Member and Firm President
Areas of Practice
- Civil Litigation & Appeals
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Products Liability Law
- Drug and Medical Device Defense
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Iowa, 1980
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 1980
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1980
Education
- Creighton University School of Law, JD, 1980
- University of Iowa, BBA, 1976
Representative Cases:
Gretchen W. Thompson v. Ansell Healthcare Products, Inc., et al., 666 N.W.2d 620, 2003 WL 21071315, Prod.Liab.Rep. (CCH) P 16,633 (Iowa Ct. App. 2003)
John Doe, Jr., et al. v. Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Armour Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al., 178 F.Supp.2d 1003 (S.D.IA 2001) aff’d 380 F.3d 399 (8th Cir. 2004)
Walter Johnson, et al. v. Harley Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc., et al., 680 N.W.2d 378, 2004 WL 370251 (Iowa Ct. App. 2004)
Francis Ahlberg et al., v. Chrysler Corporation and DaimlerChrysler Corporation, 481 F.3d 630 (8th Cir. 2007)
James Edwards v. Norman Smith, D.O., 758 N.W.2d 840, 2008 WL 3917626 (Iowa Ct. App. 2008)
Pooneh Glascock v. Linn County Emergency Medicine, P.C., 698 F.3d 695 (8th Cir. 2012)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Iowa Defense Counsel Association, 1980 – present
- Products Liability Committee, 1989 – present
- Civil Jury Instructions Task Force, 1991
- Defense Research Institute, 1999 – present
- International Association of Defense Counsel, 2002 – present.
- American Bar Association, 1980 – present
- Litigation Section – Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee
- Iowa State Bar Association, 1980 – present
- Litigation Section, 1990-present
- Professional Liability Insurance Committee, 1987-1990
- Linn County Bar Association, 1980-present
- Board of Governors 1988-91.
- Ethics and Grievance Committee, 1990 – 2008