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Areas of Practice:
General practice including but not limited to: - Employment Law
- Construction Law
- Contracts
- Commercial Law
- 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
Published Cases:
- Merfeld v. Warren County Health Servs., 597 F. Supp. 2d 942 (S.D. Iowa 2009)
- AAA Elec., Inc. v. Agriprocessors, Inc., 2008 Iowa App. LEXIS 1180 (Iowa Ct. App. October 1, 2008)
- Heartland Specialty Foods v. Johnson, 731 N.W.2d 397 (Iowa Ct. App. 2007)
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Professional Activities and Affiliations:
- American Bar Association (Sections: Labor & Employment Law; Litigation; Public Contract Law; Forum on the Construction Industry)
- Iowa Bar Association (Section: Business Law)
- Order of the Coif
- Polk County Bar Association
Selected Publications, Presentations and Teaching Appointments:
- Author, "The 'I'm Sorry' Law: A New Instrument for Professionals and the Defense," Defense Update: The Iowa Defense Counsel Association Newsletter, Spring 2007.
- Co-author, "E-mail, Public Records, and Public Meetings Statutes: Public Employee Privacy in Cyberspace," Access to Government in the Computer Age, American Bar Association, 2007.
- Adjunct Instructor of Public Speaking, Des Moines Area Community College, 2005-06.
- Author, "Stigma Damages in Constru . . . [more]
Work Experience:
- Associate with Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C. since 2005
- Associate Instructor of Public Speaking, Indiana University, 1999-2000
Education:
- J.D. Drake University Law School, with highest honors, 2005 (Dwight D. Opperman Scholar, 2002-2005; Projects Editor: Drake Law Review, 2004-2005)
- M.A. Indiana University, 2000
- B.A. Drake University, summa cum laude, 1999 (Phi Beta Kappa Society)
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