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The 2015 Iowa Legislative Session - By The Numbers

Check out BrownWinick attorney Matt McKinney's latest blog post, The 2015 Iowa Legislative Session - By The Numbers, featured in the Business Record's IowaBiz Blog. Read more IowaBiz Blogs at www.iowabiz.com. Read More

BrownWinick Welcomes 2015 Summer Associates

BrownWinick is pleased to announce that Ellen Hames, Alicia Nicoletto and Thomas Story are participating in the firm's 2015 Summer Associates Program. Ellen is currently attending Drake University Law School and is a 2008 graduate of the University of Iowa. Alicia is currently attending Drake University Law School and is a 2013 graduate of the... Read More

BrownWinick Law Firm and Nine Attorneys Listed in Chambers USA 2015 - America's Leading Lawyers for Business

BrownWinick has been ranked as a “leading law firm” in Chambers USA® 2015 - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the areas of Corporate/M&A, Labor & Employment, and Litigation: General Commercial. Nine attorneys from BrownWinick were selected for inclusion in Chambers USA® 2015 as “leaders in Iowa” in the following areas: Doug E. Gross –... Read More

Cleansing Emails May Muddy Legals Waters

Check out BrownWinick attorney Matt McKinney's latest blog post, Cleansing Emails May Muddy Legals Waters, featured in the Business Record's IowaBiz Blog. Read more IowaBiz Blogs at www.iowabiz.com. Read More

Cybersecurity and Your Board of Directors

Check out BrownWinick attorney Matt McKinney's latest blog post, Cybersecurity and Your Board of Directors, featured in the Business Record's IowaBiz Blog. Read more IowaBiz Blogs at www.iowabiz.com. Read More

NJR Purchases Iowa Wind Farm

NJR (“New Jersey Resources”) announced on February 2, 2015 that the Carroll Area Wind Farm is now in operation mode. They (“NJR”) invested approximately $42 million to construct, own and operate the wind farm, which is located on 1,100 acres of rural agricultural land in Carroll County, Iowa, approximately 65 miles northwest of Des Moines, Iowa.... Read More

Iowa Court of Appeals Awards Attorney Fees Against the IDNR

On April 8, 2015, the Iowa Court of Appeals awarded Monroe ("Monte") Branstad the attorney fees of attorney James Pray in the amount of $71,000 and an additional amount to be decided on remand for appellate fees. Monte Branstad was deemed to be the prevailing party in his appeal against a fish-kill assessment levied against him by the Iowa... Read More

Patent Troll Legislation

On Friday, February 13, 2015, Matthew McKinney, an attorney with BrownWinicks Government Relations Team, organized an extended roundtable discussion on Patent Trolls and Innovation with special guest, United States Senator, Charles Grassley. In the newly-opened startup space, Gravitate, located in downtown Des Moines, a packed room of leaders from... Read More

Region V Co-Directors of Iowa Association of Legal Assistants.Paralegals

Jamie Marco, a BrownWinick Real Estate Paralegal and Shari Wood, a BrownWinick Intellectual Property Paralegal were appointed as Region V Co-Directors and on the Board of Directors of the Iowa Association of Legal Assistants.Paralegals (IALA.P). IALA.P is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and advancing the legal profession and the... Read More