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Areas of Practice:
General practice including but not limited to: - Products Liability
- Commercial Litigation
- Appellate Practice
Admitted to Practice (State):
Admitted to Practice (Federal):
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
Professional Activities and Affiliations:
- American Bar Association (Sections: Litigation, Business Law)
- American Constitution Society
- C. Edwin Moore Inn of Court
- Defense Research Institute, Inc.
- Federal Bar Association
- Iowa State Bar Association (Sections: Federal Practice, Electronic Discovery)
- Polk County Bar Association
- Iowa Defense Counsel Association
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Selected Publications, Presentations and Teaching Appointments:
- Author (with Robert L. Fanter and Kevin M. Reynolds), "Witness Statements in Investigation, Deposition and Trial." For the Defense, The Defense Research Institute, September 2008.
- Presenter, "The Law of Tort Liability," Des Moines University College of Health Sciences, Des Moines, Iowa, March 8, 2007.
- Presenter, "Subpoenas, Court Orders and Law Enforcement . . . [more]
Seminars Recently Attended:
- Product Liability Conference: Defense Research Institute (DRI), Las Vegas, NV, April 2010
- 2009 Bankruptcy Institute, Minnesota State Bar Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2009.
Work Experience:
- Member attorney with Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C. since 2010
- Associate with Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., 2006-2009
- Member, Whitfield & Eddy's Professional Recruitment Committee, 2007-
- Judicial Clerk: Hon. Robert W. Pratt, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 2004-2006
Education:
- J.D. Drake University Law School, with honors, 2004 (Note Editor: Drake Law Review, 2004)
- M.Div. Asbury Theological Seminary, with honors, 1989
- B.A. Oklahoma Wesleyan University, cum laude, 1985
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