Category Energy & Natural Resource

BrownWinick Attorneys Named to 2022 Best Lawyers® List

By BrownWinick | 08.19.2021

BrownWinick is pleased to announce that 21 lawyers have been included in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. BrownWinick would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 2022 The Best Lawyers... Read More

BrownWinick Welcomes Samantha Norris

By BrownWinick | 08.09.2021

BrownWinick is pleased to welcome Samantha Norris to the firm’s Energy, Natural Resources, and Environmental Law Practice Group. Samantha brings more than 20 years of legal experience to BrownWinick, including having previously practiced energy law at a major Chicago law firm, serving as in-house counsel to a major electric and gas public utility,... Read More

Near Term Legislative Relief for Renewable Energy Projects Unlikely, Focus Shifts to Treasury

By Sheila Tipton | 04.09.2020

When Congress was considering its COVID-19 economic stimulus package last month, renewable energy advocates pressed for relief from the economic hardships created by the pandemic. For example, supply chain disruptions and labor shortages are causing delays in the construction of wind and solar energy projects. These delays will in turn put at risk... Read More

BrownWinick Attorneys Named to 2020 Best Lawyers List

By BrownWinick | 08.15.2019

BrownWinick is pleased to announce that 24 lawyers have been included in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers® has published their list for more than three decades, earning the respect of the... Read More

BrownWinick Attorneys Featured in 2019 Great Plains Super Lawyers and Great Plains Rising Stars

By BrownWinick | 07.11.2019

Eleven BrownWinick attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2019 Great Plains Super Lawyers online listing: William Brown – Tax Elizabeth Coonan – Employment and Labor Michael Dee – Business Litigation Alice Helle – Employee Benefits Thomas Johnson – Business/Corporate Ann Holden Kendell – Employment and Labor James Pray – Environmental Brian... Read More

Recent Iowa Supreme Court Case Changes Rules Regarding Mechanic's Liens on Leased Properties

By Brian Rickert | 06.28.2019

Article written by BrownWinick 2019 Summer Associate, Mackensie Graham, and BrownWinick attorney, Brian Rickert The Iowa Supreme Court recently issued an important ruling for the construction industry. In Winger Contracting Co. v. Cargill, Inc., the Iowa Supreme Court held that a contractor in Iowa cannot file a mechanic’s lien against an... Read More

Brian Rickert Appointed Chair of ISBA Construction Law Section Council

By BrownWinick | 06.12.2019

BrownWinick Law Firm Attorney Brian Rickert has been appointed to serve as the Chair of the Construction Law Section Council of the Iowa State Bar Association for their 2019-2020 fiscal year. Members of the Iowa State Bar Association’s Construction Law Section Council include construction law attorneys from across the state of Iowa. The Council... Read More

BW Secures Major Court Victories in Wind Energy Development Cases

By BrownWinick | 05.03.2019

The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the adoption of a wind ordinance and the issuance of a permit to construct a wind farm by the Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors, holding that the Board of Supervisors’ consideration of the views of constituents and applicants for wind energy project permits does not invalidate adoption of a wind siting ordinance.... Read More

BrownWinick Law Firm Ranked in U.S. News - Best Lawyers 2019 "Best Law Firms" List

By BrownWinick | 11.02.2018

BrownWinick has been included in the U.S. News - Best Lawyers® 2019 "Best Law Firms" rankings. The ninth edition of the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers released the 2019 "Best Law Firms" rankings on November 1, 2018. Firms included in the 2019 "Best Law Firms" list are recognized for professional excellent with persistently impressive... Read More

BrownWinick Attorneys Named to 2019 Best Lawyers® List

By BrownWinick | 08.16.2018

BrownWinick is pleased to announce that 27 lawyers have been included in the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades, earning the respect of the... Read More