Leadership & Involvement

The following is a list of leadership roles and memberships in which Dickinson attorneys have had opportunies to enhance their expertise and serve their profession and communities.

National/International

• American Academy of ADR Attorneys
  • Jeff Krausman, Member, 2001-Present
• American Bar Association
  • Bridget Penick, Fellow, Labor and Employment Law Section’s Federal Labor Standards Legislative Committee; Vice Chair, Young Lawyers Division Labor and Employment Law Committee, 2008-2009; Member, Advisory Panel, 2006-Present
  • Marc Ward, Member, Model Limited Liability Company Task Force; Member, Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Organizations Committee; Member, Banking Law Committee; Member, Legal Opinion Committee
• American College of Real Estate Lawyers
  • Paul Tyler, Member, 1994-Present
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
  • David Repp, Fellow, 2010-Present
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, Member, 2005-Present
• Association of the United States Army
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, Member, 1990-Present
• Defense Research Institute
  • Joan Fletcher, Commercial Litigation Committee; Trial Tactics and Techniques Committee, 1990s-present
• International Trademark Association
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, Member, 2005-Present
• Litigation Counsel of America™
  • Joan Fletcher, Fellow, 2010-Present
  • Bridget Penick, Fellow
• National Association of State Chief Administrators
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, President, 1998-1999; Executive Board, 1995-1998, 2000-2001
• National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
  • Marc Ward, Observer, Drafting Committee on Amendments to the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, 2003
• National Council of School Board Attorneys
  • Jeff Krausman, Member, 1979-Present
• National Guard Association of the United States
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, Member, 1996-Present
• United States Army Reserve
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, 1985-1996
• United States Marine Corps
  • John Vernon, Captain, 1968-1971
• Women Executives in State Government
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, Chair, 1999-2000; Executive Board, 1998-1999, 2000-2001; Program Committee, 2001-2002

State/Regional

• American Arbitration Association
  • Paul Tyler, Regional Advisory Committee, 1995-Present
• Animal Rescue League of Iowa
  • Joan Fletcher, General Counsel; Board of Directors, 2009-Present
• Better Business Bureau Serving Greater Iowa, Quad Cities and the Siouxland Region
  • Paul Tyler, Chair, 2004-2005; Board of Directors, 1995-Present
• Children & Families of Iowa
  • Joan Fletcher, President, 2005-2006; Executive Committee, 2004-2008; Board of Directors, 2002-2008
• Historical Society of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • Dick Lyford, President, 2010-Present; Vice President, 2005-2010
• Illinois State Bar Association
  • Mary Zambreno, Young Lawyers Section Council, 2005
• Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers
  • Bill Serangeli, Fellow, 2003-Present
• Iowa Army National Guard
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, Current Assignment: Brigadier General, Commander, Installations Command; Member, 1996-1998, 2001-Present
• Iowa Board of Law Examiners
  • Dick Lyford, 2008-Present
• Iowa Capitol Planning Commission
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, 1994-1998
• Iowa Council of School Board Attorneys
  • Jeff Krausman, Executive Committee, 1994-1998, 2007-Present; Chair, 1997-1998; Vice Chair, 2007-2008
• Iowa Defense Counsel Association
  • Joan Fletcher, Commercial Litigation Committee; Tort and Insurance Law Committee, 1990s-Present
• Iowa Disabilities Council
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, 1994-1998
• Iowa Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women
  • Marc Ward, Vice Chair, 2008-Present
• Iowa Homeless Youth Center
  • David Repp, Chair, Community Advisory Board, 1995-Present
  • Mary Zambreno, Community Advisory Board, 2006-2010
• Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, Member, 2005-Present
• Iowa Prison Industries Board
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, 1994-1998
• Iowa State Bar Association
  • Ted Craig, Young Lawyers Division Executive Council, 2010-Present; Justice Fore All Fundraising Event to Benefit the ISBA’s Public Service Project, Co-chair, 2011
  • Joan Fletcher, Member, Litigation Section Council, 2010-Present
  • Howard Hagen, Chair, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, 1999-2000, 2002-2007
  • Jeff Krausman, Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, 2009-2011; Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1987-1988
  • Sara Laughlin, Member, Labor & Employment Law Section’s CLE Subcommittee, 2011-Present
  • Dick Lyford, Chair, Legal Heritage Committee, 2008-Present
  • Bridget Penick, President, Young Lawyers Division, 2007-2008; Member, Labor and Employment Law Section Council, 2004-Present; Vice Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 2008-Present
  • David Repp, Chair, Taxation Section, 2008-2009
  • Paul Tyler, Board of Governors, 1995-1999, 2003-2007; Chair, Real Estate Section, 1993-1994; Chair, Legal Forms Committee, 1984-4988; Chair, Multi-Jurisdictional Practice Committee, 2000-2003; Member, Land Title Standards Committee, 1989-1995; Chair, Building Committee, 2005-2008; Member, Board of Directors, ISBA Public Service Project, 2004-2008; Member, Board of Directors, Iowa State Bar Foundation, 2007-Present
  • John Vernon, Board of Governors, 1999-2003
  • Marc Ward, Chair, Business Law Section Council, 2011-Present; Chair, Business Law Section’s Limited Liability Companies Committee, 1992-1994, 1996-1998, 2002-2008; Member, Business Law Section’s Limited Liability Companies Committee, 1992-Present; Member, Business Law Section’s Banking Law Committee
  • Mary Zambreno, Young Lawyers Division Executive Council; Young Lawyers Division By-law Revision Task Force; Young Lawyers Division Attorney Discipline Decisions Task Force.
• Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corporation
  • Marc Ward, Vice Chair, Board of Directors, 2009-2011; Chair, Tax Exempt Bond Issuance Committee, 2010-2011
• Iowa Supreme Court Grievance Commission
  • Paul Tyler, 1995-2004
• Leadership Iowa
  • Jennifer Hodge, Class of 2007-2008
• Michigan Army National Guard
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, 1998-2001
• Southern District of Iowa Branch Historical Society
  • Dick Lyford, President, 2001-Present; Secretary, 1996-2001
• The Wallace Centers of Iowa
  • Christine Fleming Halbrook, Board of Directors, 2009-Present
• Youth Homes of MidAmerica
  • Paul Tyler, Board of Directors, 1996-2007

Local

• American Society for Public Administration, Michigan Capital Area Chapter
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, Chair, 1999-2000
• Chrysalis Foundation
  • Christine Fleming Halbrook, Board of Directors, 2009-Present
• Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
  • Marc Ward, Board of Trustees, 2001-2004
• Community Foundation of Greater Des moines
  • Christine Fleming Halbrook, Young Leaders’ Advisory Board, 2009-Present
• Des Moines Downtown Community Alliance
  • Marc Ward, Board of Directors
• Des Moines Estate and Financial Planners Group
  • David Repp, Chair, 1993-Present
• Des Moines Public Schools
  • Marc Ward, President, Board of Education, 2002-2003 (two terms); Member, Board of Education, 1997-2003, 2004-2007
• Drake University Law School Board of Counselors
  • Fred Schneider, Member, 1981-1990
  • Rick Malm, 2001-2003
• East High School Alumni Association, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Mollie Pawlosky, President-Elect, 2010-2011
• East High School Alumni Scholarship Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Mollie Pawlosky, Board of Directors, 2009-Present; Co-chair, Scholarship Committee, 2009-Present
• Fort Des Moines Museum & Education Center
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, President, 2007-2008; Board of Directors, 2003-2008
• Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute
  • Joan Fletcher, Class of 2004-2005
  • Jill Jensen-Welch, Class of 2005-2006
  • David Repp, Class of 2003-2004
  • Marc Ward, Class of 1999-2000
• Greater Des Moines Partnership
  • Marc Ward, Board of Directors
• Green & Main Project
  • Jeff Andersen, Volunteer Legal Counsel, 2008-Present
  • Allyn Dixon, Volunteer Legal Counsel, 2008-Present
• Historic East Village, Inc.
  • Allyn Dixon, Board of Directors, 2009-Present
• HOLA Legal Center
  • Bridget Penick, Volunteer Lawyer
  • Mary Zambreno, Volunteer Lawyer
• Hospice of Central Iowa
  • Paul Tyler, Board of Directors, 1988-1994
• Legal Aid Society of Polk County
  • John Vernon, Board of Directors, 1991-1994
• Metro Arts Alliance
  • Allyn Dixon, Board of Directors, 2009-Present
• Polk County Bar Association
  • John Vernon, Chair, Family Law Committee, 1996-1997
  • Paul Tyler, President, 2002; Board of Directors, 1989-1993, 1995-2007; Chair, Grievance Committee, 1985-1987
  • Bridget Penick, Board of Directors, 2008-Present
• Polk County District Court Mediation Project
  • John Vernon, Mediator and Arbitrator
• Polk County Volunteer Lawyers Project
  • Mary Zambreno, Volunteer Lawyer, 2006-Present
  • Bridget Penick, Volunteer Lawyer
• Polk County Women Attorneys
  • Ann Holden Kendell, President, 2006; Board of Directors, 2000-Present
  • Megan Erickson, Board of Directors
• Polk-Des Moines Taxpayers’ Association
  • Marc Ward, Chair
• Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce
  • Jennifer Hodge, Membership Council, 2010-Present
• Rock Island Junior Board
  • Jennifer Hodge, Member, 2008-Present
• Rotary Club of Des Moines
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, Board of Directors, 2009-Present; Chair, Membership Development Committee, 2006-2008; Member, 1994-1998, 2005-Present
• Rotary Club of Lansing, Michigan
  • Janet Phipps Burkhead, Member, 1998-2001
• United Way of Central Iowa
  • Marc Ward, Member, Campaign Cabinet, 2001-2002
• West Des Moines Library
  • John Vernon, Bond Committee, 1994
• Youth and Shelter Services, Inc.
  • Mary Zambreno, Corporate Board, 2007-2010
• Youth Law Center
  • John Vernon, Board of Directors, 2003-2006

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