G. Duane Vieth
G. Duane Vieth is a semi-retired partner with the law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP.
His practice is in the areas of antitrust and securities. Mr. Vieth attended the University
of Iowa where he received an A.B. in 1947 and a J.D. in 1949. He served in the U. S.
Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945 , as a B-I 7 air crew member with the 100th Bomb
Group of the Eighth Air Force in England.
Mr. Vieth joined Arnold, Fortas & Porter in 1949 as an associate and became a
partner in 1954. From 1965 to 1981 he served as Managing Partner of Arnold & Porter
and served as the firm’s first Chairman from 1981 to 1989.
Mr Vieth has argued several cases in the Supreme Court and in a number of
Federal Courts of Appeal and he has tried cases in Federal trial courts in various parts
of the country.
Mr Vieth has served as a Trustee of the Federal City Council in Washington since
1972 and from 1971 to 1988 served as a Trustee of the Iowa Law School Foundation.
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