|   | | Law Firm in West Des Moines, Iowa | |
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| | Address | | 6701 Westown Parkway, Suite 100 | | West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 | | (Dallas & Polk Cos.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Brick, Gentry, Bowers,
Swartz & Levis, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General and Civil Practice and Trials in all Courts. Administrative Law, Public Utility, Telecommunications, Energy, Banking, Corporate, Labor, Municipal, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Federal and State Taxation, Legislative, School, Estate Planning, Health Care, Agricultural Cooperatives and Workers' Compensation Law. | | Firm Size: 21 | References:
Bankers Trust; First Bank; US Bank Des Moines, N.A. | | Rush Charles Nigut (Member) born Wurzburg, Germany, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa. Education: Simpson College (B.A., 1991); Drake University (J.D., 1994). Epsilon Sigma Honor Society. Member: Des Moines Leadership Institute; Corporate Development Committee, Simpson College. Des Moines Business Record Forty under 40 honorees, 2006. Member: Polk County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Electronic Commerce; Employment Law; Franchises and Franchising. Email: Rush Charles Nigut | | Patrick T. Burk (Member) born Waterloo, Iowa, July 19, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Iowa. Education: University of Northern Iowa (B.A., 1989); Drake University (J.D., with honors, 1991). Member: Polk County and Iowa State (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Title) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Zoning; Development; Business Law; Corporate Law. Email: Patrick T. Burk | | Douglas A. Fulton (Member) born Waterloo, Iowa, December 18, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Northern Iowa (B.A., 1980); Drake University (J.D., with honors, 1985). Member: Iowa State (Member, Sections on: Health Law; Real Estate) and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers. Practice Areas: Real Estate(20%, 15); Corporations(15%, 10); Health Law(30%, 30); Employment Law(20%, 10); Business Litigation(15%, 10). Email: Douglas A. Fulton | | Joseph S. Brick (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, May 24, 1937; admitted to bar, 1962, Iowa, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa. Education: St. Ambrose College (B.A., 1959); University of Iowa; Drake University (J.D., 1962). Special Assistant Attorney General, Tort Claims Division, 1965-1967. Mayor, City of Urbandale, 1970-1974. Member, Board of Directors, Bank of America, 1983—. Civilian Aid, State of Iowa to Secretary of the U.S. Army. Board of Trustees, Des Moines Civic Center; Board Member, National Policy Council, New England Financial Company. Member: Polk County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations; National Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Agricultural Cooperatives; Business. Email: Joseph S. Brick | | James E. Brick (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, June 15, 1939; admitted to bar, 1970, Iowa and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1975, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, Nebraska. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 1967); Drake University (J.D., 1970). Member: Polk County and Iowa State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor Law; Environmental Law; Municipal Law; Zoning Law. Email: James E. Brick | | Nolden Gentry (Member) born Rockford, Illinois, August 30, 1937; admitted to bar, 1964, Iowa. Education: University of Iowa (B.S., 1960; J.D., 1964). Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1964-1965. Assistant Attorney General, 1965-1966. Member, Board of Directors: Delta Dental Plan of Iowa, 1971—; Firstar Bank Iowa, N.A., 1978-1996; MidAmerican Energy, 1989-1999; Mid-Iowa Health Foundation, 1995—; Bankers Trust Co., 1996—; Prairie Meadows Race Track & Casino, 2003—; Greater Des Moines Community Foundation, 1970-2003; Iowa Public Television Foundation, 1987-1993. Member, State Board of Public Instruction, 1968-1970, Des Moines Independent School District Board of Directors, 1970-1983, President 1974-1975 and 1982-1983. Member: Polk County and Iowa State Bar Associations. Email: Nolden Gentry | | James R. Bowers (Member) born Fairfield, Iowa, March 30, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Iowa, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit and U.S. District Courts, Southern and Northern District of Iowa. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1974). Omicron Delta Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi. Assistant City Attorney, City of Grinnell, 1975-1979. Member: The Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: James R. Bowers | | Clifford S. Swartz (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, July 31, 1942; admitted to bar, 1979, Iowa; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa; 1984, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Conception College (B.A., 1960); University of Northern Iowa (M.A., 1972); Drake University (J.D., with honors, 1978). Member, Drake Law Review, 1977-1978. Order of the Coif. Member: Polk County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business; Health Care; Probate; Estate Planning; Real Estate. Email: Clifford S. Swartz | | Thomas J. Levis (Member) born Chariton, Iowa, January 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Drake University (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1977). Member, Board of Directors, First Bank, 1999—. Member: Polk County (Member, Bench Bar Committee; Former Member, Iowa Fee Arbitration Committee), Iowa State (Former Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Council; Member, General Practice Section) and American Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; C. Edwin Moors Inns of Court (Master of the Bench). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Family Law. Email: Thomas J. Levis | | Amy S. Beattie (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, June 3, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Iowa; 1988, Louisiana. Education: Los Angeles Baptist College (B.A., 1980); Drake University (J.D., 1983); Tulane University (M.B.A., 1989). Member: Polk County, Iowa State and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Municipal; Real Estate; Probate. Email: Amy S. Beattie | | Kenneth L. Butters (Member) born Oelwein, Iowa, June 25, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Iowa. Education: University of Northern Iowa and University of Iowa (B.B.A., 1968); University of Iowa (J.D., with distinction, 1971). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Iowa State Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa. Email: Kenneth L. Butters | | Steven P. Brick (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, June 23, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of Iowa; Creighton University (B.A., 1990); Drake University (J.D., 1992). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Polk County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations; Iowa Trial Lawyers Association; Edwin Moore Inn of Court (Barrister). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Municipal Law. Email: Steven P. Brick | | Thomas P. Schlapkohl (Member) born Davenport, Iowa, March 17, 1951; admitted to bar, 1981, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa. Education: Cornell College (B.A., 1973); Drake University (J.D., 1981). Member: Polk County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations; Iowa Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Blackstone Inns of Court (Bencher). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Personal Injury Law; Family Law; General Civil Litigation. Email: Thomas P. Schlapkohl | | James E. Nervig (Member) born Grinnell, Iowa, October 22, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Iowa; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa; 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa; 1985 U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of Iowa (M.B.A., 1976; J.D., 1976). Past Employment, Petosa, Petosa, Boecker & Nervig, LLP. Member, Board of Editors, Journal of Corporation Law, 1975-1976. City Solicitor, Des Moines, 1979-1988. Iowa Municipal Attorneys Association, 1981—. Member: Polk County and Iowa State (Member, Section: Legal Forms) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Municipal Law; Litigation; Estate Planning; Corporate Law. Email: James E. Nervig | | Paul A. Drey (Member) born Storm Lake, Iowa, September 18, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1989; J.D., 1992). Phi Beta Kappa. Notre Dame Scholar; McCafferty Law Scholar. Former President, Student Bar Association. Member: Polk County, Iowa State (Member: Real Estate Section; Health Law Section; Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section), American and Federal (Co-Chair, Iowa Federal Bar Association Bankruptcy Seminar, 2002-2005; Treasurer, 2004-2005) Bar Associations . Practice Areas: Health Law; Bankruptcy; Corporate Law. Email: Paul A. Drey | | Stephanie L. Brick Drey (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, December 9, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., with honors, 1989); University of Iowa (J.D., with distinction, 1992). Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Iowa Law Review, 1990-1991. Member: Polk County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Real Estate. Email: Stephanie L. Brick Drey | | David E. Brick (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, December 23, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1994); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: Polk County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Litigation; Commercial Transactions; Personal Injury. Email: David E. Brick | | Matthew S. Brick (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, October 2, 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, Iowa, District of Columbia, Minnesota, Nebraska, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: University of Iowa (B.S., Psychology with honors, 1995; J.D., with high distinction, 2000). Member, Windsor Heights City Council, 2000-2004. Member: Iowa State, Nebraska State and American (Member, Sections: Employment and Litigation) Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Municipal Law; Litigation. Email: Matthew S. Brick | | Billy J. Mallory (Member) born Natchez, Mississippi, March 5, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Iowa; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa. Education: University of Iowa (B.S., 1995); Drake University (J.D., 1998). Member: Polk County and Iowa State Bar Associations; Iowa Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Municipal Law; Real Estate; Litigation. Email: Billy J. Mallory | | ASSOCIATES | | Austin D. Kennedy (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, Iowa. Education: Macalester College (B.A., 2000); Drake University (J.D., 2005). Member: Iowa State Bar Association; American Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association (Chairman). Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization; Health Care; Government Relations; Business Law; Business Transactions; Civil Litigation. Email: Austin D. Kennedy | | Lora Mitchell Jorgensen (Associate) born Des Moines, Iowa, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Iowa. Education: Drake University (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1985). Member: Polk County and Iowa State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Probate(85%); Criminal Law(15%). Email: Lora Mitchell Jorgensen | | Allison M. Steuterman (Associate) born Des Moines, Iowa, November 18, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa. Education: Truman State University (B.A., cum laude, 2001); Drake University Law School (J.D., with high honors, 2004). Order of the Coif. Member: Polk County and Iowa State Bar Associations; Blackstone Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Litigation; Workers Compensation. | | David R. Adelman (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, August 20, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Iowa. Education: Miami University (B.S., 2003); Drake University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Health Care; Legislative Practice; Business Law. Email: David R. Adelman | | Erin M. Flynn (Associate) born Des Moines, Iowa, June 16, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa. Education: University of Iowa (B.S., 2002); Creighton University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Probate; Business Law; Trusts and Estates. | | 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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