Justice David May

Iowa Supreme Court

David May was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court in July 2022.  In April 2019, he was appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals and as a district judge in Judicial Election District 5C in February 2016.

Prior to his appointment as district court judge, May practiced law with Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C., in Des Moines.

May received his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri – Columbia, his Master of Public Health degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and his law degree from Drake University Law School.