Email: rbook@desmoineslaw.com
Phone: (515) 288-4412
Professional Background
Admitted to Iowa Bar 1979; Admitted to U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa; Admitted to U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa; U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa
Education
University of Iowa School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1979)
Northwestern University, (B.A. Biochemistry 1976)
Memberships and Admissions
• Iowa State Bar Association
— Member, Workers' Compensation Section
— Member Litigation Section
— Member, Commercial Law Section
• American Bar Association
— Member, Torts and Insurance Practice Section
• Polk County Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
— Member, Workers' Compensation Section
• Iowa Defense Counsel Association
• Iowa Association of Workers' Compensation Lawyers
Legal Authorships, Seminars & Speeches
• Editor, Iowa State Bar Association, Litigation Section Newsletter (1992-1997)
• National Business Institute, Workers' Compensation Hearings:
Techniques and Strategies for Success, August 24, 2006
• The Iowa State Bar Association, 2006 Workers' Compensation
Seminar, April 28, 2006
• Lorman Education Services, Advanced Workers' Compensation
in Iowa, February 24, 2005
• Sterling Educational Services, Fundamentals of Workers' Compensation
in Iowa, October 2003
• Iowa State Bar Association, Section on Worker's Compensation,
Annual Seminar April 2003
• Iowa State Bar Association, Section on Worker's Compensation
Annual Seminar, March 1999
• National Business Institute, Advanced Workers' Compensation Law
in Iowa, January 1996
• National Education Network, Workers' Compensation Law in Iowa, July 1994
• Plant Managers Association, Iowa Workers' Compensation Law, September 1992
• Administrative Law Section of Iowa State Bar Association, Workers'
Compensation Procedure, Administrative Law Seminar, April 1992
• National Business Institute, Damages Seminar, April 1991
Practice Areas
General practice including, but not limited to Workers’ Compensation, Employment Law, Personal Injury, Insurance Coverage, Bankruptcy and Collections Law
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