WDM Chamber Elevate

Featured Speaker: Roxanne Conlin

Roxanne Conlin is president of Roxanne Conlin & Associates, where she exclusively represents people who have been harmed by others, whether by discrimination, products, doctors or vehicles.

Conlin entered Drake University in 1961, when she was only 16, and graduated from law school with honors five years later at the age of 21.

Conlin has been named by the National Law Journal as one of the fifty most influential women lawyers in America, one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America and one of the top 10 litigators. The Des Moines Register named her as One of the Fifty Most Influential Iowans in 2000.

Conlin's achievements have brought such honors as induction into the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame and national attention such as selection in 1975 as one of the “44 Women Who Could Save America” and in 1976 as one of “44 Women Qualified for a Cabinet Position.” Conlin was the first woman president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, a 60,000 member organization of consumer attorneys. She was the first woman to chair the Roscoe Pound Foundation, a trial lawyer’s think tank. She was the founder and first chair of the Civil Justice Foundation, which provides direct support to grass roots organizations and disabled individuals. She was inducted in 1995 into the Inner Circle of Advocates.

She married her husband, James, 50 years ago and they have raised four children and have five grandchildren. 

We are thrilled to have Roxanne as our June Elevate speaker. Don’t forget to stay for Elevate P.S. after Roxanne’s presentation as we discuss Roxanne’s topic in a roundtable discussion format.