Top Business Lawyers Near Me in West Des Moines Area

Sam practices primarily in business law, estate planning (including wills and trusts), and probate law. He is a licensed certified public accountant.. Sam received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration-Accounting from the University of Southern California (U.S.C.) in 1978, and his Juris Doctorate at Drake University in 1981.. Sam is licensed to practice law in all courts within Iowa, as well as the following Federal Courts: Southern District of Iowa, Eight Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Tax Court.. Sam is a member of the Polk County and Iowa State Bar associations, Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants and serves as Chair of the West Des Moines Planning and Zoning Commission.

Michael Heilman is a Business, Employment, and Municipal law attorney at Brick Gentry, P.C. He provides counsel to clients on business activities ranging from company formation, contract drafting and day-to-day operations, to collections, and general litigation.. Michael also counsels both public and private sector employers in employment- and labor-related issues including anti-discrimination practices, contractual and workplace policy matters, worker’s compensation, and personnel management.. As part of his municipal practice, Michael provides advice relating to ordinance drafting, municipal court prosecution and operations, public bidding procedures, compliance with open meeting and record law, and general litigation matters.. This varied experience allows Michael to provide legal assistance to clients in cost effective ways that minimize exposure and support long-term objectives.. Michael is licensed to practice in both the state of Iowa and the state of Nebraska. In addition, he is a member of the American Bar Association, the Iowa State Bar Association, the Nebraska State Bar Association, and the Litigation Committee for the Young Lawyers Division.

Matt's practice primarily involves assisting municipal and private corporations on a variety of issues, including employment matters.Matt is admitted to practice in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, the District of Columbia, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth and Eighth Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.Matt is a former Windsor Heights Councilman with a life-long interest in local and national government.

In my free time, I enjoy biking, running, and swimming and have completed numerous marathons and Ironman triathlons.

I work collaboratively with clients to find creative, cost-effective solutions to current problems and protect their interests for the future. My clients consider me a passionate advocate and trusted advisor. I have a general practice, representing clients in business and corporate law, estate planning, probate, real estate, banktrupcy, and civil litigation.. I attended Drake University Law School where I was a member of the Drake Law Review and graduated with High Honors in 2007. I joined the firm in 2007 and became a shareholder in 2012. Recent honors include: Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2015 and 2016, and AJI Top 10 Bankruptcy Attorney of Iowa for 2016.. Outside of work, I enjoy playing golf and spending time with my family. I am also a founding member of the Des Moines Curling Club, serve on the alumni advisory board for Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity (Iowa Sigma chapter), and I am a small group leader and host at my church.

I have a passion for helping small business owners with legal needs of any type, big or small. My general practice includes but is not limited to Business Law, Mergers/Aquisitions, Appellate Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, Estate Planning, Medicaid Planning, Guardianship, and Surrogacy.

I am a founding and managing partner of Gourley Rehkemper, & Lindholm, PLC, also known as GRL Law.  I work with some of the best attorneys and legal professionals in the business and I am proud to say that our firm is one of the best Trial Law firms in Iowa.. I head up the wrongful death and traumatic injury division at the firm.  In the last 5 years alone, I have obtained verdicts from Iowa juries totaling just under 5 million dollars. But those cases are not about me.  They are about the Iowans who have been permanently and extraordinarily injured and the families who have lost a loved one and then have been lied to, taken advantage of, mistreated, or all three by coporations and their insurance companies.  I have had the honor of helping families hold insurance companies, corporations and other wrongdoers accountable for their actions when they have caused the death of, or a life changing injury to folks in Iowa.  We have gone up against the big boys; the insurance companies and their big law firms, and we have prevailed. We will continue to fight to do so.. No firm in Iowa investigates deaths and injuries more throughly.  No firm handles lawsuits more zealously.  No firm gets better results for grieving families. I am proud to say that I am a part of GRL Law, the firm that Iowans turn to when Good People Need GReat Lawyers