Category Governmental Relations

BrownWinick Attorneys Named to 2024 Best Lawyers® List

BrownWinick is pleased to announce that 33 lawyers have been included in the 2024 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 2024 The Best Lawyers... Read More

BrownWinick Law Firm Ranked in U.S. News - Best Lawyers 2020 "Best Law Firms" List

BrownWinick has been included in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2020 "Best Law Firms" rankings[i]. The tenth edition of the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® released the 2020 "Best Law Firms" rankings on November 1, 2019. Firms included in the 2020 "Best Law Firms" list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently... Read More

BrownWinick Attorneys Named to 2020 Best Lawyers List

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

New Iowa Legislators: 2018

Following November’s mid-term elections, Iowa Republicans maintained the “trifecta," continuing to hold the House, Senate, and governorship. Republicans increased their majority in the Senate, while Democrats slightly narrowed the GOP majority in the House. As a result, after a number of lawmaker retirements and some flipped seats, 31 new... Read More

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

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 Best Lawyers in America® "Lawyers of the Year" for 2019

The Best Lawyers in America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named five BrownWinick attorneys as Best Lawyers "Lawyers of the Year" for 2019. Marc T Beltrame has been named Best Lawyers’ 2019 Des Moines Government Relations "Lawyer of the Year." Michael R. Blaser has been named Best Lawyers’ 2019... Read More

BrownWinick Law Firm Ranked in U.S. News - Best Lawyers® 2018 "Best Law Firms" List

BrownWinick has been included in the U.S. News - Best Lawyers® 2018 "Best Law Firms" rankings. The eighth edition of the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers released the 2018 "Best Law Firms" rankings on November 1, 2017. Firms included in the 2018 "Best Law Firms" list are recognized for professional excellent with persistently impressive... Read More

BrownWinick Attorneys Named to 2018 Best Lawyers List

BrownWinick is pleased to announce that 26 lawyers have been included in the 2018 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

The 2017 Legislative Session, By the Numbers

The 2017 session of the 87th General Assembly convened on January 9, 2017 and adjourned Sine Die, 104 days later, on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 7:14 a.m. During this 104 day period, 1653 bills were introduced, of which 174 bills were signed into law. Click for a complete list of bills signed into law, their titles, and effective dates. During... Read More