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Statement of Practice

Litigation, Discrimination and Civil Rights, Workers Compensation, Appeals, Insurance Law, Administrative Law, Corporation and Business Law, Debt and Bankruptcy, Environmental, Municipal, Real Estate, Estates and Probate Law and Banking Law, Commercial Law, Collection, Labor and Employment Law, Mediation, Taxation and Insurance Defense.

Representative Clients:

Aker Kvaerner Songer Co.
Allied Group Insurance
Alegent Health
Allstate Insurance Co.
Amber Enterprises
American Family Ins. Co.
Bunge Corporation
Care Initiatives
Children's Square U.S.A.
Continental Western Insurance Co.
Council Bluffs Community School District
Council Bluffs Nonpareil Newspaper Group
Employers Mutual Insurance Co.
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance
Bank Iowa
General Casualty Insurance Co.
GAB Robinson Co.
Grinnell Mutual Insurance Co.
Iowa West Foundation
Iowa Western Community College
John Deere Co.
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Mutual Fire and Auto Insurance
Peoples National Bank
Silverstone Group, Incorporated
Council Bluffs Water Works.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
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• Visa
• MasterCard

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Address

35 Main Place, Suite 300 P.O. Box 249
Council Bluffs, IA 51502, (Pottawattamie Co.)

Phone

Phone: 712-328-1833
Fax: 712-328-8320
URL: http://www.lawyers.com/smithpeterson
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Website

http://www.smithpeterson.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Raymond A. Smith (1892-1977).

John LeRoy Peterson (1895-1969).

OF COUNSEL

Harold T. Beckman (Of Counsel)

PARTNERS

Robert J. Laubenthal (Partner) admitted to bar, 1965, Iowa; 1989, Nebraska. Education: State College of Iowa (B.A., 1961); University of Iowa (J.D., 1965). Phi Alpha Delta. President, Pottawattamie County Bar Association, 1982-1983. Member: Iowa State and Nebraska State Bar Associations; Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers; Iowa Trial lawyers, Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Municipal Law; Construction Law; Mediation and Arbitration; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Insurance; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Insurance Defense; Agricultural Law; Workers' Compensation; Wrongful Termination.Email: Robert J. Laubenthal

Richard A. Heininger (Partner) admitted to bar, 1970, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa; 1985, Nebraska. Education: Blackburn College (B.A., 1967); Drake University (J.D., 1970). Delta Theta Phi. Student Contributor, Drake Law Review, 1969-1970. Participant, Title Guaranty Division of the Iowa Finance Authority. Member: Iowa State and Nebraska State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Probate; Estate Planning; Municipal Law.Email: Richard A. Heininger

Lawrence J. Beckman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1973, Iowa; 1988, Nebraska and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Knox College (B.A., 1970); University of Iowa (J.D., 1973). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Committee on Taxation, Iowa State Bar Association, 1977-1990. Member, 1992-1999 and Section Chair, 1997-1999, Tax Section Council. Member: Iowa State and Nebraska State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Contracts; Employment Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Trusts and Estates; Real Estate; Probate.Email: Lawrence J. Beckman

Gregory G. Barntsen (Partner) born Albany, Georgia, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, Iowa; 1983, Nebraska and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., 1968; J.D., with distinction, 1974). Member: Iowa State and Nebraska State Bar Associations; Iowa Defense Counsel Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1989—); Iowa Association of Workers Compensation Lawyers; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Workers' Compensation; Wrongful Termination; Civil Litigation; Tort Claims; Personal Injury.Email: Gregory G. Barntsen

Steven H. Krohn (Partner) admitted to bar, 1978, Iowa; 1983, Nebraska. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.S., 1975; J.D., with distinction, 1978). Member, Order of the Coif. Member: Iowa State and Nebraska State Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Section Council. Practice Areas: Agricultural Law; Banking; Bankruptcy; Business Law; Collections; Commercial Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Debtor and Creditor Law; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates.Email: Steven H. Krohn

Joseph D. Thornton (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, Iowa; 1991, Nebraska. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., 1982; J.D., with distinction, 1984). Certified Public Accountant of Iowa, 1982. President, Young Lawyers Division, Iowa State Bar Association, 1992-1993. Member: Iowa State and Nebraska State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense; Labor and Employment; Personal Injury; Corporate Law; Taxation.Email: Joseph D. Thornton

T. J. Pattermann (Partner) born Winfield, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1994, Iowa; 1995, Nebraska. Education: Drake University (B.A., cum laude, 1990); University of Iowa (J.D., with distinction, 1994). Phi Delta Phi. International Council Member, 1997-2001. Member, Journal of Corporation Law. Member: Iowa State (Member, Young Lawyer Division Executive Council, 1998-2002) and Nebraska Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Appellate Practice; Workers Compensation.Email: T. J. Pattermann

ASSOCIATES

Marvin O. Kieckhafer (Associate)

Nathan R. Watson (Associate)

Rick C. Kimble (Associate)

Five Attorneys are Members of the Pottawattamie County, Southwest Iowa, Iowa State and Nebraska State Bar Associations.