Whitney Estwick Email & Phone Number

• Counsel clients regarding setting up business entities and related basic tax consequences.
• Draft business entity formation documents including articles of incorporation, operating agreements, certificates of organization, and stock transfer agreements.
• Negotiate, review, and draft purchase agreements, real estate contracts and closing documents, commercial, residential, and farm leases, easement agreements, independent contractor agreements, asset purchase.
• Negotiate, review, and draft purchase agreements, real estate contracts and closing documents, commercial, residential, and farm leases, easement agreements, independent contractor agreements, asset purchase.
• Handle real estate closings and prepare real estate closing documents including deeds, closing statements, amortization schedules, affidavits, and disclosure statements.
• Examine abstracts of title and draft attorney title opinions detailing the legal owner of the property, encumbrances on the property, and any actions that must be taken to secure marketable title.

Remote

• Prepared real estate purchase agreements, installment contracts, leases, deeds, and closing statements.
• Conducted and attended judgment debtor’s exams.
• Drafted business formation documents for various business entities.
• Reviewed and drafted court pleadings, motions, and briefs in the areas of creditor’s rights, business and corporate transaction disputes, contract disputes, and real estate disputes.
• Conducted legal research in the areas of creditor’s rights, municipal law,… Show more
• Conducted legal research in the areas of creditor’s rights, municipal law, business law, and real estate law. Show less

Sidney, IA

• Advised clients on business entity formation and related tax consequences.
• Drafted business entity documents including articles of incorporation, operating agreements, certificates of organization, and stock transfer agreements.
• Reviewed and analyzed commercial contracts including publishing agreements, nondisclosure agreements, and insurance contracts.
• Served as lender’s counsel in connection with residential real estate transactions.
• Negotiated, drafted, and reviewed… Show more
• Negotiated, drafted, and reviewed purchase agreements, real estate contracts, and commercial, residential, and farm leases.

Greater Omaha Area

• Reviewed and summarized complex legal contracts between international telecommunications companies.
• Prioritized and organized legal documents for privilege and relevancy issues.

The University Of Iowa College Of Law

• Reviewed, selected, and edited articles for publication.
• Communicated with authors regarding edit deadlines.

Iowa City, Iowa

• Researched and drafted memoranda regarding emerging issues in corporate law.

Council Bluffs, IA

• Prepared legal memoranda and motions and negotiated plea deals with the county attorney.
• Represented clients in initial appearances, preliminary hearings, bond reviews, and arraignments.
• Drafted guardian ad litem reports and assisted in juvenile court proceedings.

Council Bluffs, IA

• Prepared legal memoranda and motions and negotiated plea deals with the county attorney.
• Represented clients in initial appearances, preliminary hearings, bond reviews, and arraignments.
• Drafted guardian ad litem reports and assisted in juvenile court proceedings.

Nassau, Bahamas (Summer Terms)

• Opened and closed client accounts.
• Compiled mortgage documents and updated existing mortgage files.
• Drafted client credit reference letters and trained incoming summer employees.

Juris Doctor, Law

Activities and Societies: Activities: Appellate Advocacy; The Journal of Corporation Law (Student Writer 2012-2013); Equal Justice.

Comparative Law Study Abroad Program, Arcachon, France, (Summer 2012)

I took Three Courses: • European Union Law • Law in the Muslim World • Comparative Criminal Procedure

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), International Business, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma (Honor Society); Rebel Service Council; National Collegiate Leadership Conference (2009)