Areas of Practice

General practice including but not limited to:

• Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning and Probate Law
• Taxation and Tax Returns
• Business Law
• Corporate Law
• Real Estate
• Elder Law

Bar Admissions

• Iowa, 1975
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 1980

Education

• University of Iowa , B.A. with highest distinction, 1972
• University of Iowa, J.D. with high distinction, 1975
• George Washington Law Center (LL.M. in Taxation, 1978)
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Order of the Coif
• Phi Eta Sigma
• Co-editor, Journal of Corporation Law, 1974-75
• Author, Case Comment, "From Brophy to Diamond to Schein: Muddled Thinking, Excellent Result," 1 Journal of Corporation Law 83 (1975)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Black Hawk County Bar Association, Member
  • Estate Planning Council
  • Title Standards Committee
• Iowa State Bar Association, Member
  • Taxation Law
  • Probate and Trust Law
  • Real Estate and Title Law
• Iowa Municipal Attorneys Association

Positions

• Assistant County Attorney, Black Hawk County, 1978-1985
• Assistant City Attorney, City of Cedar Falls, 1986-1999
• City Attorney, City of Cedar Falls, 1999 to present

Community

• University of Northern Iowa Foundation Planned Giving Advisory Council, 1994 to present
• Exceptional Persons Foundation Planned Giving Committee, 2002 to present
• Cedar Falls Lions Club, Past President
• Nazareth Lutheran Church, Past President, Church Council