Stephen M. Morain
CONCENTRATION
Steve is Of Counsel to the Davis Brown Law Firm in the Business
Division. His practice
encompasses Business Organization and Transaction, Lobbying and Governmental Relations, Finance, Securities and Insurance. Since September of 2009 he has served as Executor Director of the Iowa
Insurance Institute, the trade association of Iowa's property-casualty
insurance industry.
Steve rejoined Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. in 2009
after retiring with more than 30 years of service with the Iowa Farm
Bureau Federation and its affiliated insurance and financial service
companies. He was General Counsel to the Iowa Farm Bureau, Farm Bureau
Life and Farm Bureau Mutual from 1982-2007. During his tenure he
counseled the boards through mergers and other transactions, including
its IPO, that led to creation of publicly traded FBL Financial Group and
served as both General Counsel and on the Executive Committee of FBL. He had previously been with the Davis Brown Law Firm from 1972-1977.
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AWARDS
- 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.
COMMUNITY
Steve is a member of the University of Iowa Law School Foundation Board of Directors; trustee and treasurer of Des Moines University; past president of the Des Moines Public Library Foundation, and a chairman and director of Edge Technologies in Ames, Iowa. He is also active in volunteer activities in Waukee.
- Assistant Commerce Counsel, Iowa State Commerce Commission 1971
- Chair, Iowa Life and Health Insurance Guarantee Association 1998-2007
- Director, Life and Health Insurance Guarantee Associations of Wyoming and Colorado, 1996-2007
- Polk County, Iowa State (Member, Committee on Bar Review, Young
Lawyers Section 1976-1980; Secretary 1977-1978; Chair 1978-1979; Member,
Executive Council 1978-1981; Chair, Corporate Counsel Section
1992-1994; Committee on Business Law 1988-1992, Economic Development
Committee 2007), and American Bar Association.
- Iowa Defense Council Association 1980-2006
- American Association of Corporate Counsel 1990-2008
- Association of Life Insurance Counsel 1982-2008; American Counsel of Life Insurance (Member Legal Section).
Academics
Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, Articles Editor Iowa Law Review
OF NOTE
The extended Morain family has a holiday tradition of singing George
Frideric Handel's 260 year-old oratorio "The Messiah" for nearly 50
years.
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, 1968
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University of Iowa College of Law, 1971
Bar Admissions
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