Alumni News | College of Law

Andrew Borders (Class of 2007)

Andrew Borders, Kansas City, has joined Kutak Rock's national banking practice group and will be resident in the firm's Kansas City office. Read more: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kutak-rock-welcomes-attorney-andrew-borders-300661864.html

Brad Biren (Class of 2011)

Brad Biren, Des Moines, Iowa, was featured at a Des Moines Register event called Storytellers. He is a senior associate at the Johnston Martineau law firm . At the event, he shared his story about being a New York City transplant from a family of Holocaust survivors and a proud Hawkeye. Read more:...

Farah Muscadin (Class of 2002)

Farah Muscadin, Austin, Texas, has been appointed Police Monitor for the City of Austin.She has been serving as Interim Police Monitor since January 2018 and has taken the lead in researching and evaluating the needed changes that will determine the best future model for police oversight and...

Elizabeth Patton (Class of 2010)

Elizabeth Patton, Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been promoted to partner at Fox Rothschild LLP. She represents clients in all stages of litigation, from pre-suit advice through trial and appeal and devotes a large portion of her practice to intellectual property and brand protection litigation,...

Kristin LeBre (Class of 1988)

Kristin LeBre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, has joined Fredrikson & Byron as counsel in the firm’s Employment & Labor, Labor Management Relations and Internal Investigations Groups. She advises clients in the area of employment and labor law compliance, conducts workplace investigations, and...

Rob Porter (Class of 2001)

Rob Porter, Cedar Rapids, along with Iowa Lottery Vice President Mary Neubauer and Lottery CEO Terry Rich, won an international gambling compliance award for their work to identify, investigate, and successfully prosecute what the World Lottery Association Magazine has called the "biggest lottery...

Miryam Antunez De Mayolo

Miryam Antunez De Mayolo, Waterloo, joined Catholic Charities as an immigration attorney on April 30. She most recently practiced with the Antunez De Mayolo Law Office in New York and as of counsel with Frerichs Law Office in Waterloo. Complete article at: http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/catholic-...

The Honorable James M. Richardson (Class of 1975)

James M. Richardson, Audobon, is retiring after 43 years in the field of law, having served for longer than any other district judge in the Fourth Judicial District of Iowa. Read the complete article at: http://www.swiowanewssource.com/audubon/news/article_e61a2e40-5a38-11e8-8340-cf082c3eb9cd.html

Tony Pirani (Class of 2005)

Tony Pirani, Fayetteville, Arkansas, has joined Noticed©. He practices with Caddell Reynolds and has been honored with the Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' President’s Award as well as by Lawyers of Distinction and Who's Who Directories as well as being recognized as one of the Top...

Ryann Juden (Class of 2005)

Ryann Juden, Las Vegas, Nevada, was appointed City Manager for North Las Vegas in April 2018.

Kimberly Jones (Class of 2009)

Kimberly Jones, Lannon, Wisconsin, was featured in The Lawrentian on May 4, 2018. She is the Title IX Coordinator at Lawrence University. Read the complete article: http://www.lawrentian.com/archives/1012868

Kate Rahel (Class of 2014)

Kate Rahel, Omaha, Nebraska, has joined Dornan, Troia, Howard, Breitkreutz & Conway PC LLO as an associate. Prior to that, Rahel clerked for judges on the Iowa Supreme Court and Nebraska Court of Appeals.

Janet Mark (Class of 1993)

Janet Mark, Shawnee, Kansas, was featured in Missouri Lawyers Weekly on April 30, 2018. Mark is an associate general counsel for Hallmark Cards, Inc. in Kansas City. In her role, she handles all of the company’s employment-law issues worldwide. She oversees litigation and arbitration, counsels...

Jennifer Moyer (Class of 2009)

Jennifer Moyer, Kansas City, Missouri, was announced as a partner at Stinson Leonard Street LLP in January 2018. She represents publicly-traded and privately-held companies in mergers and acquisitions, divestures, joint ventures, corporate governance and general corporate matters. Moyer also...

Laurie Glapa (Class of 2011)

Laurie Glapa, Minneapolis, Minnesota, was announced as a partner at Stinson Leonard Street in January 2018. She is an intellectual property attorney with a focus on software and technology transfers and licensing issues.

Katherine Beenken (Class of 2012)

Katherine Beenken, Pleasant Hill, Iowa, was announced as a shareholder at Ahlers & Cooney in January 2018. She works in the firm’s Government Law and Education Law practice areas and provides representation and counsel to public school districts, cities and counties. She assists clients in a...

Laura Jensen (Class of 2010)

Laura Jensen, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has become a member at Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC. She practices in the firm’s Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning, and Probate Practice Group. She was an associate at Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago, IL and then worked as a field organizer with Organizing for America...

Travis Cavanaugh (Class of 2012)

Travis Cavanaugh, Iowa City, Iowa, has become a member at Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC. He practices in estate and wealth transfer planning, general business and corporate law, and taxation law. He has been with the firm since 2012. Prior to practicing law, he worked as a public accountant for...

Nicole Driscoll (Class of 2010)

Nicole Driscoll, Davenport, Iowa, was selected as Scott County’s assistant attorney in December 2017. Driscoll recently returned to the Quad Cities after serving as assistant attorney general in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Harold Denton (Class of 1973)

Harold Denton, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the Linn County Bar Association’s annual Citizenship Award in January 2018. Read more: http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/prosecuter-harold-denton-cited-for-volunteer-work-in-linn-county-courtrooms-20180203

Brian Raynor (Class of 2009)

Brian Raynor, Chicago, Illinois, was promoted to partner at Locke Lord LLP in December 2017. He focuses his practice on bankruptcy and restructuring matters, transaction advisement and litigation

Breanna Young (Class of 2004)

Breanna Young, Waukee, Iowa, joined the Davis Brown Law Firm as a special counsel attorney in the Estate Planning department in January 2018. Prior to joining Davis Brown, she was a partner at Nelson, Young, and Braland in Earlham, Iowa. She is an active advocate for vulnerable members of the...

Jonathan Landon (Class of 2009)

Jonathan Landon, Iowa City, Iowa, was elected to partner at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll in January 2018. He advises individuals, businesses, and tax-exempt organizations in federal and state tax matters, general business transactions, deferred compensation and employee benefits, and estate and...

Ryan Haaland (Class of 2010)

Ryan Haaland, Nevada, Iowa, was elected to the Board of Directors for the Davis Brown Law Firm in December 2017.

Scott Brennan (Class of 1993)

Scott Brennan, West Des Moines, Iowa, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Davis Brown Law Firm.