- J.D., University of Chicago, 1973 Phi Beta Kappa. National Law Honor Scholarship
- B.A., Grinnell College, 1970 With Honors, Washington Semester Program
Admitted to Practice
- U.S. Claims Court
- 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 - 1973
Publications
- "New OTS Guidance on Paying Fees for the Referral of Trust Business",
- The Shifting Interstate Branch Banking Terrain
- Affiliate's Discount Offer Does Not Violate Bank Anti-Tying Provisions
Memberships
Polk County, Iowa State (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section; Participant, Electronic Commerce Working Group; Chairman, Banking, Financial Institutions Committee, 1990-2000, 2002-2007) and American (Member, Banking Law Committee of the Banking and Business Section, Banking, Currency and Treasury Committee of the Administrative Law Section, 1989-96; Corporation, Committee on Cyberspace Law; E-Commerce Payment Committee & Information Security Committee, Science and Technology Section; Franchising Law Section) Bar Associations.
Recent Speeches
"'The State of Regulatoy Affairs in Iowa and at the National Level,' or More Appropriately, 'What Just Happened & Where Are We Headed?'" Community Bankers of Iowa Annual Convention, Okoboji, Iowa
"Buying and Selling Banks - The Seven Year Itch & the Rules of Ten," Iowa Bankers Association Annual Convention, Des Moines, Iowa
"The Brave New World of Banking: Convergence or Collision?", Midwest Conference of Community Bankers, Beaver Creek, Colorado
"Ten Emerging Trends for Young Bankers," Iowa Independent Bankers, Leaders of Tomorrow Spring Conference, Des Moines, Iowa
"Suspicious Activity Reporting Requirements for Corporate America," Association of Corporate Counsel, Iowa Chapter, Des Moines, Iowa
"Accounting Judgments, Estimates, and Restatements: Implications for Audit Committee Oversight," KPMG Audit Committee Roundtable, Des Moines, Iowa
"Perspectives on Protecting Your Bank and Customers," Iowa Independent Bankers Annual Convention, Okoboji, Iowa
Assistant Attorney General, Director of the Division of Administrative Law, 1979-85. General Counsel Iowa Superintendent of Banking and Iowa Department of Banking, 1979-85. Instructor-Lecturer, Summer Institute in Agricultural Law, Drake Law School, 1986. Instructor-Lecturer, School of Central Banking for Central and Eastern Europeans, Iowa State University, 1993, 1994. Lecturer, Bank Acquisitions, Iowa School of Banking, 1996-1997. Co-author of the Iowa Banking Law Guide for the Iowa Legal Research Guide (©2003). Counsel to Community Bankers of Iowa and Harland Financial Solutions.
Selected for inclusion in the 2008 and 2009 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Corporate/M&A: Banking & Finance. Has been listed in The Best Lawyers of America in the area of Banking Law since 1995.