Areas of Practice

General practice including but not limited to:

• Business Law
• Commercial Law
• Corporate Law
• Litigation
• Real Estate
• Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning & Probate Law

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 1973
• California, 1976
• Iowa, 1982
• Admitted to U. S. District Court Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, and U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Education

• Carleton College, B.A. 1967
• Columbia University, J.D.1973

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Member of the Black Hawk County, Iowa and American Bar Associations

Positions

• United States Army (1969-1971)
• Adjunct Instructor, University of Northern Iowa (1982-1999)
• Iowa State Senator (1993-2004)
  • Chair, Judiciary and Education Committees; President Pro Tempore
  • Chair, Iowa Supreme Court’s Limited Jurisdiction Task Force, 2008
• Past member and present member of several Charitable, Community, Service and Economic Development Boards and Committees