1980 DEBORAH M. THARNISH ,
Des Moines, received the Arabella Mansfield Award from the Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys. This award is given annually to honor a woman lawyer who has promted and nurtured women in the legal profession. She practices with Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, PC in Des Moines. 1980 MICHAEL W. THRALL ,
Des Moines, has been elected president of the Iowa Defense Counsel Association for the 2005-2006 term. 1981 RUTH COOPERRIDER ,
Urbandale, has been elected to serve as Secretary of the Polk County Bar Association for the 2005-2006 term. She is the deputy ombudsman and legal counsel for the Office of Citizen’s Aide for the State of Iowa. Recently, she was elected president of the United States Ombudsman Association. 1981 VICKI SEECK , Bettendorf, has
joined the Iowa Division of Workers’ Compensation as a Deputy Workers’ Compensation Commissioner.
MARTI NERENSTONE (’82) accepts the Rolland Grefe Pro Bono Publico Award at the Iowa State Bar Association Annual Meeting. She is pictured with Mary Grefe and President-elect Marion Beatty (’77).
1982 MARTI NERENSTONE ,
Council Bluffs, received the 2005 Rolland E. Grefe Award for public service from President-elect Marion Beatty. This award recognizes her work over the years with legal services offices both in Alaska and more recently in Iowa. Since 2003, she has had a solo practice in Council Bluffs where she takes a great number of court appointments, both in criminal defense and juvenile matters. Photo courtesy of The Iowa Lawyer, August 2005.
1982 DENNIS J. SHIELDS , Scottsdale,
Arizona, is Dean of the Phoenix International School of Law in Scottsdale, Arizona. Prior to that he was Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina.
1981 ERIC TURNER ,
Des Moines, has been elected to serve as President Elect of the Polk County Bar Association for the 2005-2006 term. He is a member of Turner Law Offices in Des Moines.
1983 PAUL MCANDREW , Iowa City,
was named President of the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Advisory Committee in June 2005; he will serve one year. 1984 PHIL HERSHNER , Cedar Rapids,
is Linn County Bar Association President for the 2005-2006 term.
1982 ROSALEE MCNAMARA , Kansas
City, Missouri, is a partner at Lathrop & Gage. She is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Dennis Shields (’82), dean of Phoenix International School of Law, and former Iowa law professor and current dean of New York Law School, Rick Matasar, at the AALS event in Washington DC in January 2006.
1986 JEFFREY FICK , Peoria, Illinois,
has been hired to serve as vice president of human resources for RLI Corp. in Peoria, Illinios. Prior to that, he served as vice president, human resources and community relations at HNI Corporation, the Muscatine based office furniture manufacturer. 1986 DAVE JACOBSON , São Paulo,
Brazil, has accepted a position with John Deere Credit in Johnston, Iowa. His work will focus on international finance. He had worked with Cargill, Incorporated and Bank of America in São Paulo. 1987 JAMES CLAYPOOL ,
Williamsburg, was one of the recipients of the Iowa State Bar Association’s Annual Pro Bono Awards. 1988 SHELLY G. DEDMON ,
Chesterland, Ohio, was selected by her peers for her work in banking law for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2006 ®. She was one of 26 attorneys at Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, where she is a partner, selected for this honor. At Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, she primarily practices information technology and commercial law in its Cleveland office. 1988 REW GOODENOW , Reno, Nevada,
1985 JEFFREY D. LESTER , Moline,
Illinois, was recently appointed Deputy City Administrator/Law Director for the City of Moline, Illinois.
was recently elected President Elect of the State Bar of Nevada. He serves as president of the Rotary Club of Reno, editor-in-chief of Business Law Today, and on the editorial board of the ABA Journal.
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