Tim Whipple Email & Phone Number

Des Moines, IA, US

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

I am focused on representing cities, city utilities, and other political subdivisions in all matters relating to governance, regulatory requirements, administrative law, rates and financing, and administrative law.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

As General Counsel for the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, I focused on advancing the interests of municipal-owned electric, water, gas, and telecommunications utilities of all sizes around the state by representing them in Washington D.C. and at the Iowa state Capitol; by advocating for helpful public policy, monitoring state and federal.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

As Vice President and General Counsel, I oversaw a regulated gas and electric public utility company's legal functions, regulatory compliance, and legislative affairs in three states, managing a department of 25 people and a multi-million dollar department budget that included lobbyists, consultants, and outside legal counsel. The department handled state.

Ankeny, IA

As General Counsel for the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, I focused on advancing the interests of municipal-owned electric, water, gas, and telecommunications utilities of all sizes around the state by representing them in Washington D.C. and at the Iowa state Capitol by advocating for helpful public policy, monitoring state and federal.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

As legal counsel to the Iowa Economic Development Authority, I was responsible for representing the agency before the Iowa legislature, developing its public policy agenda, monitoring regulatory issues, implementing new programs, drafting rules and regulations, handling administrative legal issues, and providing general legal support to the state of Iowa's.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

As legal counsel to the Iowa General Assembly, I was primarily responsible for drafting economic development and taxation legislation and for staffing the Ways and Means and Economic Growth Committees.

As an academic fellow at Drake University Law school's Agricultural Law Center, I researched issues of competition law, franchise law, intellectual property and contract law as applied to agriculture.

As a lobbyist intern, I monitored legislation affecting technology companies across Iowa and educated elected officials about the needs of Iowa technology companies.

As a law clerk, I did legal research in the areas of employment discrimination, civil rights, and antitrust law as well as litigation support such as document management and trial preparation.

As a law clerk for the department of natural resources I assisted in the enforcement of both state and federal environmental law.

As the patent coordinator I was responsible for generating and drafting invention disclosures and working with outside counsel in matters of patent prosecution with the USPTO.As a documentation team leader, I was responsible for managing a team of technical writers in the production of technical manuals, training manuals, online help, and new version.

J.D., Legislation & Lobbying, Intellectual Property, Agricultural & Environmental Law

Activities and Societies: Agricultural Law Journal Dean's List Midwest Scholar

Center For State And Local Taxation, Summer Tax Institute

2008 Multi-state Sales and Use Tax Track 2009 Corporate Income Tax Track

B.A., English, Linguistics

Activities and Societies: Winner of the O.E. Rolvaag short fiction award Oxford University semester abroad (The Centre for Medieval and.

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