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Jennifer Williams Zwagerman is Associate Director at Drake Agricultural Law Center and Director of Career Development at Drake University Law School.  In her work with the Drake Agricultural Law Center, Jennifer uses her varied background in the food and agricultural sectors to provide support to the Center’s projects, while also teaching a variety of food and agricultural classes to law students, including Food & the Law and a litigation-based Current Issues class.  As Director of Career Development at Drake University Law School, she is primarily responsible for managing all aspects of the Career Development Office, including student programs, resources and services, employer outreach, student and alumni counseling and program development.. Jennifer is a 2004 graduate of Drake Law School, where she received the Food and Agricultural Law Certificate and graduated with highest honors. She received her LL.M. in Agricultural Law from the University of Arkansas and served for two years as a law clerk to Judge David Hansen, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. After completing her clerkship in 2007, she joined the Des Moines office of Faegre & Benson (n/k/a/ Faegre Baker Daniels) where she was an attorney in the general litigation group, with a national practice in food and agricultural law.  During her time at the firm, Jennifer extensively wrote and spoke on food and agricultural law-related issues. Jennifer spent the 2010-2011 school year at Drake as the Faegre & Benson Visiting Scholar, where she worked with students and taught courses focusing on her specialty: food and agricultural law. Jennifer served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Drake Journal of Agricultural Law while in law school, and her LL.M. thesis was later published in the Spring 2009 edition of the Journal. She also co-authored a piece on the Food Safety Modernization Act that was published in the Hamline Journal of Public Law & Policy’s 2011 Food and Agricultural Law Symposium issue. Prior to attending law school, Jennifer graduated with a B.S. in Agricultural Communications from Michigan State University and served as Promotions Director with the Michigan Cattlemen’s Association, Michigan Beef Industry Council and Michigan Veal Committee.

ichard A. Malm represents business clients in a wide range of matters including formation, financing, contracts, general legal advice, and civil litigation. His clients include both small and large local businesses, as well as very large firms that are international in scope. Admitted to practice in 1974, he has had experience in most areas of business practice, including litigation in state court, federal court, administrative tribunals, and arbitration.

Brian Lalor is someone you want on your team. With his big-hearted passion for justice and determination to find the best solution possible, he will fight for you. A committed advocate, Brian is mindful of how his clients’ cases impact their day-to-day lives. He knows that they are often consumed with worry about financial matters or other injuries, and he wants to alleviate their stress. “For me, the part of practicing law best is knowing I’ve helped my clients,” Brian says. “It’s really rewarding to know that I’ve had a positive impact on their lives.”. Brian joined Wandro as a law clerk in 2008 while still a student at Drake University Law School. He gained invaluable experience while actively assisting in the firm’s cases over the next two years until he graduated and was admitted to practice in September 2010. Brian began his career as an attorney at Wandro focusing on some of the largest and most complex bankruptcy cases ever filed in Iowa. He also gained expertise through his review of hundreds of wills, trusts and various other probate matters. Since that time, he has expanded his practice to include other creditor-debtor matters, agricultural law and various business law matters.

Experienced Agriculture attorney serving clients in Des Moines and surrounding areas.