Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Year Joined Organization: 2004

Languages

• English
• German

Lawyer Overview

Admitted to bar, September 20, 2004. Education: St. Albert, 1997, honors student, student government, and letter winner; Boston University, political science and history, top five percent of class, (magna cum laude 2001); Drake University College of Law (JD with high honors 2004, and additional certificate in legislative practice). Member: Iowa State Bar Association, Pottawattamie County Bar Association and Nebraska Bar Association. Board Member and President of CB Impact, the young professionals' division of the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce; Board Member and President of The Fairmount Park Neighborhood Association; Board Member of Main Street Council Bluffs, the downtown business alliance; Board Member of Second Fridays, an organization devoted to the arts in downtown; Board Member and Secretary of the Council Bluffs Historic Preservation Alliance, a group devoted to the preservation and public education of Council Bluffs' history; significantly involved in the organization of neighborhoods and community development, believing that a community is only as strong as its neighborhoods. 

Representative Cases

• Strong v. Mortgage Loans of America, LLC, 2007 WL 4191988 (Iowa Ct. App.) (2007)

Bar Admissions

• Iowa, 2004
• Nebraska, 2005
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 2005
• U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 2007

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Iowa State Bar Association (Member)
• Pottawattamie County Bar Association (Member)
• Nebraska State Bar Association (Member)
• CB Impact, a division of Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce, September 29, 2008 - Present (Board Member and President)

Pro Bono Activities

• The Council Bluffs Historic Preservation Alliance, Secretary, Board Member, and Member, 2006 - Present
• CB Impact, Co-Chair of Politics and Community Involvement Committee, and Member, 2007 - Present
• Fairmont Park Neighborhood Association, President, Board Member, and Member, 2008 - Present

Education

• Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa, 2004
  J.D., with Legislative Practice Certification
  Honors: High Honors
  Honors: Certificate in Legislative Practice
• Boston University, Boston, MA, 2001
  B.A. - Political Science and History
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Gold Key Iternational Honor Society
  Honors: Core Curriculum Graduate
  Honors: Washington, DC Internship Program Alumnus (legislative intern in Congress)
  Honors: London, UK Internship Program Alumnus (local government)
  Honors: College Honors Program Graduate

Fraternities/Sororities

• Delta Theta Phi

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• Federal Farm Subsides: A History of Governmental Control, Recent Attempts at a Free Market Approach, the Current Backlash, and Suggestions for Future Action, 9 Drake J. Agric.L. 279, 2004

Address

35 Main Place
Suite 300
P.O. Box 249
Council Bluffs, IA 51502

Phones

(712) 328-1833

Faxes

(712) 328-8320

Emails

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Websites

http://www.smithpeterson.com