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Areas of Practice:
General practice including but not limited to: - Employment Law
- Civil Rights and Discrimination
- Fidelity/Surety Law
- Construction Law
- Agricultural Law
- Personal Injury
- Business Law
- Collections Law
- Contracts
- Family Law
- Workers' Compensation
- Litigation
Admitted to Practice (State):
Admitted to Practice (Federal):
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa
- U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
Published Cases:
- Bland v. Verizon and Reid, 538 F.3d 893 (8th Cir.).
- Estate of Ballard v. Hazel's Blue Sky, 653 N.W.2d 609 (Iowa 2002)
Professional Activities and Affiliations:
- National Bond Claims Association
- Vice Chair - Iowa 3rd District Democrats
- American Agricultural Law Association
- American Bar Association (Sections: International Law; Litigation; Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice; Fidelity Surety Law Committee; Forum on the Construction Industry)
- American Inns of Court (Blackstone Inn of Court)
- Iowa State Bar Association (Sections: Agricultural Law; International Law; Labor & Employment Law)
- Polk County Bar Association
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Selected Publications, Presentations and Teaching Appointments:
- Co-author of Iowa Chapter in "The Law of Motor Vehicle Dealer Bonds", ABA publication, 2006.
- Author (with Gary D. Goudelock), "Everything You Wanted to Know About Former Rule 179(b) But Were Afraid to Ask," Defense Update: The Iowa Defense Counsel Association Newsletter, Spring 2006.
- Presenter, "Iowa Film Making and the Law: An Orientation to Common Legal Issues," sponsored by the Iowa Scriptwriters Alliance, Iowa Motion Picture Association and Iowa Film Office, Des M . . . [more]
Seminars Recently Attended:
- The Law of Performance Bonds: A New Look at Todays Issues, May 2009.
- 2009 Iowa Employment Conference.
- The Construction Project and Payment Bond Claims, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2006.
Work Experience:
- Chair: Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C. Labor & Employment Law Practice Group, 2008-
- Chair: Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C. Agricultural Law Practice Group, 2004-
- Member with Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C. since 2007.
- Associate with Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., 2000-2006.
- Judicial Intern: Attorney General of Iowa, Environmental Enforcement Division, 2000
Education:
- J.D. Drake University Law School, with honors, 2000 (Member: Drake Journal of Agricultural Law, 1999-2000)
- B.A. Drake University, 1994
Civic and Volunteer Activities:
- "Everybody Wins! Iowa" Reading Program (Member of the Board of Directors and weekly volunteer reader; Treasurer 2010-2011)
- Iowa State Bar Association Public Service Project (formerly known as the Volunteer Lawyers Project)
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