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Each
attorney's practice is described on the "Our Attorneys"
page.
Listed below are some of the tasks related to each referenced
practice area.
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Drafting loan agreements, promissory notes, and mortgages.
• Pursing creditors' remedies. |
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Analyzing choice-of-business-entity options.
• Drafting entity-formation documents.
• Drafting meeting minutes, notices, and other entity records.
• Representing officers and board of directors.
• Applying for tax-exempt status on behalf of non-profit
 organizations.
• Negotiating, drafting, and reviewing contracts.
• Facilitating the sale of businesses.
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Representing creditors and debtors.
• Assisting plaintiffs and defendants in small claims actions
 pursuing
garnishments, replevins, foreclosures, and other
collection
remedies.
• Drafting, enforcing, and challenging mechanic's liens.
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Representing public school districts and an Iowa
community
college.
• Participating in the collective/bargaining process reviewing
teacher,
administrator, and support staff contracts.
• Addressing student discipline issues.
• Assisting boards of directors and superintendents with
teacher
and administrator terminations.
• Ensuring compliance with open meetings and open
records
laws. |
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Drafting and reviewing personnel policies and noncompete
agreements.
• Participating in labor and employee negotiations.
• Pursing discrimination claims.
• Reviewing employee contracts.
• Representing employees and employers involved in
unemployment
compensation claims.
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Drafting trust agreements, wills, and powers of attorney.
• Administering revocable and irrevocable trusts.
• Formulating charitable gift plans.
• Addressing estate tax, inheritance tax and gift tax concerns.
• Planning for the disposition and/or continuation of family-held
businesses
and other closely-held businesses.
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Representing parties involved in divorce actions and
modification
actions.
• Representing parties pursuing adoptions.
• Representing parties involved in paternity disputes.
• Representing parties involved in domestic abuse proceedings.
• Implementing guardianships and conservatorships.
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Engaging in general civil litigation in the jury and nonjury
context
(including commercial disputes, personal injury
actions,
workers' compensation matters, partitions, and family law
proceedings) from trial through appeal. |
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Preparing purchase agreements, deeds, disclosures, and other
related
documents.
• Representing real estate owners in condemnation
proceedings.
• Facilitating real estate closings for sellers and buyers.
• Structuring tax-free exchanges.
• Drafting commercial, agricultural, and residential leases.
• Examining abstracts and preparing title opinions.
• Drafting, enforcing, and challenging mechanic's liens.
• Assisting developers with condominium projects, subdivision
 projects,
and platting projects.
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Social
Security
Disability
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Representing claimants.
• Filing and pursuing appeals.
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Preparing and filing federal and state income tax returns for
individuals,
businesses, and fiduciaries.
• Preparing and filing inheritance tax returns, and estate
tax
returns.
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Drafting wills and codicils.
• Assisting executors and administrators with the administration
of
testate and intestate estates.
• Preparing inheritance tax returns, estate tax returns,
and other necessary
tax returns.
• Handling of domiciliary and ancillary probate proceedings.
• Representing fiduciaries and beneficiaries in various
litigated
and
nonlitigated matters.
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Representing employees and employers.
• Negotiating settlements.
• Participating in contested-case hearings.
• Addressing subrogation issues. |
