education at Iowa
State University.
He is a member of the American Bar Association and was Chair of the American Bar Association Urban, State and Local
Government Section's Public Education Committee from 1985 to 1989 and 1993-95. He is past Chair of the National
School Board Association National Council of School Attorneys. As a member of the Iowa Bar Association, he has
served as Chair of Lawpac and the Labor Law and Administrative Law Committees. He was elected to the Iowa House
of Representatives in the 65th and 66th General Assemblies. He was the ranking member of the State Government Committee,
and also was Chair of the Interim Committee that drafted and introduced the Iowa Administrative Procedure Act which
was adopted in 1975.
He is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, and the American Bar Association Sections of Banking,
Business and Corporation Law, and State and Local Government Law. He is counsel to the Iowa Association of School
Business Officials and has served as General Counsel to the Des Moines Independent Community School District and
the Des Moines Area Community College, the Iowa Dental Association, and the Iowa Association of Independent Insurance
Agents. He was General Counsel to the Iowa Association of School Boards for twenty-four years. |
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