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Belin McCormick, P.C. is a full-service law firm devoted to providing the highest quality legal services to business entities, public institutions, and individuals based in Iowa and throughout the nation. The firm provides complete legal services to businesses of all sizes, including numerous Fortune 500 companies, in a broad range of industries. Belin McCormick, P.C. is not, and does not seek to be, the largest law firm in Iowa. The firm's singular focus instead is to provide the highest quality legal services to clients with the most challenging and important legal matters.

The firm's attorneys are experienced in a wide range of specialized areas, including but not limited to mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, commercial litigation, corporate law, white collar criminal defense, intellectual property, labor and employment, environmental law, real estate, family law, taxation, estate planning, appellate litigation and antitrust and trade regulation. The firm's trial lawyers appear throughout Iowa's state and federal courts. In addition, many of our attorneys have been admitted to and have practiced extensively before a wide array of state and federal courts outside of Iowa.

The firm's attorneys are ranked by a number of outside sources as among the state's leaders in their fields. Twenty lawyers from the Belin McCormick firm are listed in The Best Lawyers in America. We have 15 lawyers listed in Chambers and Partners, and twenty-one of our lawyers have achieved the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell. The Belin McCormick firm is also listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

The firm is committed to attracting the highest caliber of legal talent. We hire new attorneys from the law schools that are at the top of the national rankings, in addition to seeking outstanding graduates of the Iowa law schools.

The firm counts among its ranks a 14-year justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, attorneys who have clerked for the Iowa Supreme Court and seven different federal Courts of Appeals, and attorneys who have practiced with prominent law firms in New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C.

The firm employs a multidisciplinary approach to representing its clients. The firm's attorneys include six who received certification as public accountants; several attorneys with master's degrees in business administration, public administration and other fields within the humanities; and a Ph.D. in economics. This diversity of knowledge enables the firm to evaluate and resolve legal issues in the larger business context in which they arise, and to assist clients in avoiding legal problems in the future.

Statement of Practice

General Practice. Civil and Criminal Trials and Appeals, Taxation, Labor and Employment, Probate, Trusts and Estates, Banks and Banking, Bankruptcy, Corporate Law, Real Estate, Antitrust, Energy, Public Utilities and Telecommunications Law, Environmental Law, Legislative, Education Law.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
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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.

Address

666 Walnut Street, Suite 2000
Des Moines, IA 50309-3989, (Polk Co.)

Phone

Phone: 515-243-7100
Fax: 515-558-0715

Website

http://www.belinmccormick.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Saturday: 08:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Michael B. Abbott (Associate) born Des Moines, Iowa, June 9, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Iowa; 2007, Minnesota; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa; U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: Iowa State University (B.S., with distinction and honors, 2000); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., with high distinction, 2005); University of Iowa, Tippie School of Management (M.B.A., 2005). Order of the Coif; Beta Gamma Sigma. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital; Finance and Private Equity; Financial Institutions; Corporate Governance; Bankruptcy.Email: Michael B. Abbott

Espnola F. Cartmill (Associate) born Fort Madison, Iowa, 1984; admitted to bar, 2009, Iowa. Education: University of Iowa; Harvard Law School (J.D., 2009). Member: Polk County and Iowa State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Complex Civil Litigation; Family Law; Trial Practice.Email: Espnola F. Cartmill

David W. Nelmark (Associate) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 20, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Iowa; 2007, Minnesota; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Drake University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999, Phi Beta Kappa); Stanford University (J.D., 2005). Order of the Coif. Stanford Law Review. Judicial Clerk to Hon. Michael J. Melloy, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2005-2006. Author: "Virtual Property: The Challenges of Regulating Intangible, Exclusionary Property Interests such as Domain Names," 3 NW J. Tech. & Intell. Prop. 1, 2005. Member: Polk County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations; American Mock Trial Association. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Education Law; Intellectual Property; Trial Practice.Email: David W. Nelmark

William B. Ortman (Associate) born Darlington, Wisconsin, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Iowa; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., with honors, 2002); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., with highest honors, 2006). Articles Editor, University of Chicago Law Review, 2005-2006. Law Clerk to Hon. David S. Tael, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, 2006-2007. Member: Iowa State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex Litigation; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: William B. Ortman

Kelsey J. Knowles (Associate) born August 24, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Iowa; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Third Circuits. Education: Arizona State Unviersity (B.S., summa cum laude, 2001); Boston College Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 2004). Order of the Coif. Boston College Law Review (Executive Editor 2003-2004). Judicial Clerk to Hon. Richard L. Nygaard, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2004-2005 and Hon. Ronald L. Longstaff, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 2005-2007. Member: Polk County and Iowa State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Criminal Law.Email: Kelsey J. Knowles

OF COUNSEL

Danielle M. Shelton (Of Counsel) born Fort Wayne, Indiana, July 21, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Iowa and Illinois. Education: Augustana College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1992); Harvard Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Law Clerk to Judge Ed Carnes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1995-1996. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Danielle M. Shelton

John T. Seitz (Of Counsel) born Des Moines, Iowa, July 16, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Iowa. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1971); University of Iowa (J.D., with highest distinction, 1976). Order of the Coif. Member: Polk County and Iowa State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Secured Lending; Uniform Commercial Code; Consumer Banking.Email: John T. Seitz