Riley Tom

American lawyer and politician from Cedar Rapids, Iowa who served two terms in the Iowa House of Representatives and four in the Iowa Senate. He earned a B.A. and Juris Doctor degrees at the University of Iowa in 1950 and 1952 respectively. He served as first lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He became a partner in the law firm Simmons, Perrine, Albright and Ellwood. Riley left the law firm in 1980 to start the Tom Riley Law Firm. He wrote four books: Response to Crisis (1968), Proving Punitive Damages (1981), The Price of a Life (1986) and Iowa’s Civil Litigation Handbook (1997). He married Nancy Evans, whom hed met while they were both students at the University of Iowa, in 1952; they had six children. He died on 21 July 2011 at age 82. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less