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Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Products Liability; Civil Litigation

Additional Information: Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa. Staff Member, Drake Law Review, 1975- 1976. Author: "Pre-Trial Challenges to Expert Testimony in Toxic Tort Cases," For The Defense (Defense Research Institute, 1989). Co-Author: Products Liability 50 State Handbook (West 1994); "Statutes of Limitation and Repose Applicable to Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation" (Products Liability Litigation Committee, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, 1997); "Products Liability," Report on Civil Jury Instructions (Iowa Defense Counsel Association, 1990). Listed in: Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business; The Best Lawyers in America. Member: American College of Trial Lawyers; Product Liability Advisory Council; International Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates; Defense Research Institute; Board of Directors, 1987-1994; President, 1993-1994, Iowa Defense Counsel Association. Member, 1984-1990, Vice Chairman, 1988-1990, Litigation Legislation Committee; Litigation Section Council, 1993-1995, Iowa State Bar Association. Chair, Liability Reform Committee, Iowa Association of Business & Industry, 1996-1998. The determination of the need for legal services and the choice of a lawyer are extremely important decisions and should not be based solely upon advertisements, certification, specialization or self-proclaimed expertise. A description or indication of limitation of practice does not mean that any agency or board has certified such lawyers as specialist or expert in an indicated field of law practice nor does it mean that such lawyer is necessarily any more expert or competent than any other lawyer. All potential clients are urged to make their own independent investigation and evaluation of any lawyer being considered. These disclosures are required by the Supreme Court of Iowa.