Bradley R. Kruse, Attorney at Law

Bradley R. Kruse is a member of BrownWinick's Corporate Transactions, Public Utilities, Renewable Fuels and Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring practice groups. Brad represents business clients in a wide variety of matters, including mergers and acquisitions, asset purchases and sales, contract negotiation and drafting, loan transactions, shareholder matters and business disputes. Brad has over 20 years of experience in the representation of corporate, partnership and individual debtors and creditors, as well as creditors' committees, in numerous aspects of bankruptcy proceedings, including formulation of Chapter 11 plans of reorganization, lifting the automatic stay, preferences and fraudulent conveyances, debtor-in-possession financing, and use of cash collateral.

Brad also practices in the areas of public utilities, energy, and telecommunications law, including related regulatory compliance, litigation, corporate transactions and governmental relations matters. Prior to joining BrownWinick, Brad served as Associate General Counsel at McLeodUSA Telecommunications. He has appeared before a variety of state public utility boards in numerous hearings on telecommunications and energy issues and has had numerous dealings with the Iowa Insurance Division on a variety of matters.

Brad received his B.A, with honors, from Stanford University in 1985 and his J.D. in 1989 from the University of Iowa, where he was a member and Associate Managing Editor of The Iowa Law Review. Brad is licensed in both Iowa (2003) and Illinois (1989) and is admitted to practice before all state courts in Iowa and Illinois, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, the Northern District of Illinois (including Trial Bar), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Brad was selected as a member of the 2005-2006 Leadership Iowa class, a program of the Association of Business and Industry Foundation, which is designed to bring leaders together from across Iowa who represent a variety of occupations, civic involvement and geographic locations.

Brad is a member of the Polk County and Iowa State Bar Associations, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Energy Bar Association.