Education

• B.A., Drake University, 1982 Magna Cum Laude
• M.S., Drake University, 1994
• J.D., Drake University Law School, 2003 High Honors, Order of the Coif; Also, National Moot Court Team; Drake Law Review; Moot Court Board; and, Treasurer of the ADR Society.

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
  
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
  

Bar Memberships

• Iowa - 2003
• Minnesota - 2006

Publications

• Death of a Family Member Ends One Kind of FMLA Leave, But May Begin Another
  
• "COBRA Subsidy Extended and Expanded",
  
• "EEOC's Proposed Regulations for the Amended ADA",
  
• "EEOC Guidance for Employees Regarding Severance Agreements",
  
• "Iowa Wage Payment Collection Act Changed Again: More to Come in 2010?",
  

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Memberships

Polk County, Iowa State, Hennepin County, Minnesota State, and American Bar Associations (Labor and Employment Law Section for each; Litigation Section and Outstate Practice Section, where applicable); Polk County Women Attorneys; Society for Human Resource Management (National and Central Iowa); Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute, Class of 2005-06; C. Edwin Moore Inn of Court, Barrister.

Recent Presentations

"The Buzz About Caregiver Discrimination: Finding the Message Among the Hubbub," DMTH 2009 Employment Law Seminar, West Des Moines, Iowa, October, 8, 2009. 

 

Background

Sixteen years as human resources professional for various Des Moines, Iowa employers (Principal Capital Management, Norwest Mortgage, Meredith Corp., FDIC, State of Iowa) prior to attending law school.  Selected for inclusion in the 2008-2010 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Labor & Employment.

Certification:

Senior Professional in Human Resources (1989, Human Resource Certification Institute, Washington, D.C.).

 Other Publications:

"Suing the Bastard Boss: Personal Liability of Supervisors for Workplace Sexual Harassment," Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 69, No. 4 (October 2002).