Top Business Organizations Lawyers Near Me in Cedar Rapids Area

Thomas DeBoom is a business and transactional attorney with Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC. Mr. DeBoom has offered a wide range of corporate law services to companies for more than 20 years. He understands the complexities of acquiring or forming a business, including financing options, governance and tax ramifications associated with the varying transactions. Mr. DeBoom counsels clients on matters such as sales and purchases of equity interests, securities, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, ESOP transactions, profit sharing and deferred compensation arrangements, both ERISA-qualified and non-qualified, and business contracts, consulting and planning. Mr. DeBoom also serves on the firm's board of directors.

Robert (Bob) Hatala is a litigation attorney with Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC. He has practiced law in Cedar Rapids since his graduation from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1983. Mr. Hatala is engaged in the general practice of law including, but not limited to, commercial law, product liability, litigation, contracts, construction law, municipal law and insurance. Mr. Hatala also represents business clients on organizational and business matters and small municipalities on planning, zoning and other legal matters. Mr. Hatala has appeared before the Iowa Supreme Court and the Iowa Court of Appeals in various types of cases. He is admitted to practice in the State of Iowa, and the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa.. Mr. Hatala was born in 1952 in Fort Madison, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State University in 1974 with a B.A. in Political Science and an M.A. in 1983 from the University of Iowa in Public Affairs. After serving as Mayor of Fort Madison, Iowa, and Employee Relations Manager for a can manufacturing plant owned by Dial Corp., he entered law school at the University of Iowa where he graduated in 1983.

Phil Brooks is a business attorney serving clients on tax matters with emphasis in estate and business tax planning for closely-held entities including corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and sole proprietorships. Although his practice is largely devoted to counseling businesses and their owners on organizational, tax and estate planning matters, he has developed a niche practice area of assisting insurance agents and brokers in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other areas unique to the regulated environments of the property, liability, life and health insurance industries. In addition to earning an MBA in risk management and finance, Mr. Brooks also holds the Certified Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designations.. Mr. Brooks is a frequent speaker at insurance trade association meetings dealing with construction and interpretation of property and liability insurance contracts and insurance agent and broker business and tax issues. He also serves as an adjunct lecturer at the Emmett J. Vaughan Institute of Insurance and Risk Management located within the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa where he teaches life, health, property and liability insurance courses.

J. Scott Bogguss is a business, transactional and tax attorney with extensive experience providing tax, trust and estate, probate and general business law counsel to a wide variety of closely held businesses and their owners. Mr. Bogguss’ general activities include initial organization and reorganization of business entities to accomplish the financial, tax planning, management and other objectives of the owners and managers of such entities. His work also frequently involves the design and implementation of estate, pension, mergers, acquisitions, business succession and executive compensation plans. Mr. Bogguss’ experience includes transactional work in mergers, acquisitions and secured lending. He also represents business and individual clients with respect to disputed income tax matters and is a practicing member of the agricultural law practice group.. Prior to 2009, Mr. Bogguss was a member of the Cedar Rapids firm of Moyer & Bergman PLC where he served several terms in that firm’s management and as chair of its business and tax group.

Experienced Business Organizations attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business Organizations attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business Organizations attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business Organizations attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business Organizations attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business Organizations attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business Organizations attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business Organizations attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business Organizations attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business Organizations attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business Organizations attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.