Successfully advises individual and business clients in general practice law firm on a very diverse range of legal matters with 5+ years experience.Recently became managing partner successfully maintaining firm finances and client development while working 40+ cases/projects each month.Personally specializes in working with business clients on all aspects of business formation including startup documents and applications, real estate transactions, counseling on business operations, strategic plans and minimizing risk exposure for 50+ L.L.C.s and corporations.Routinely develops, drafts and reviews contracts, agreements and other legal documents for individual clients and businesses.Experienced tax return preparer who follows through to resolving various tax-related issues for 200 to 400+ individual and business clients each year for past 5 years.Works closely with clients to meet needs by apprising them of available courses of action while explaining potential risks and costs of each course of action; assists in developing client strategies and prepares proper documents as needed.Regularly conducts legal research and stays current with laws, rulings and regulations in order to maintain legal expertise and compliance.Consistently achieves 95% client satisfaction and return business through efficient follow-through and clear, timely communication.Additional experience includes mergers and acquisitions, probate, estate and succession planning, debtor-creditor issues, family law matters, employment, bankruptcy, and personal injury.

Researched and prepared briefs on issues relating to bankruptcy, debtor-creditor rights, employment law, family law, and worker compensation claims.Supported legal team by drafting letters, gathering information, investigating financial account statements and interpreting legal documents.

Provided part-time, project-based Web Design and Book Illustration services for family-owned and operated business specializing in parenting and family communication coaching services based on personality type.

Reviewed, drafted, and revised contracts, deeds, and other legal documents including work on the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Enforcement (multi-jurisdictional task force) agreement that allowed the various law enforcement agencies of three counties to share resources and coordinate their efforts against illegal drug activities.Researched and wrote memoranda on criminal law and procedure explaining limitations on police uses of power for law enforcement training purposes; on issues pertaining to various city contract provisions in preparation for a trial involving the city's construction projects; and on city planning and municipal powers that allowed the city to condemn a large unstable warehouse located near a public elementary school.Attended several city meetings with City Attorney Dick Wade, and attended several trials with attorneys from John Burns Law Firm including a federal trial the city was involved in.