memberships & activities

• Member of the Attorney Admission Fee Fund Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
• Iowa State Bar Association
  • Current Chair, Federal Practice Committee (2012-2013)
  • Member, Federal Practice Committee
• C. Edwin Moore Inn of Court
  • Current President, 2012-2013
  • Vice President, 2011-2012
• American Bar Association
  • Member, Litigation Section
• Polk County Bar Association
  • Member, Bench and Bar Committee
• East High (Des Moines Public Schools) Alumni Association
  • President, 2011-2012
• East High (Des Moines Public Schools) Alumni Scholarship Foundation
  • Member, Board of Directors, 2009-2013
  • Chair, Scholarship Committee, 2009-2013