Michael G. Kulik
CONCENTRATION
Mike is a senior shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm in the Business Division. His practice encompasses business and corporate law with a focus on telecommunications.
Mike represents a large number of independent telephone companies as
well as related businesses in cable television, wireless, satellite
television, paging, Internet and other services. He has organized a
number of companies in telephone, cable television, cellular wireless
and PCS wireless businesses. Mike represents a number of small to
medium-sized businesses, many of which are family-owned.
Mike has experience in succession and estate planning, securities,
financing, mergers, acquisitions and contractual matters as well as
non-profit organizations which provide services in the civic arena.
His client representations involve many businesses in rural and urban
settings in Iowa including corporations, limited partnerships, limited
liability companies, cooperatives, and general partnerships.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
- AV® Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell. An AV certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.
- The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law.
PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, AND SEMINARS
Mike was a co-author of the chapter on business formation in "How Business Gets Done: Words of Wisdom by Central Iowa Experts" (2009).
COMMUNITY
A long-time activist with the Greater Des Moines Partnership, he is chair of the Greater Des Moines Partnership Transit 2030 Task Force, developing the vision of a world-class metropolitan community moving on a world-class transportation system. Mike is a member of the Iowa Leadership Council for the American Cancer Society and is an Ambassador for the Coaches v. Cancer Program.
PERSONAL
Mike enjoys riding trains, including riding on his personal railroad motorcar. He lives in Des Moines with his wife Pam. They have three children; Jennifer, Tony and Ben.
Memberships
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American Bar Association
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Iowa State Bar Association
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Polk County Bar Association
Alma Maters
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University of Iowa, 1967
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University of Iowa College of Law, 1970
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