Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C.

Biography

Stanley J. Thompson

stanthompson@davisbrownlaw.com

CONCENTRATION

Stan is a senior shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm. He has a general practice in but not limited to Litigation and Appeals, Insurance Defense, Antitrust Law, Construction Law, and Government Relations.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

• AV 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. A lawyer must be admitted to the bar for 10 years or more to receive an AV rating.

• The Best Lawyers in America, Antitrust Law

• Iowa Super Lawyers 2009

REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGEMENTS

In 2007, Stan garnered a significant victory for MidWest One Bank & Trust which was sued by a Fortune 500 firm represented by a national law firm based in Chicago. The suit involved multi-million dollar claims based on trade secret misappropriation, aiding and abetting and conspiracy. The two-week jury trial in the U. S District Court for the Southern District of Iowa culminated in a complete defense verdict for Thompson's client who was found not liable on any ground. He has represented Ag Processing, Inc., ConAgra, Inc., Graham Construction Company, Iowa State University Alumni Association, and Mississippi Medical Plaza LLC.

PUBLICATIONS, SPEECHES, AND SEMINARS

Author of Iowa Section for American Bar Association’s Guide to Construction and Design Law

MEMBERSHIPS

•Member, Building for Justice-primary responsibility was co-ordination of absentee ballot program for Polk County law firms.

•Vice Chair, Small Business Advisory Council, Iowa Department of Economic Development

OF NOTE

Stan completed two highly competitive campaigns that gained national recognition for a seat in the U. S. House of Representatives in 2002 and 2004.

COMMUNITY

Stan has served as chair of the board of directors for the Iowa State University Alumni Association. He is currently the vice-chair of the Small Business Advisory Council for the Iowa Department of Economic Development and a member on the Blue Ribbon Task Force for the Polk County Bar Association for courthouse improvement.

PERSONAL

He resides in Clive with his wife, Nancy, and four children.

Recent Work

FEDERAL

PFS Distrib. Co. v. Raduechel, 574 F.3d 580 (8th Cir. 2009) (affirmed defense verdict for client on a trade secret misappropriation and aiding and abetting claim against bank regarding formation and operation of a company); PFS Distrib. Co. v. Raduechel, 492 F. Supp. 2d 1061 (S.D. Iowa 2007); PFS Distrib. Co. v. Raduechel, 395 F. Supp. 2d 779 (S.D. Iowa 2005); PFS Distrib. Co. v. Raduechel, 387 F. Supp. 2d 1020 (S.D. Iowa 2005).

Ladco Props. XVII v. Jefferson-Pilot Life Ins. Co., 531 F.3d 718 (8th Cir. 2008) (claim regarding enforceability of liquidated damages clause for commercial real estate deposit).

Harker's Distrib., Inc. v. Fed. Ins. Co., No. 08-CV-4105-DEO (N.D. Iowa 2009) (success on claim for insurance coverage under D&O policy on underlying claim for breach of duty to defend and indemnify under the Directors and Officers Liability insurance policy with respect to prior litigation).

NCMIC Fin. Corp. v. Artino, 638 F. Supp. 2d 1042 (S.D. Iowa 2009) (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, trade secret misappropriation and restrictive covenant claims arising from employment agreement).

Harker's Distrib., Inc. v. Reinhart Foodservice, L.L.C., 597 F. Supp. 2d 926 (N.D. Iowa 2009) (motion to compel arbitration of parties’ dispute).

Cantaberry v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 2001 U.S. DIST LEXIS 10499 (N.D. Iowa 2001) (employer prevailed on employee’s claim for certain post-termination wages and benefits).

Milligan v. City of Red Oak, 230 F.3d 355 (8th Cir. 2000) (city’s authority to regulate airport safety, and its acquisition of an easement over plaintiff's property in order to avoid creation of an airport safety hazard).

STATE

Traveler’s Indemnity v. Franzen, 2009 Iowa App. LEXIS December 17, 2000 (affirmed granting of summary judgment regarding dispute over whether trucking company used independent contractors or employees for determination of worker’s compensation premiums).

Estate of Lyon v. Heemstra, 2009 Iowa App. LEXIS 578 (bank client entitled to return of $1 million cash bond).

McMillan v. Harker's Distrib., 2008 Iowa App. LEXIS 1089 (issues regarding company obligations under stockholder buy-sell agreement).

Hamm v. Allied Mut. Ins. Co., 612 N.W.2d 775 (Iowa 2000) (determination of statute of limitations period applying to underinsured motorist coverage claim).

Berger v. Iowa Fin. Auth., 593 N.W.2d 136 (Iowa 1999) (appeal of agency determination of trade area involving real estate service).

Hollingsworth v. Schminkey, 553 N.W.2d 591 (Iowa 1996) (affirmed granting of summary judgment of lack of causation).

Frunzar v. Allied Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 548 N.W.2d 880 (Iowa 1996) (proof required to establish injury by “uninsured” driver).

Cline v. Richardson, 526 N.W.2d 166 (Iowa 1994) (property owner was not entitled to prevail in suit which alleged that installation of utility lines by easement holders constituted use of servient estate for unauthorized purpose).

Stanfield v. Polk County, 492 N.W.2d 648 (Iowa 1992) (county whose notice of proposed lease-purchase financing of a racetrack substantially complied with a statute was entitled to summary judgment in a taxpayers' action brought to challenge the arrangement after the statutory period for objections).

Burke v. Hawkeye Nat'l Life Ins. Co., 474 N.W.2d 110 (Iowa 1991) (interference with business relations by sending other agents to call on one of its agent's customers while he was still under contract with the company).

Percival v. Bankers Trust Co., 450 N.W.2d 860 (Iowa 1990) (action against non-resident beneficiary involving a trust, trial court had jurisdiction over her because trust assets were held in Iowa, no other state had a greater interest, and her presumptive entitlement to trust was basis for jurisdiction).

National Child Care, Inc. v. Dickinson, 446 N.W.2d 810 (Iowa 1989) (order disqualifying corporation's sole shareholder, who was a licensed attorney, from representing corporation was reversed because reasons for rule prohibiting attorney from testifying in client's case did not apply where attorney was the client).

Flanagan v. Consol. Nutrition, L.C., 627 N.W.2d 573 (Iowa Ct. App. 2001) (whether company and farmer had contract at common law or UCC to buy and sell pigs).

Ashworth Farm Pshp. v. City of West Des Moines, 2001 Iowa App. LEXIS 5 (challenge to special assessment by city).