Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• State and Federal Criminal Defense
• White Collar Criminal Defense
• Trials
• Appeals

Honors and Awards

• Listed "The Best Lawyers in America."
• Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
• Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating- AV
• Listed "Top 100 Trial Lawyers"
• Listed "Great Plains Super Lawyers"
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

Published Works

• Juror Bias Undiscovered During Voir Dire, 29 Drake L. Rev. 201, 1990
• Casenote, 38 Drake L. Rev. 961, 1989

Representative Cases

• U.S. v. Cornelius, 968 F.2d 703 (8th Cir. 1992)
• Ginsberg v. D.O.T., 508 N.W.2d 663 (Iowa 1993)
• Huyser v. Iowa District Court, 499 N.W. 2d 1 (Iowa 1993)
• U.S. v. Cornelius, 999 F.2d 1293 (8th Cir. 1993)
• U.S. v. O'Conner, 64 F.3d 355 (8th Cir. 1995)
• U.S. v. Halter, 217 F.3d 551 (8th Cir. 2000)
• State v. Hager, 630 N.W.2d 828 (Iowa 2001)
• U.S. v. Moyer, 244 F.3d 666 (8th Cir. 2001)
• U.S. v. Cruz, 285 F .3d 692 (8th Circuit 2002)
• State v. Esse, WL2367779 (Iowa App 2005)

West Practice Categories

Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Constitutional Law, Freedom of Religion, Grand Jury Proceedings, Search & Seizure Protections, Criminal Law, Criminal Fraud, DUI/DWI, Drug Violations, Federal, Felonies, Juvenile Crimes, Misdemeanor, Parole & Probation, RICO Act, Sex Offenses, Traffic Violations, White Collar Crimes, Domestic Violence & Neglect, Computer Crimes, Identity Theft, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court