David Norman Selmer

David Selmer graduated Cum Laude with Dean’s List distinction from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2004. Prior to Law School, he received a B.A., Magna Cum Laude, from Gustavus Adolphus College. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society.

After law school, David became an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago where he honed his courtroom trial skills as a prosecutor. Within a year, he was selected to work in the Civil Rights Litigation Division. In his four years in the Division, he tried several high-profile civil rights actions in both federal and state court.

In late 2008 and early 2009, David served as a volunteer in Kenya, Africa, where, along with a handful of friends, he founded an orphanage for children from the Kibera slum. The orphanage is now a thriving home that provides food, schooling, and medical care for approximately forty orphans.

Upon his return from Kenya, David went into private practice with the Hamilton Law Office in Chicago, specializing in criminal defense and prosecuting civil-rights actions against the Chicago Police Department.

In late 2010, David accepted a position as in-house counsel for a large private contracting company located in Illinois, Minnesota, and Indiana, expanding his area of practice to contracts, licensing and permit issues, employment, and contract disputes.

In January, 2014, David became an associate at Hayek, Brown, Moreland, and Smith, L.L.P., and permanently relocated to Iowa City to be with his wife and three children. David is a member of the Dean Mason Ladd Inn of Court, the Iowa Bar Association, Empowered Professionals of Iowa City, and the Johnson County Bar Association.

David has been admitted to practice law before the following courts:

• State of Iowa (2014)
• State of Minnesota (2012)
• State of Illinois (2004)
• United States District Court — Northern District of Illinois (2005)