CONCENTRATION
Bill is a senior shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm in the Litigation Division. His practice encompasses general litigation, with primary concern on Family Law, Military Law, Complex Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Federal Statutory Defense, Commercial Disputes, Breach of Contract, UCC Litigation, and Real Property Litigation.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
• BV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. The BV certification mark is an excellent rating for a lawyer with more experience
SUMMARY
Bill handles paternity suits, divorce actions, adoptions, modification of custody and/or support actions, custody actions and name change petitions.
REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGEMENTS
Recent representative matters include successful defense of a banking client in consumer credit code violation case; continuing defense of mortgage servicing corporations; defense of banking client in arbitration concerning Iowa Consumer Credit Code; an interpleader action in Federal Court over insurance proceeds; the negotiation of pre-nuptial, post-nuptial, separation, child custody, alimony and equitable division of property agreements, as well as litigation in these areas where settlements are not possible.
PUBLICATIONS, SPEECHES, SEMINARS
Bill authored a law review article entitled "Scope of Advertising Injury Under Iowa Law in Commercial General Liability Policies," 48 Drake L. Rev. 625 (2000).
OF NOTE
Bill was Managing Editor of the Drake Law Review 1998-99. He is a 1990 graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he received a B.A. in Political Science. At Brown he played for the varsity baseball team, played varsity football, and was President of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. Bill is a certified mediator with the Polk County Bar Association.
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Business Litigation
Family Law/Domestic Relations
Insurance Defense
Litigation and Appeals
Personal Injury
Real Estate
Army National Guard; JAG Officer
Iowa State Bar Association
Polk County Bar Association