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Patton Legal Services, LLC provides affordable legal services, passionate representation, and access to justice.  The firm seeks to address the unmet legal needs of persons who cannot afford legal services. The firm provides affordable legal services to low-income and moderate-income central Iowans in Ames, Boone, Des Moines, Jefferson, Marshalltown, and Webster City. The firm focuses on criminal law, juvenile law, family law, postconviction relief, and administrative law cases, appeals, powers of attorney, living wills, and wills. The firm utilizes a sliding fee scale based on income, flat fees in selected cases, and limited scope services.

Nacido y criado en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Alexander brinco el charco hacia los Estados Unidos para completar su bachillerato en Villanova University. Completo su Juris Doctor en Creighton University School of Law. Previamente, trabajó en la organización sin fines de lucro Iowa Justice for Our Neighbors donde atendió y sirvió sobre 200 clientes en defensa de deportación, solicitudes familiares y visas humanitarias. Primer idioma es el español y segundo el inglés. Falo um pouco de portugues, nao muito. Su pasión es servir a la comunidad de inmigrantes, ya que él es producto de inmigrantes, en todos los ámbitos legales necesarios.. Alexander graduated from Creighton University School of Law. He previously was a managing attorney at Iowa Justice for Our Neighbors. At Justice for Our Neighbors, Alexander helped clients with removal, family based, and humanitarian is fluent in Spanish and English. He also speaks conversational Portuguese. He is passionate about serving the immigrant community in all facets of their legal needs.

Frank's practice includes business and personal estate planning and post-death administration. Frank has experience with everything from the simplest wills to complex, high-net worth estate planning techniques, including credit shelter trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, charitable remainder and lead trusts, and working with retirement assets. Frank has formed and counsels numerous businesses, including corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies. As a preparer of both personal and business income tax returns, Frank is able to provide tax advice along with business and estate planning.. Frank's practice includes commercial and residential lending, for example, he has acted as lender's counsel for multimillion-dollar loan refinances; lender's counsel for mortgage commercial and residential mortgage loan foreclosures; borrower's counsel for a multimillion-dollar, HUD-backed loan refinance for low- and moderate-income housing project, local borrower's title counsel for multimillion-dollar loan refinance for low- and moderate-income housing project; developer's and borrower's counsel for multimillion dollar loan for high-rise commercial/residential condominium project; counsel for residential and commercial builders and contractors; and has worked on many residential and commercial subdivision projects for both developer and local government. As a municipal attorney, Frank has a deep understanding of planning, zoning, and development processes.. In his “spare time”, Frank and his wife Vikki follow their sons around to swim meets, where Frank often is on deck as a USA Swimming certified official. Frank also has been a Cub Scouts den leader and a Little League Baseball coach since 2008. Frank is a member of the Rotary Club of Ames, Iowa, for which he has also served as a member of the board of directors (2009-12). He is a Paul Harris Fellow.. Frank served as a member of the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa, Inc. (2001-05) and Heartland Senior Services Foundation, Inc. (2000-03). He was also appointed a Human Relations Hearing Officer for the City of Ames (1992-98).. Frank is a graduate of Leadership Ames, a member of Class IX (1995-96). He also served as the coordinator of the “State and County Government” class session for Leadership Ames classes X (1996-97), XI (1997-98), and XII (1998-99), which included meetings with representatives of executive, legislative, and judicial offices of state and county government.

Experienced L attorney serving clients in Ames and surrounding areas.

Experienced L attorney serving clients in Ames and surrounding areas.

Experienced L attorney serving clients in Ames and surrounding areas.

Experienced L attorney serving clients in Ames and surrounding areas.

Experienced L attorney serving clients in Ames and surrounding areas.

Experienced L attorney serving clients in Ames and surrounding areas.

Experienced L attorney serving clients in Ames and surrounding areas.