- J.D., Drake University, 1998
- B.S., Iowa State University, 1995 History
Admitted to Practice
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Bar Membership
- Iowa - 1998
Publications
- Intermittent FMLA Leave May Not Be a “Blank Check”
- We ARE Family: A DOL Interpretation That Simplifies an FMLA Issue for Iowa Employers
- Takeaways from Recent Pregnancy Discrimination Cases Brought Against Iowa Employers
- "Pandemic = Pandora's Box: Legal Implications of H1N1 and Other Pandemics in the Workplace",
- "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Ricci v. DeStefano",
Memberships
Polk County, Iowa State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section; Litigation Section) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section; Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Greater Des Moines Young Professionals Connection; National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations; Polk County Women Attorneys (Member, Board, 2000-Present; President, 2006); Women’s Chamber Alliance; Delta Theta Phi.
Recent Presentations
"Workshop on Employer Documentation of Employee Discipline/Discharge in Iowa and Illinois," Northeast Iowa Employers Council of Iowa/Northeast Iowa Community College/Dubuque Area Labor Management Council, Dubuque, Iowa, April 29, 2010.
"Employee Documentation and Discharge in Iowa and Nebraska," Iowa Workforce Development/Southwest Iowa Employers' Council, Council Bluffs, Iowa, October 14, 2009.
"Responding to Tough Economic Times Without Violating Employment and Labor Laws: Furloughs and RIFs Done Right," DMTH 2009 Employment Law Seminar, West Des Moines, Iowa, October, 8, 2009.
Judicial Clerk to Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Harris, 1998. Editor and Contributor, Hiring Firing and Discipline for Iowa Employers, Association of Business and Industry HR Compliance Library (2007 and 2008 editions). Selected for inclusion in the 2010 and 2011 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Labor & Employment Law. Selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Labor & Employment as an 'up and coming' attorney.