Current Employment Position
- Partner
Practice Areas:
- General Practice
- Personal Injury
- Criminal Defense
- Real Estate
- Probate
Education
- Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa
- J.D.
- Iowa State University
- B.S.
- Honors: With Distinction
- Major: Finance
Bar Admissions
- Iowa, 2005
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 2010
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2013
Classes & Seminars
- Plymouth County EDMS: How it Works, Iowa Bar Association, 2010
Published Works
- Tort Reform: Would a Non-Economic Damages Cap be Constitutional and Is One Necessary in Iowa?, 53 Drake Law Review 813, 2005
Fraternities Or Sororities
- Delta Theta Phi
Representative Cases
- In re: Guardianship & Conservatorship of Sluyter, 812 N.W.2d 726, 2012, IA App.
- State v. Stearns, 784 N.W.2d 201, 2010, IA App.
- State v. Phipps, 776 N.W.2d 111, 2009, IA APP.
- McMillan v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., 2008 W.L. 2843744, 2008, IA Dist. Crt
Professional Associations
- Plymouth County Bar Association, President, 2007 to 2011
- Iowa Bar Association, Member, Young Lawyers Division, At Large Representative, 2012 to Present
- American Bar Association, Member
- Iowa Association for Justice, Member
- Le Mars Chamber of Commerce, Director, 2008 to 2010
- Sioux Rivers Ducks Unlimited, Chairman, 2008 to 2010
- Rotary of Le Mars, Iowa Chapter, Director, 2011 to 2013