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PCBA PresidentBill Boyd

From: Polk County Bar Association <[email protected]>To: lanao <[email protected]>

Subject: Courthouse Campaign shaping up | Calling all trivia fans | CLE materials now onlineDate: Tue, Sep 17, 2013 4:11 pm

Polk County Bar Association

The AdvocateAugust/September 2013

In This IssueWant to learn more about the Polk

County Courthouse Campaign?

Trivia teams compete for good cause

Back by popular demand

PCBA hosts annual golf outing

Special thanks to our golf sponsors

Summer CLE materials are now online

Save the date for fall CLE seminar

Download this handy tool now!

Family Law Committee wants you!

Feedback wanted on proposed rules

Come speak out about immigrationemployement and rights issues

Upcoming Events

Sept. 10 - PCBA Luncheon. Details

Oct. 8 - PCBA Luncheon. Details

Nov. 7 - Trivia Challenge Night. Details

Nov. 22 - PCBA CLE Seminar.Details

Meet Your Representatives

OfficersBoard of DirectorsBoard of Governors

Committees

Visit our Websitewww.pcbaonline.org

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On the Move Laura E. Seaton has joined BelinMcComick as a

From the President . . . .

With fall approaching, thePolk County Bar Associationcontinues to be busy withvarious activities. As Ireported in the June PCBAAdvocate,we plan to be activelyinvolved with the referendumfor the Polk County JudicialSystem. In July, the PolkCounty Board of Supervisorstook the important step of setting the referendumto be part of the election scheduled for November5. It will seek voter approval for paying the costsof improving public safety in remodeling,reconstructing, historically rehabilitating, furnishingand equipping the buildings of the Judicial System,including the Historic Courthouse, the CriminalCourt Annex (former Main Jail) and the PolkCounty Justice Center Annex (former JCPenny/Wellmark building). You will have the opportunity to hear more aboutthe referendum and what we - as members of thePCBA - can do in support of the referendum whenthe co-chairs for the effort, Mary Kramer andMartha Willits, speak to us at the Septemberluncheon (see more information below). We also are in the process of getting ourcommittees underway for the year. Committees area great way to become involved in the PCBA and tomeet fellow members of the bar. Among theCommittees are the Bench & Bar Committee, CLECommittee, Family Law Committee, Law DayCommittee, Membership Committee, and YoungLawyers Division Committee. If you have not beeninvolved in the PCBA, I encourage you to become amember of a committee. It is very easy to join - allyou have to do is click here and complete theform.

Want to learn more about thePolk County Courthouse Campaign?

Join us on Tuesday, September 10, at noon forour monthly luncheon featuring Ambassador MaryKramer (Ret.) and Martha Willits who will discussthe status of the Courthouse Campaign and whatwe can do to help. The luncheon will be held at theIowa State Bar Association Conference Center, 625East CourtAvenue, Des Moines.

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Mary KramerMartha Willits

Team Liti Gators gear up for the challenge.From left are Julia Roose, Kari Kruml, Debra

Hocket-Clark, and Brian Clark.

shareholder. Shepractices in thecorporate andbanking groups,emphasizing business counseling,banking law, and creditor remedies.Before joining the firm, Laura workedat Goldman Sachs in New York City asan investment banking analyst in thehealth care group, where she advisedon acquisitions and financings. Shealso worked at The Boston ConsultingGroup in New York City as anassociate in the financial andconsumer sectors. Most recently, shepracticed at the law firm of SimmonsPerrine Moyer Bergman, PLC in CedarRapids. Shannen L.Naegel has alsojoined BelinMcCormick as ashareholder. Sheprovides taxadvice to clientson transactions,corporate restructuring, strategicplanning, and legislation andregulations. She also counsels clientson nonprofit corporation law and otherlegal issues affecting nonprofits.Shannon's corporate restructuringrepresentations include providingstrategic tax advice to restrictingcompanies and creditors regardingrestructuring options, minimization oftax liability, retention of tax attributesand tax refunds, and taxconsequences to companies andcreditors. She most recently practicedat the law firm of Akin, Gump, Stauss,Hauer & Field, LLP in WashingtonD.C.

Matthew C.McDermott ofBelin McCormicknamed the 2013Iowa State BarAssociationYoung LawyerDivision Award of

Merit recipient. The State Bar Award isgiven annually to a Young LawyerDivision member who "goes aboveand beyond in their service to the Barand to YLD." Matthew is the currentchairman of the Judicial AdministrationCommittee; current Fellow of the IowaState Bar Foundation; past member ofthe Iowa State Bar Association Boardof Governors; and past president ofthe Young Lawyers Division. Belin McCormickattorney Sheila K.Tipton has beenappointed to theIowa Utilities

Thecost is$17 in

advance and $19 at the door. Please note,however, that seating is limited and we may not beable to accommodate walk-ins. Please make yourreservation by Friday, September 6. Click herefor complete details and to download a reservationform.

Trivia teams compete for good cause Twelve teamsof eightplayers eachshowed offtheirknowledge ofall things triviaand battled itout forbragging rightsat the PCBA'sfirst-ever TriviaChallenge Night to benefit the PCBA VolunteerLawyers Project held on April 11. The Master of Ceremonies, former Justice MichaelStreit, put the teams through their paces andquizzed them on a wide variety of trivia topics -both law-related and non law-related. Thecompetition was fierce, but "The Benchwarmers"emerged as the Trivia Champion and took homethe trophy. Team members were Mark Smith andJudges Douglas Staskal, Christopher McDonald,Carla Schemmel, Artis Reis, Robert Hanson, KarenRomano, Lawrence McLellan, and Eliza Ovrom. Nearly $5,000 was raised by the teams, each ofwhom made a donation to the PCBA VLP in orderto compete. In addition to the Benchwarmers, theother teams included Good Grefe, W & E Are So"Whitty," Team Dorsey & Whitney, ThunderChickens, Hudson's Trivial Pursuits, We've SeenYour Briefs, Nyemaster Goode At Trivia, TheStingers, The Liti Gators, Team DMTH, andWeinhardt & Logan. Other sponsors includedWhitfield & Eddy, PLC, which provided a deliciousbarbeque meal; Tim Pearson of Laden andPearson; and Judge Robert Blink and VictoriaHerring who donated artwork for the raffle. A special thank you goes to committee membersAshleigh O'Connell, Jennifer Zwagerman, MaryZambreno, and Beth Baldwin who organized theevent. Click here to view photos.


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Board byGovernor TerryBranstad. She willbegin work on the board in late August2013. Sheila is currently a partner atBelin McCormick practicing in the areaof essential infrastructure. Since 1980,she has represented energy,telecommunications and water publicutilities, renewable energy developers,customers, and other businessentities, in certification, siting,ratemaking, rulemaking, merger,reorganization, compliance and otherlitigated proceedings before state andfederal administrative agencies and inthe state and federal courts. She is anauthor and lecturer in her areas ofexpertise. Gordon Fischerhas been tapped byThe CommunityFoundation to serveas Vice President ofGift PlanningStrategies. In thisnew role, Gordonworks as an integralmember of the CommunityFoundation's leadership andadvancement teams providinginformation about strategic giftplanning tools and techniques todonors and their professional advisors.He specializes in facilitating complexcharitable gifts. Prior to joining theCommunity Foundation, Gordonpracticed law at Bradshaw, Fowler,Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C. for the past17 years, the last 11 as a partner.

Don't miss this opportunity to shareyour news and special announcementswith fellow PCBA Members! Click here.

Back by popular demand Don't worry if you missed out on all the fun at ourfirst-ever Trivia Challenge Night. The response tothe event was so positive that we're hosting oursecond Trivia Challenge Night on Thursday,November 7, beginning at 5:30 p.m., at the ISBAConference Center. The tables filled up fast for ourfirst Trivia Challenge so sign up now! Click here todownload the reservation form.

PCBA hosts annual golf outing A group of 112spirited golferstook part inthe annualPCBA Benchand Bar GolfTournament onJune 7 at theWaveland GolfCourse in DesMoines. In addition to providing the opportunity toplay golf and socialize with friends and colleagues,this event is the primary fundraiser for the PolkCounty Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project.This year, nearly $25,000 was raised for the PCBAVLP. Because of recent cutbacks, the success ofthis event has become essential to the servicesprovided by the PCBA VLP. In the Men's Foursome, this year's winners wereJim Wainwright, Wade Hauser, Eric Boehlert, andNathan Overberg. The Mixed Foursome winnerswere Mike Ensley, Marcy O'Brien, Amber Cahill, andKaren Oberman. In addition, Dan Zagoren won forthe Men's Longest Drive; Karen Oberman won forthe Women's Longest Drive winner; Cory Harriswon for the Longest Putt (both men and women);and Robert Thole won for the Closest to the Pin(both men and women). Thanks to all of the golfers and sponsors, the 2013event was a great success! Click here to viewphotos.

A special thanks to our golf sponsors

The following sponsors helped make the 2013Bench and Bar Golf Outing such a huge success: Golf hole sponsors: Ahlers & Cooney, P.C.;Babich Goldman, P.C.; Baker Electric, Inc.; BelinMcCormick; Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave,P.C.; Brick Gentry, P.C.; Burdette Law Firm, P.C.;Carney & Appleby, P.L.C.; Culp, Doran, Seidlin &Genest; Davis Brown Law Firm; Dickinson,Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.; Dorsey & Whitney,L.L.P.; Drew Law Firm, P.C.; Duncan, Green, Brown& Langeness, P.C.; Elverson, Vasey & Peterson,L.L.P.; Faegre Baker Daniels, L.L.P.; Finley, Alt,Smith, Scharnberg, Craig, Hilmes & Gaffney, P.C.;Galligan & Reid, P.C.; Gaudineer, Comito & George,LL.P..


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Also: Grefe & Sidney, P.L.C.; Gunderson, Sharp &Walke, L.L.P.; Hansen, McClintock & Riley; Hopkins& Huebner, P.C.; Frank Hoyt - Midwest Lawyers,L.L.C.; Hudson, Mallaney, Shindler & Anderson,P.C.; Iowa State Bank; The James Law Firm; Laden& Pearson, P.C. and Feuerhelm Law Office ; ListerIndustries; McCollom Law Firm; McKee, Voorhees &Sease, P.L.C.; Nyemaster Goode, P.C.; ParrishKruidenier Dunn Boles Gribble Gentry & Fisher,L.L.P.; Patterson Law Firm, L.L.P.; Polk CountyWomen Attorneys, Inc.; Peddicord, Wharton,Spencer, Hook, Barron & Wegman, L.L.P.Sullivan & Ward, P.C.; Sweeney Court ReportingServices, L.L.C.; Turner Law Firm; Weinhardt &Logan, P.C.; Wilson, Deege, Dollar & Despotovich &Riemenschneider; and Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C. Event Sponsors: Baker Group; Hartung &Schroeder, L.L.P.; and Kimberly Stamatelos.Dinner Sponsor: Roxanne Conlin & Associates,P.C. Hole-in-One Sponsor: Karl Chevrolet.

Summer CLE materials are now online

Some 230 PCBA members gathered at theDowntown Des Moines Marriott on Friday, June 21,to network and stay on top of their profession atthe Fall CLE seminar. As always, the CLE provided afull day of diverse and interesting presentationscovering a wide array of topics pertinent to thepractice of law in Iowa. The program, which wasoffered FREE to members, provided 7.5 hours ofState CLE credit, including 1.75 hours of Ethics,and 2.25 hours of Federal credit. PCBA memberscan download the materials for free on ourwebsite. Click here to log in.

Save the date for fall CLE seminar

Plans are shaping up for the PCBA Fall CLE Seminarto be held on Friday, Nov. 22, at the DowntownDes Moines Marriott hotel. This event, which isoffered free for current members, will provide 7.5CLE credit hours with some Ethics and someFederal. If you have ideas for topics you'd like tosee presented -- or if you have a presentationyou'd like to make -- please let us know. ContactCarol Burdette. Watch our website for more detailsa they become available.

Download this handy tool now!

The latest Polk County Courts phone list has beenreleased and PCBA members can get it on ourwebsite now. Save yourself valuable time bydowloading this handy chart which includes courtroom assignments, phone numbers, and courtattendant and court reporter contacts for eachjudge. Just click here. Log in required.

Family Law Committee wants you!


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Family Law Committee Chair Tim Pearson invitesPCBA members to attend the next committeemeeting on Thursday, September 5, at noon, atthe Polk County Bar Association office, 625 E.Court Ave., Suite 100, in Des Moines. Featuredguest will be Joe Harrison who will discuss thecurrent status of the mediation program. To RSVP,call Sonja Diener at 243-3904 or [email protected].

Feedback wanted on proposed rules

Chief Justice Mark Cady has signed an orderrequesting public comment on proposed rulechanges pertaining to the Client Security Fund.Changes regarding claim reimbursement andincreasing special assessments payable by lawyersto support the fund are outlined on the StateJudicial website. The deadline for submittingcomments is 4:30 p.m. on October 4.

Come speak out about immigrationemployment and rights issues

The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, within theCivil Rights Division of the Department of Justice,will be visiting Iowa and has set up some outreachevents. PCBA members and the communities youserve are encouraged to come and speak aboutemployment rights and other civil rights issues.They will be in Des Moines on Sunday Aug. 11, atthe Zion Lutheran Church, 4300 Beaver Ave., from1-5 p.m., (interpreters for the Spanish, Karen, andBurmese languages are available); on Sunday,Aug. 11, at the American Friends ServiceCommittee, 4211 Grand Ave., from 3-5 p.m.(interpreters for Spanish available);and onMonday Aug. 12, at Lutheran Services of Iowa,3200 University Ave., from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30a.m. (interpreters for Spanish and Nepaliavailable). If you have any questions or areinterested in meeting with a team during thosedays, contact Isabel Otero, paralegal specialist, byphone at 202- 305-0144 or by email [email protected].

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