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Becky S. Knutson

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Becky is a senior shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm in the Litigation Division. She has a general practice in, but not limited to, labor and employment law and family law.

 

Labor and Employment Law
In the Labor and Employment area, Becky advises both public and private sector clients.  She has been involved in litigation and advising clients on employment matters including handbooks and policies, compliance with local, state and federal laws, discipline and discharge, collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, employee organization and union organizing issues, unfair labor and prohibited practices, professional conduct and licensing, civil rights, OSHA, workers' compensation, wage and hour compliance, drug testing, and individual employment, compensation and severance agreements.  Her litigation practice includes appearing before state and federal courts, the NLRB and Iowa PERB, and a variety of administrative agencies at the trial and appellate levels.

 

Family Law
In the Family Law area, Becky advises clients concerning pre-marital agreements, divorce and dissolution of marriage issues, and post-divorce compliance, enforcement and modification issues. 

 

Mediation
Becky has been trained as a mediator, completing a forty-hour course of instruction at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and is listed with the Polk County Mediation project.

 

Becky is the past chair of the Polk County Bench and Bar Committee. She is a past member of the Iowa State Bar Association Insurance Plans Committee, Iowa State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section Council and the Iowa Senate Ethics Committee. She is also a member of the Judicial Administration Committee and the Judicial Plebiscite subcommittee.


Seminars, Lectures and Publications 

  • "Wage and Hour Law", Central Iowa Chapter, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Oct. 1, 2012 and Sept. 24, 2012. 

  • "Labor Organizing" webinar, Davis Brown Law Firm, Oct. 4, 2012.