Academy Member Inducted 2026
Member of the Iowa Chapter for Mediation & Arbitration
Other ADR Services: ADR Training/CME, Court-Appointed Neutral (Special Master), Discovery Referee, Early Neutral Evaluation, Facilitation & Systems Design, Fact Finding, Insurance Umpire, Med-Arb, Mini-Trial Judge
Video ConferencingAvailable
- Practice Commenced2009
- # of MEDS (as of 7/1/26)
- # of ARBS (as of 7/1/26)
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
Biographical
Mediator and Arbitrator
Serving as a neutral in commercial, insurance, healthcare, and tort cases. "AV" rated, 25+ year litigation veteran. Additional experience teaching Arbitration and Insurance Law, managing claims for an international insurer, and publishing on business, insurance, and ADR topics.
Case Experience
- Agricultural
- Appellate
- Automotive
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy/Creditors
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Commercial/Business
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Debt Collections
- Discrimination
- Education
- Elder Abuse
- Employment
- Engineering
- ERISA
- Health Care
- Industrial
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Internet
- Labor/Unions
- Landlord/Tenant
- Legal Malpractice
- Lemon Law
- Libel & Slander
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Medical Devices
- Medical Malpractice
- Natural Disasters
- Non-profit Organizations
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Personal Injury
- Pharmaceuticals
- Police
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Real Estate
- Religious Institutions
- Securities
- Sexual Harassment
- Shareholder Disputes
- Software
- Taxation
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Title Disputes
- Torts
- Transportation
- Trusts / Estates
- Utilities
- Wage & Hour/FMLA
- Workers' Compensation
- Wrongful Death
Education
- Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Negotiation Master Class, 2024
- University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa
- Juris Doctor, 1999, With High Distinction
- University of California, Davis, California
- Bachelor of Arts, 1990
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Academy of ADR Attorneys President
- Board Certified Mediator
- American Arbitration Association Arbitrator and Mediator
- American Bar Association
- Business Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Health Law
- Litigation as Tort
- Trial, and Insurance Practice Sections (and multiple subcommittees)
- David R. Hansen Inn of Court President
- Eighth Circuit Bar Association Member
- International Academy of Dispute Resolution Mediator of the Academy
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (Chair),
- Business Law, Health Law, Labor and
Employment, and Litigation Sections - Federal Practice Committee;
Outstanding Section Chair Award;
Pro Bono Honor Roll
Johnson, Linn, and Polk County
- Iowa Bar Associations Member
- Martindale-Hubbell “AV Preeminent”
- New Era ADR Arbitrator and Mediator
- Order of the Coif Inducted Member
- State of Iowa
- Governor’s Volunteer Award
- Effective Summary Judgment Strategies February 2025
- Iowa State Bar Association (teleconference)
- Virtual Mediation: Psychology and Practice
- December 2024, Lincoln Inn of Court (teleconference)
- Online Mediation: Five Years In January 2025
- American Bar Association (teleconference) Litigating Business Valuations January 2025
- Iowa State Bar Association (teleconference)
- Ethics Issues in Litigation December 2024
- Iowa State Bar Association (teleconference)
Using Empirical Research in Negotiations December 2024 - Lincoln Inn of Court (teleconference)
- Damages in Wrongful Death Cases November 2024
- Iowa State Bar Association (teleconference)
- Online Mediation: Psychological and Practical Considerations
- October 2024, The New Possibilities Hour (teleconference)
- The Psychology of Online Communication: Virtually as Good as in Person?
- October 2024, National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary, Chicago
Mediating Professional Liability Cases October 2024, American Bar Association, Professional Liability Litigation Committee (teleconference) Proving and Challenging Attorney Fee Claims October 2024
- Iowa State Bar Association (teleconference)
- Best Practices in Jury Selection
- September 2024, Iowa State Bar Association (teleconference) Taking Medical Provider Depositions August 2024
- Iowa State Bar Association (teleconference) Virtual Mediation: Psychology and Practice June 2024
- American Bar Association, TIPS Dispute Resolution Committee (teleconference)
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- Virtual Mediation: Psychology and Practice
- May 2024, American Academy of ADR Attorneys (teleconference)
- Virtual Mediation: Psychological and Other Considerations
- March 2024, Center for Conflict Resolution (teleconference)
- Helping all Parties Fully Participate in ADR
- December 2023, Iowa State Bar Association, Des Moines
- The Science behind Virtual Mediation and Arbitration
- November 2023, Iowa State Bar Association, Des Moines
- Mediation and Arbitration: Preparation, Strategy, and Advocacy
- June 2023, Iowa State Bar Association, Des Moines
- Arbitration of Health Insurance Claim Disputes June 2023, Iowa State Bar Association (teleconference
Rates Information
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