Current Employment Position
- Managing Partner
Past Positions
- Plymouth County Iowa Attorney, Assistant County Attorney, 1973 to 1994
References
- American Bank, N.A.
- Primebank
- NW Iowa Credit Union
- Northwest Bank
Practice Areas:
- Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
- Complex Litigation
- Domestic Relations - Trials and Appeals
- Real Estate and Probate
- Banking and Transactional
Education
- Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska
- J.D. - 1972
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
- A.B. - 1968
- Major: Philosophy
Bar Admissions
- Iowa, 1973
- Nebraska, 1973
- U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 1973
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2012
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
Honors
- Outstanding Lawyers of America
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
Classes & Seminars
- General Practice - Nuts and Bolts, Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 to 1998
- Prepaid Legal Insurance Seminars, ACS Lawphone, 1998 to 2002
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Pro-Bono Activities
- Iowa Volunteer Lawyers Project, 1974
- Iowa Mock Trial Coach, 1994 to 1998
Fraternities Or Sororities
- Phi Alpha Delta
Representative Clients
- American Bank, N.A.
- City of Le Mars, Iowa
- City of Merrill, Iowa
- Plymouth County, Iowa
Professional Associations
- Iowa State Bar Association, Scope and Correlations Committee, 2012 to Present
- Iowa State Bar Association, Rural Practice Committee (Litigation Section), 2010 to Present
- Iowa Bar Foundation, Life Fellow, 2009 to Present
- American Bar Association, Member, 1973 to Present
- Nebraska Bar Association, Member, 1973 to Present
- Association of Trial Attorneys, Member, 1973 to Present
- Iowa State Bar Association, Award of Merit - Chair, 2009 to 2011
- Iowa State Bar Association, American Citizenship Committee, Chair, 2007 to 2011
- Iowa State Bar Association, Board of Governors, 2005 to 2011
- Iowa State Bar Association, Grievance Commission, 1996 to 2002
- Iowa Association for Justice, Member, Board of Governors, 1993-1998, 1973
- American Association for Justice, Member, 1973
- Iowa State Bar Association, Member, 1973
Ancillary Businesses
- Director, American Bank, N.A., Le Mars-Remsen, Iowa
- Director, Plymouth County Abstract Company, Le Mars, Iowa