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| | Address | | Tenth Floor American Building, 101 2nd Street SE, P.O. Box 74170 | | Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52407-4170 | | (Linn Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Pickens, Barnes & Abernathy practices in the following areas of law:
Trials and Appeals in all Courts, Civil Litigation, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Commercial and Construction Litigation, Employment Law, Insurance Coverage, Products Liability, Creditors Remedies and Bankruptcy. | | Year Established: 1974 | | Firm Size: 4 | Representative Clients:
EMC Insurance Companies; Hy-Vee, Inc.; United Fire & Casualty; GuideOne Insurance; Iowa Mutual Insurance Company; Society Insurance; Acuity; Integrity Insurance; American Nat'l Prop. and Cas. Companies (ANPAC); Ford Motor Credit; General Motors Acceptance Corp.; SDG Macerich Properties; Linn-Mar Community School District; Merit Construction. | Reference:
Guaranty Bank and Trust Co., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. | | James F. Pickens (1929-2004). | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Terry J. Abernathy (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, August 19, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa. Education: Coe College (B.A., 1970); University of Iowa (J.D., with distinction, 1973). Finalist, National Moot Court Competition. Member, Sixth Judicial District Nominating Commission, 1991-1994. Member: Linn County (President, 1996-1997), Iowa State (Member, Litigation Section) and American Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates; International Association of Defense Counsel; Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow); Defense Research Institute; Iowa Defense Counsel Association (Director, 1998-2003); Dean Mason Ladd Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: Terry J. Abernathy | | Matthew G. Novak (Member) born Cedar Rapids, Iowa, December 3, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Coe College (B.A., 1979); St. Louis University (J.D., 1982). Staff Member and Assistant Managing Editor, St. Louis University Law Journal, 1981-1982. Member: Linn County, Iowa State (Member, Executive Council, Young Lawyers Division, 1984-1992; Member, Workers Compensation Section; Co-Chair, Bench-Bar Committee, 1995-1998) and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Iowa Trial Lawyers Association; Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers; Dean Mason Ladd Inn of Court (President, 1999-2000); Iowa Association of School Boards. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation. Email: Matthew G. Novak | | Thad J. Collins (Member) born Iowa City, Iowa, June 4, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Minnesota; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1998, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa. Education: Macalester College (B.A., 1986); University of Iowa (J.D., with distinction, 1990). Associate Editor, Iowa Law Review, 1989-1990. Author: Note, "Forging Middle Ground: Revision of Student Loan Debts in Bankruptcy," 75 Iowa L. Rev 733, 1990. Law Clerk to: Judge David R. Hansen, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1993-1995; Chief Judge Michael J. Melloy, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, 1992-1993; Chief Judge Michael J. Melloy, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Iowa, 1990-1992. Member: Linn County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations; Dean Mason Ladd Inn of Court (President, 2006-2007). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Mediation; Personal Injury; Employment; Construction; Civil Rights; Insurance Defense. Email: Thad J. Collins | | Stephanie L. Hinz (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, August 2, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Iowa; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa. Education: Iowa State University (B.A., 1991); Drake University (M.A., 1994; J.D., with distinction, 1994). Member: Linn County (Member, Board of Governors, 2000—), Iowa State (Member, Section Council, Commercial and Bankruptcy Section) and American Bar Associations; Linn County Women Attorneys Association; Linn Law Club (President, 2000-2001). Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: Stephanie L. Hinz | | RETIRED | | Minor Barnes (Member) born Mason City, Iowa, April 22, 1930; admitted to bar, 1961, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa; 1964, U.S. Supreme Court; 1968, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa. Education: Carleton College; University of Iowa (B.A., 1952; J.D., with distinction, 1961). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Iowa Law Review, 1960-1961. Legislative Assistant and Counsel to U.S. Senator Jack R. Miller, 88th Congress, 1963-1964. Member, Sixth Judicial District Nominating Commission, 1978-1984. Member, Iowa Supreme Court Nominating Commission, 1987-1993. Member: Linn County (President, 1982-1983), Iowa State and American (Member, Torts and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; Iowa Defense Counsel Association; Defense Research Institute. Fellow, Iowa State Bar Foundation. [Lt., US Navy, 1952-1956]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense. | | The determination of the need for legal services and the choice of a lawyer are extremely important decisions and should not be based solely upon advertisements, certification, specialization or self-proclaimed expertise. A description or indication of limitation of practice does not mean that any agency or board has certified such lawyers as specialist or expert in an indicated field of law practice nor does it mean that such lawyer is necessarily any more expert or competent than any other lawyer. All potential clients are urged to make their own independent investigation and evaluation of any lawyer being considered. These disclosures are required by the Supreme Court of Iowa. |
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