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I represent clients in personal injury, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice, and wrongful death cases.  I also represents clients in securities fraud, consumer fraud, and financial services class-action cases nationwide.  I am licensed to practice in Iowa and Montana (inactive) state and federal courts.  I earned my bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from the University of North Dakota in 2007 and my law degree summa cum laude from the University of St. Thomas School of Law in 2010.

I joined Hupy and Abraham in 2019 as an Associate Attorney to help injured clients. Before joining the firm, I practiced in family law, contract law, corporate law and more.

I joined Hupy and Abraham in 2015 as an Associate Attorney to assist personal injury victims. Prior to joining the firm, I spent four years as an insurance defense trial lawyer.

I joined Hupy and Abraham as an Associate Attorney in 2018. I have extensive experience handling personal injury and workers' compensation matters.

I have devoted  my legal career to defending the rights of Iowan’s charged with drug and alcohol offenses with an emphasis on operating while intoxicated, boating while intoxicated, serious injury by vehicle, and vehicular homicide cases.  My interest in the criminal justice system began early in my career while attending Simpson College and majoring in Criminal Justice and graduating Cum Laude in 1999.  After attending Simpson, I received my law degree from Drake University in 2002.  While attending Drake, my passion for the criminal justice system was enhanced by completing an internship at the Warren County Attorney’s Office as well as through completion of the Advanced Criminal Defense Clinic.. In 2004 I became a member of the National College of Drunk Driving Defense and am currently one of only a few select attorneys in Iowa to be a member of this organization.  In April 2005, I completed the NHTSA/IACP Standardized Field Sobriety Practitioner Training Course through Walden, Platt and Associates where I became certified to administer and score the same field sobriety tests used by police officers when making an arrest of an intoxicated driver.. I continue to hone my skills in defending the rights of Iowan’s by attending other national and local seminars related to criminal and drunk driving defense.  I have also spoken at numerous seminars on issues such as field sobriety testing, breath testing, case law updates, and appellate practice.  My practice also includes the litigation of appeals through the Iowa Court of Appeals and the Iowa Supreme Court.. I have also been an assistant wrestling coach at Valley Highschool since 2004 and currently am a volunteer assistance.  I enjoy working with the kids to help them not only become better athletes but better individuals.  I also enjoy being outdoors and taking my annual fishing trips to Minnesota.

I have been a practicing litigation attorney for nearly sixteen years.  During that time I have focused my practice on client relationships.  For each of my clients, their litigation may be the most important aspect of their lives.  I strive to provide personal and attentive service to each of my clients to help them through their litigation experience.  Clients expect prompt service, phone calls returned and personal attention.  I use that relationship to keep my clients calm and engaged in their litigation.  And of course, I utilize all resources available to obtain excellent results on behalf of my clients.

I graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2005 and am currently licensed to practice law in the State of Iowa.  I practice primarily in litigation, including but not limited to workers' compensation and personal injury.

I graduated from Dana College in 1998 with a Major in Sociology and a Minor in Psychology.  I worked at a regional insurance company from 1998 to 2001 when I attended Drake Law School.  In 2004, I graduated from Drake Law School, and began practicing in criminal defense.  I have practiced primarily in Criminal Defense since 2004, representing those accused of a crime in both State and Federal Courts.  I have litigated hundreds of criminal cases ranging from simple misdemeanor offenses where clients face a maximum of 30 days is in jail to major felony and federal offenses, including crimes of violence and drug trafficking offenses where my clients have faced mandatory life in prison.  My practice focuses mainly on the District Court trial level,however, I handle appeals of criminal matters in State court and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals as well.  Additionally, I handle various other legal matters on a case by case basis, including most notably Personal Injury matters, either as primary counsel or on a consulting basis.

I focus primarily on defending those accused of possessing, delivering, cultivating or manufacturing marijuana and other narcotics.  I also specialize in helping individuals recover property that has been unlawfully seized through civil forfeiture, which allows Iowa law enforcement agencies to profit from large amounts of cash, firearms, vehicles and other property taken from innocent persons.  A significant part of my practice includes representing those charged with alcohol and drug-impaired offenses, ranging from public intoxication to OWI to vehicular homicide.. As a trial attorney, I've tried dozens of misdemeanor and felony cases to a jury and obtained dismissals of more than 170 other drug and OWI charges, including driver's licenses revocations, through successful pre-trial motions.. I take a keen interest in developing and litigating issues in traffic stops and other search and seizure contexts to expand the rights of the accused. Most recently, my efforts to overturn a search warrant based on information gathered during warrantless nighttime trash rips led to a landmark Iowa Supreme Court decision in State v. Wright, 961 N.W.2d 396 (Iowa 2021).  The decision was the first to recognize the rejuvenated trespass doctrine in Iowa.  By finding an expectation of privacy in garbage, the Court overturned a police tactic responsible for untold numbers of convictions during the past four decades.  The decision is based on Iowa Constitutional grounds under article 1, section 8. I have since worked diligently to expand the scope of the trespass doctrine to K9 searches, the deployment of recording devices by confidential informants under the one-party consent rule in Iowa and other areas that have typically been analyzed under an expectation of privacy approach.. In response to Wright, the Iowa General Assembly codified a new law in 2022, which sought to reinstate the now-unconstitutional police practice of surreptitiously searching curbside garbage without a warrant.  In what I believe to be the first ruling addressing the new law, the Iowa District Court for Boone County struck down the statute as unconstitutional in State v. Whaley, No. FECR115299, on September 28, 2022.  Rather than appeal the ruling, however, the State dismissed the charges instead.  Regrettably, this section has since been upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court. So, while Wright remains good law regarding the application of the trespass doctrine under the state constitution, the police can once again seize your garbage without a warrant and rummage throught it.. As trial counsel in State v. Pals, 805 N.W.2d 767 (Iowa 2011), I challenged the voluntariness of a detained driver's consent to search his vehicle under the Iowa Constitution.  The Pals decision is now one of the seminal cases on the issue of warrantless consent searches.. My knack for understanding and simply explaining complex scientific concepts such as infrared spectrophotometry in breath testing, headspace gas chromatography with flame ionization detection in blood and urine testing, statistical analysis and measurement uncertainty is well known throughout the defense bar.  The same can be said for my work in exposing drug K9 "alerts" that were either false positives or otherwise cued by the handler.  I am one of a few attorneys in the state who have successfully challenged a vehicle search based on these highly questionable "alerts.". I am twice published in the area of OWI defense. In 2014, I co-authored the first edition one of the few practice-specific treatises in the state, Iowa OWI Defense: The Law and Practice, published by Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company. I also wrote a chapter focusing on the use of indepedent forensic investigations, including crash data and blood alcohol analysis, in Defending DUI Vehicular Homicide Cases, 2013 ed. by Aspatore Books.  As an appellate lawyer, I have briefed and argued issues of constitutional and statutory importance before the Iowa Supreme Court and Iowa Court of Appeals. In addition to Wright, I successfully argued Mitchell County v. Zimmerman, 810 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 2012), in which a unanimous Iowa Supreme Court struck down a local road-protection ordinance as unconstitutional under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.  More recently, I secured a second unanimous decision in 2023 by the Iowa Supreme Court in State v. Arrieta, 998 N.W.2d 617 (Iowa 2023), which reversed the Iowa Court of Appeals decision and held our client was unreasonably detained at a weigh station to await a drug K9.. I am co-counsel in Mumford v. Iowa, No. 24-1093, a matter pending before the United States Supreme Court challenging a trepass by a drug K9 on an open car window under the Fourth Amendment. This is an appeal of the Iowa Supreme Court's ruling in State v. Mumford, 14 N.W.3d 346 (Iowa 2024).. I have been named a Great Plains Super Lawyer in the area of Criminal Defense for seven years running (2018-2024).

I am a native of Norwalk, IA. I have not strayed far from my Iowan roots. Following my graduation from Norwalk High School, I obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 2008 from Central College in Pella, Iowa, majoring in Business Administration. I followed my father’s footsteps and returned to Des Moines to attend Drake University Law School, graduating with honors in the spring of 2011. I subsequently entered the legal profession by joining Hixson & Brown, P.C. as an associate practicing in the areas of personal injury and medical malpractice. If you have questions about an injury or death, please give our office a call!

I am a life long resident of Iowa with a commitment to fast and friendly service to my clients.  I attempt to simplify and ease the legal process and make it cost effective for my clients.

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

Growing up in Sioux City, Iowa, Attorney Andrew L. Hope gained a strong work ethic, a drive to succeed, and a dedication to helping others by welding and working at his parents’ sheet metal fabrication shop throughout his formative years. He credits his parents for the qualities that have made him who he is today.. Andrew earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Iowa and has been licensed to practice in Iowa since 2002. After working for a large insurance company for a brief time, he decided to reroute his career and help people in difficult, life-changing situations. In 2003, he founded Hope Law Firm. Andrew has built Hope Law Firm into what it is today: A full-service law firm with eight skilled lawyers who contribute their talents in the areas of family law, personal injury, bankruptcy, insurance claims, and criminal defense.

Ginkens Law Firm, P.L.C. is a general practice law firm that handles a variety of legal matters. Aaron H. Ginkens is very responsive to all inquiries and will work hard to ensure all of your questions have been answered completely.

Gary has been practicing law for more than 25 years. He represents clients in Iowa and Wisconsin in wrongful death, personal injury, auto and trucking accident, employment discrimination and harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour class action, premises liability, general litigation, divorce and criminal defense cases.. Gary is a seasoned litigator having tried more than 80 jury trials to verdict as first chair and has experience trying cases in rural, suburban and urban Courts all across Iowa. He is an excellent strategist and uses his skills and more than 25 years of experience to provide effective and well thought out representation for his clients to help them best achieve their particular goals.. Outside of work, Gary volunteers his time helping with the activities that his children are involved in serving in various volunteer, coaching and leadership roles. He has served as Vice President and President of the Home & School Association as well as Co-Chair of the annual fundraiser auction for Sacred Heart School in West Des Moines. Through the years, Gary has served as a member and executive board member for numerous non-profit organizations on the national, state and local level.. In his free time, Gary enjoys spending time with his family and friends, traveling, golfing and honing his foosball skills. Gary lives in Des Moines with his wife Ann and their two children, Elizabeth and Holden.

Focused, detail oriented, and aggressive criminal defense attorney with Spellman Law, P.C., located in West Des Moines and practicing throughout the State of Iowa and specializing in criminal defense including OWI / DUI defense, marijuana possession, felony drug possession, felony offenses, white collar crime, and traffic violations.;.

Emily was born and raised in the Des Moines area. She graduated from Drake University Law School in 2018 with High Honors, where she was a Junior Member of the Drake Law Review and Treasurer of the Moot Court Board. Emily found her love for Estate Planning and Elder Law while assisting low-income seniors with legal matters at the Drake Legal Clinic. Emily is now an attorney at Pearson Bollman Law, a law firm that specializes in Estate Planning and Elder Law.

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Dean Stowers has been in private practice since 1990 and has successfully defended thousands of clients accused of breaking the law.. Dean was born in Madison, Wisconsin on March 5, 1964. Dean grew up in northern Wisconsin where he attended high school at Rhinelander High School, the Home of the Hodag. After completing college at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and attending law school at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Dean studied for, took, and passed the Iowa bar exam, moved to Washington, D.C., and then studied for, took and passed the Pennsylvania bar exam in Philadelphia. From 1989-1990 Mr. Stowers worked in the Office of General Counsel as a counselor to the United States Sentencing Commission, the agency that promulgates the Federal Sentencing Guidelines used in federal sentencing.. In 1990 Dean returned to work in criminal defense at The Rosenberg Law Firm where he had clerked during law school and developed an interest in criminal defense. Over the next several years, Dean worked with and mentored under Raymond Rosenberg, Paul Rosenberg, and Dan Jacobi. Raymond Rosenberg, with whom Dean practiced until he retired in 2005, was widely regarded throughout the last quarter century of his career as the best criminal defense lawyer in Iowa. Paul Rosenberg, now in sole practice has achieved tremendous results in some very high profile cases. Dan Jacobi left private practice and is now General Counsel at Pioneer Hybrid. Mentoring is crucial to the development of a lawyer's skills and Dean remains grateful for all he learned in his formative years.. Dean has tried alone or participated in trying with others in dozens of criminal jury trials, including roughly half of those in federal court. Dean has secured not guilty verdicts in more than 70% of those trials, including one streak of four consecutive federal jury trial acquittals. Dean has tried some of the longest-running and most complex criminal jury trials in the history of Iowa federal courts.. Although Dean greatly enjoys jury trials, he is also a believer in the value of effective pretrial motions, including motions to suppress unlawfully obtained evidence. For every favorable jury verdict that Dean has secured for his clients, there are many more cases dismissed or disposed of quietly as a result of successful pretrial motions and advocacy.. Dean is a fighter who stands by his clients against some of the longest odds, including through appellate review. Dean takes pride in handling appeals from his own unsuccessful trial or sentencing outcomes and has attained numerous reversals in noteworthy and precedent-setting cases.. Dean is known as an aggressive, outspoken, and highly-effective advocate who shows up prepared and ready to achieve the very best possible outcome for his clients. Dean has developed techniques for case organization and preparation not known to be employed by other attorneys. These methods give Dean the organizational and informational edge to know a case better than anyone else involved

Daniel J. Rothman has been practicing criminal law since his admission to the bar in 2002. He is a former prosecutor of 7 years having worked in the Story County Attorneys’ office and as the senior member of the OWI Division of the Polk County Attorney’s Office until March of 2009. During his time as an OWI prosecutor, Mr. Rothman was an instructor for the Prosecutors Training Council’s Annual Officer’s training school on OWI law and a presenter for the Central Iowa Traffic Safety Task Force annual training regarding OWI law. He also is a graduate of the Trial Advocacy program at the National District Attorney’s Association’s National Advocacy Center at the University of South Carolina. He currently practices law in Iowa District and Appellate Courts statewide as well as the Federal Courts of the Southern District of Iowa. Mr. Rothman represents clients against OWI charges in Des Moines as well as throughout Iowa. He received his law Degree and his Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric from Drake University.

Charlotte received her Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology with specialization in Archaeology) from the University of Iowa in May 1997 and her Juris Doctorate from Drake University Law School in May 2003. Charlotte was a collegiate swimmer and soccer player at the University of Iowa. Charlotte is a member of Iowa State Bar Association.. Charlotte practices primarily in the area of divorce and child custody, visitation, and child support litigation. She is a strong supporter of alternative dispute resolution and she has completed the Iowa State Bar accredited mediation training course.. Charlotte is an avid photographer and enjoys spending her free time with her husband, Brian, and their two children, Ellen and Anthony, as well as following the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Charlie Bottenberg is a shareholder at Brick Gentry P.C., who practices primarily in the areas of wills, trusts, probate, estate planning, small businesses, and real estate. Charlie is a trusted advisor to his clients including area executives, agricultural families, small business owners, and many working families all across Iowa. He believes in an educational approach to estate planning and strives to offer each client a tailored experience and plan that suits their situation and familial needs by giving them the tools and knowledge to choose which estate planning path makes the most sense for their family. Charlie has experience working with estate planning clients all the way from eighteen year old clients just starting out on their own through multigenerational agricultural operation succession planning.. Charlie has personal experience pertaining to the unique struggles and challenges that owning a small or medium sized business presents. While growing up, his grandparents owned and ran the family shoe store in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Charlie’s mom owned and operated a landscaping operation for many years. Additionally, Charlie has his Master of Business Administration from Iowa State University and owned and operated a small law firm in Waukee directly out of law school from May of 2013 through September of 2020.. Charlie has advised his business clients through a myriad of issues including: business structure and entity selection, acquisitions, sales, succession planning, procurement, and other organizational needs. He has assisted on transactions with estimated values of $10,000 all the way through $75,000,000+.. Charlie is active in the community serving on the Waukee City Council, Scoutmaster for Troop 888 at St. Francis of Assisi in West Des Moines, and is an active participant in the sporting lives of his three children.. Charlie is an Eagle Scout and a member of the 2018 Class of the Business Record 40 Under 40 for Des Moines, Iowa.

Born and raised in southern Iowa, Katie completed her undergraduate education at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, before returning to the Des Moines area to attend Drake Law School, where she graduated with high honors.  Katie now lives in West Des Moines with her husband and three children.  To learn more about Katie, visit Ranes Law Firm on the web at .

Attorney Matthew Bollman grew up and completed his undergraduate degree in Iowa before pursuing his legal degree at the University of Denver College of Law. After receiving his Juris Doctor, Matthew spent time in Seattle and Phoenix before ultimately returning to his home state, seeking the family-centric environment Iowa is famous for. He focuses his legal practice in estate planning, elder law, trust administration, and probate. Matthew is committed to helping Iowans understand their estate planning options, which is why he regularly leads educational seminars and lectures on various related subjects. He is a VA accredited attorney and has affiliations with ElderCounsel, WealthCounsel, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and the Iowa State Bar Association.

Ashley and her husband, TJ live with their son, Theo, and their daughter, Drew in Des Moines, Iowa.  In her free time, Ashley enjoys spending time with her family and friends and competing in running events.  Ashley's passion is competitive road racing.  She is the 2009 Lincoln Marathon Champion a 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials Qualifier. She holds a personal best of 2:44:06 for the marathon distance.