Dickinson, Bradshaw, Fowler & Hagen, P.C. has been recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms® regionally in 28 practice areas. Ranked by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®, the list recognizes firms who exhibit professional excellence with impressive
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Dickinson Bradshaw Attorneys Among The Best Lawyers in America® for 2025
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Based on peer reviews, 34 Dickinson Bradshaw attorneys have been named by Best Lawyers® to all three of its recognition lists in 31 practice areas for 2025.
This includes three Dickinson Bradshaw attorneys who were named…
Welcome 2024 Summer Associates
Dickinson, Bradshaw, Fowler & Hagen, P.C. is pleased to announce our 2024 Summer Associates, (left to right) Emily Byrnes, Nicholas Ahlquist, Aiden Ruble, and Elena Pinnow.
Elena Pinnow
Elena is currently attending Drake University Law School where she will graduate…
Dickinson Bradshaw Lawyers Named Super Lawyers®
Super Lawyers has announced recognition of 17 Dickinson, Bradshaw, Fowler & Hagen (Dickinson Bradshaw) P.C. attorneys as 2024 Great Plains Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and…
Remembering Donna Henkels, Legal Assistant
In remembrance of our friend and colleague, Donna Henkels. After graduating from the American Institute for Business (AIB) in 1983, Donna started her 39-year career as a legal assistant at the former Bradshaw law firm in 1984 and retired in…
In Remembrance of Attorney Fred Schneider
It is with heavy hearts that we report our friend and fellow attorney, Fred Schneider, has passed away. Prior to the formation of Dickinson Bradshaw, Fred had been with the Dickinson firm from 2011 until his retirement in 2018, practicing…
In Remembrance: Thomas D. Hanson, Of Counsel
We are deeply saddened to share the passing of our friend and colleague, Thomas Hanson. Tom had been an esteemed member of the Dickinson Bradshaw family since 2012.
Throughout his 54-year legal career litigating civil and criminal cases in state…
Clear as Mud and More Holes Than a Sieve: Iowa Department of Revenue Releases Another Declaratory Order on Sales Taxation of “Commercial Recreation,” “Turkish Baths,” and “Reducing Salons"
I have not been shy about my criticism about the Iowa Department of Revenue’s (“Department”) muddy guidance on the sales taxation of “commercial recreation.” Previously, I wrote about the Department perplexingly concluding that spinning classes are subject to sales tax…
Attorney Sean O'Brien to Address International Insurance Leaders on Litigation Panel
Attorney Sean O’Brien of Dickinson Bradshaw will be addressing international insurance leaders as part of a litigation and regulatory risk panel during the Global Insurance Symposium on April 17th in Des Moines.
O’Brien and additional leading insurance litigators from Carlton Fields…
Ben Kenkel Named Dickinson Bradshaw Shareholder
Dickinson, Bradshaw, Fowler & Hagen P.C. is pleased to announce that Benjamin J. Kenkel has been named a shareholder of the law firm. Ben joined the law firm in 2019 as a summer law clerk before passing the Iowa State Bar…