Top Civil Lawyers in ZIP 50266 | 8 available

Firm: Brick Gentry

6701 West Town Parkway Ste 100 , West Des Moines , Iowa 50266

Practice Areas: Civil , Workers Compensation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm, PLC

440 Fairway Drive, Suite 210 , West Des Moines , Iowa 50266

Practice Areas: Civil , Criminal Defense , Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Drug Crime, Drug Crime, Drug Crime, Drug Crime, Drug Crime, Drug Crime, Drug Crime, Drug Crime, Drug Crime, Drug Crime, Drug Crime, Drug Crime

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).

Firm: Brick Gentry Law Firm

6701 Westown Parkway , West Des Moines , Iowa 50266

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Family , Personal Injury, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business

Firm: Loney & Schueller

1311 50th Street. , West Des Moines , Iowa 50266

Practice Areas: Civil , General Practice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Slip and Fall, Workers Compensation, Wrongful Death, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation

I was born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa and graduated from Dubuque Senior High.  I attended the University of Northern Iowa where I earned my B.A. in History.  After UNI, I attended Drake University and earned my Law degree from Drake Law School with Honors in 2001 and was admitted to the Iowa Bar that same year.  Since graduating from Law School, I have been committed to helping injured workers and Iowans get swift justice for their injuries. Through hard work and sacrifice, Loney & Schueller was formed to help injured Iowans.

Firm: Brick Law Firm

6701 Westown Parkway , West Des Moines , Iowa 50266

Practice Areas: Civil , Environmental , Labor , Municipal , Zoning, Planning & Land Use, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: Jim Nervig

9121 Wellington Dr , West Des Moines , Iowa 50266

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , Estate Planning, Municipal , Real Estate , Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Estate Planning

Firm: Helton Law Firm

2800 University Avenue , West Des Moines , Iowa 50266

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Intellectual Property , Labor , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Brick Gentry PC

6701 Westown Parkway , West Des Moines , Iowa 50266

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , Municipal , Personal Injury, Real Estate , State, Local And Municipal Law, State, Local And Municipal Law, State, Local And Municipal Law, State, Local And Municipal Law, State, Local And Municipal Law, State, Local And Municipal Law, State, Local And Municipal Law, State, Local And Municipal Law, State, Local And Municipal Law, State, Local And Municipal Law, State, Local And Municipal Law, State, Local And Municipal Law, State, Local And Municipal Law, State, Local And Municipal Law

Steve is a lawyer in General Practice who has extensive experience in issues involving Municipal, Personal Injury and litigation in the State of Iowa. He has been practicing law and licensed to practice in the State and Federal Courts in Iowa since January of 1993. He has been a member of Brick Gentry PC his entire career.. Since the early to mid 90's Steve has provided representation to several Central Iowa Communities acting as City Attorney and Prosecutor. He has provided a wide range of representation for his municipal clients including but not limited to matters involving condemnation, litigation, employment, development, criminal prosecution and contract negotiation.. Since graduation from Law School, Steve has been an active participant in the Courts on behalf of a wide variety of clients. In addition to litigating common cases ranging from Personal Injury, Contracts and Domestic matters, he has participated directly in cases in the State and Federal Courts in Nebraska, Missouri, and Arizona involving matters ranging from business disputes to Federal Energy Regulation. Steve has also been Plaintiff's Counsel in several Class actions representing Class Members who ultimately received Court Ordered monetary payments from the litigation.