Owner/President
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Phone: 515-331-3510
Fax: 515-282-0318
Email: Email Me
Areas of Practice
- Employment Law — Employee
- Sexual Harassment
- Discrimination
- Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Nursing Home Negligence & Abuse
- Medical Malpractice
- Product Liability
- Mediation & Arbitration
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Personal Injury, Iowa Bar Association
- Medical Negligence, Iowa Bar Association
Bar Admissions
- Iowa, 1979
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1979
Education
- Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa
- J.D. – 1979
- Honors: Order of Coif
- Law Review: Drake Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1978 – 1979
- Central College, Pella, Iowa
- B.A. magna cum laude – 1976
- Honors: Member, 1974 Central College NCAA Div III National Football Championship
- Major: Business
Published Works
- “Comparative Negligence in Iowa” (Co-Author), 31 Drake Law Review, pg. 709-830, 1981-1982
- Note, “Impeachment by Prior Criminal Conviction: Federal Rule of Evidence”, 609 Drake Law Review 27, pg. 326-360, 1977-1978
References
- Iowa State Bank, Des Moines, IA
Classes/Seminars
- Speaker, Legitimizing Pain as a Source of Disability – Utilizing the Guidelines for the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment of the AMA, Rapid Fire, May 9, 1997
- Speaker, Litigation Strategies for the 1990’s, ITLA 1996 Annual Convention-Trial by Jury, Nov 7&8, 1996
- Speaker, The Winning Direct Examination of the Treating Doctor; Everything the Successful Trial Lawyer Needs to Know About Medical Records, Depositions, and Damages, June 14, 1996
- Speaker, Strategy for Deposing the Treating Doctor, Motor Vehicle Litigation in Iowa, May 31, l996
- Speaker, Claimant Injuries – Medical v Legal Standard, ITLA’s 5th Annual Workers’ Compensation, March 7&8,1996
- Speaker, Federal Court Practice Tips, ITLA 1995 Annual Convention – Representing Consumers, Nov. 2&3, 1995
- Speaker, Initial Interviews & Case Selection, Engineering the Successful Auto Collision Case, April 28, 1995
- Speaker, Cross Examination of Defendant’s Doctor; Trial Practice: From the Close of Plaintiff’s Case Through Final Argument, May 13, 1994
- Speaker, Ethical Restraints On the Trial Lawyer’s Role as an Advocate, Last Chance for Ethics, December 10, 1993
- Speaker, Ethical Restraints On the Trial Lawyer’s Role as an Advocate; ITLA 1993 Annual Convention – A Celebration of Justice, November 4&5, 1993
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Iowa State Bar Association, Member, Uniform Jury Instruction Committee, 1997 – 2002
- Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Governors, 1985 – 1988
- Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, President, 1989 – 1990
- Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, Chair, Legislative Committee
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Member, Birth Trauma Litigation Group
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Member, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group
