Agricultural Law Seminar
Thursday, September 11, 2014
8:00 AM - 4:45 PM
Co-sponsored by Iowa State University Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, the Agricultural Law Section of the Iowa State Bar Association, and the Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Estate and Business Planning Seminar
Friday, September 12, 2014
8:00 AM - 4:45 PM
- Agricultural Law Seminar only (early discount if received on/by September 4):
- Non-Lawyer: $175
- ISBA Member: $225
- Non-ISBA (lawyer): $255
- Online (watch from your computer): $270*
- Farm Estate and Business Planning Seminar only (early discount if received on/by September 4):
- Non-Lawyer: $195
- ISBA Member: $245
- Non-ISBA (lawyer): $270
- Online (watch from your computer): $285*
- Attend both both days of the September Seminars (September 11 and 12)
- Non-Lawyer: $325
- ISBA Member: $400
- Non-ISBA (lawyer): $435
- Online (watch from your computer): $450*
- Materials will be available to purchase if unable to attend.
*Please note, attending the seminar online via a live webinar is only available to the first 99 registrants (sign-in information will be supplied via email).
Registration fee includes: seminar manual, continental breakfast, luncheon and afternoon snack
Agricultural Law Seminar - Thursday, September 11
Agenda:
Continuing Education:
- This course is designed for: Attorneys and Real Estate Professionals (Iowa Real Estate Commission). This event qualifies for: 8.6 credits based on a 50-minute hour or 7.25 credits based on a 60-minute hour. This seminar provides a total of 430 minutes of instruction. Please note some CPE organizations do not accept partial credit hours. For approved CPE or CLE hours, click here
Speakers:
- Roger A. McEowen is the Leonard Dolezal Professor in Agricultural Law and Director of the Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation at Iowa State University. A graduate of Drake University of Law, he is a member of the Iowa and Kansas Bar Associations and is admitted to practice in Nebraska. He is widely published in law reviews and other agricultural law publications; is the author of a 1,200-page textbook on agricultural law; and is the lead author of one BNA Tax Management Portfolio and the co-author of two others.
- Kristine A. Tidgren is the staff attorney for the Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation. Before joining CALT, she worked as a practicing attorney and as an attorney editor for LexisNexis. Kristine is licensed to practice law in Iowa and Missouri. She graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.
- Nick Critelli has practiced law in Des Moines, Iowa, since 1967. He is board certified as a specialist in civil trial advocacy and appears for clients in both the Iowa courts and Federal Courts. Nick is a past President of the Iowa State Bar Association, Blackstone Inn of Court and the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers. Nick is currently serving as the Chairman of the Ethics and Practice Committee of the Iowa State Bar Association.
- Patrick B. Dillon is a lawyer practicing in Sumner, Iowa. He has a general practice and represents numerous farmers and other agricultural clients. He writes “A Look at Agricultural Law” for his blog and for the Sumner Gazette, and has authored the “Field Guide Manual: Iowa Farmer’s Guide to Legal Issues.” He is a graduate of the Drake University Law School.
- Timothy Gartin is a partner in the Ames firm of Hastings, Gartin & Boettger, LLP. He has a general practice that includes, but is not limited to, real estate. He received his J.D. from Northern Illinois University Law School. Tim is a member of the Story County and Iowa State Bar Associations and served two years as Chair of the Real Estate and Title Law Section Council of the Iowa State Bar Association. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys.
- Christine Gruenhagen is government relations counsel for the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. In this position, she assists members with general legal information, regulatory affairs and the state legislative program and is general legal counsel for the government relations division. Chris joined Farm Bureau in 1990. She graduated from the Drake University Law School.
- Don Parrish is the Senior Director, Regulatory Relations, for the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Public Policy team in Washington, D.C. His primary area of responsibility at the American Farm Bureau is the Clean Water Act, which encompasses a wide range of issues affecting farmers and ranchers. Before joining the AFBF staff, Don was an economist at Auburn University. Don received a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy from Auburn University and a Master of Science Degree in Agricultural Economics from Auburn University.
Farm Estate and Business Planning Seminar - Friday, September 12
Agenda:
Continuing Education:
- This course is designed for: Attorneys, Other Tax Return Preparers (OTRPs), Certified Public Accountants (CPAs), Enrolled Agents (EAs), Certified Financial Planners (CFPs), Licensed Public Accountants (LPAs), Real Estate Professionals (Iowa Real Estate Commission), and Insurance Professionals (Iowa Insurance Division). This event qualifies for: 8.6 credits based on a 50-minute hour or 7.2 credits based on a 60-minute hour. Please note that some CPE organizations do not accept partial credit hours. For approved CPE or CLE hours, click here
Speakers:
- Roger A. McEowen is the Leonard Dolezal Professor in Agricultural Law and Director of the Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation at Iowa State University. A graduate of Drake University of Law, he is a member of the Iowa and Kansas Bar Associations and is admitted to practice in Nebraska. He is widely published in law reviews and other agricultural law publications; is the author of a 1,200-page textbook on agricultural law; and is the lead author of one BNA Tax Management Portfolio and the co-author of two others.
- Kristine A. Tidgren is the staff attorney for the Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation. Before joining CALT, she worked as a practicing attorney and as an attorney editor for LexisNexis. Kristine is licensed to practice law in Iowa and Missouri. She graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.
- Kristy S. Maitre is a tax specialist for the Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation. She is also an enrolled agent and has almost 30 years experience with IRS, most recently as the IRS Senior Stakeholder Liaison for Iowa. Kristy is well-respected among Iowa tax practitioners for her knowledge, service and dedication.
- Robert Dallman is an attorney in the Milwaukee office of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek. Mr. Dallman’s practice includes advising to clients in federal and state tax litigation, tax planning and business planning. Formerly an IRS trial attorney in Washington, D.C. and Milwaukee, he has practiced either for or against the IRS and selected state taxing authorities for more than 20 years. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas Law School and has an LLM in taxation from Georgetown University.
- Daniel Geraghty is an attorney in the Milwaukee office of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. Mr. Geraghty focuses his practice on complex federal, international and state tax issues in both planning and controversy matters. Mr. Geraghty also focuses on complex business transactions including purchases, sales, mergers, divestitures and restructurings. Mr. Geraghty is also a Certified Public Accountant. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Law.
- Janice J. Kerkove is a partner in the law firm of Bradley & Riley PC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her practice focuses on estate planning, probate matters and tax law. She has chaired the probate and trust law section of the Iowa Bar and, among other accolades, is listed in Super Lawyers for Estate Planning and Probate. Janice is a graduate of the Drake University Law School.
- Thomas A. Lawler is a member of Lawler & Swamson, P.L.C. with offices in Parkersburg and Greene, Iowa. His practice primarily focuses on probate, trusts, estate planning, tax, real estate and agricultural law. A graduate of Columbus School of Law, he is admitted to practice before the Iowa Supreme Court, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, the United States Supreme Court and the United States Tax Court.
- Kevin McCrindle is the principal attorney at McCrindle Law, having started the firm 1977. Kevin’s practice focuses on estate planning, wills, trusts, and probate law, business law, and taxation. In addition, Kevin practices in the areas of real estate law and agricultural law. Kevin is a graduate of the Loyola University of Chicago School of Law.
- Michel Nelson, JD is a Senior Vice President of Iowa Savings Bank in Carroll, where he manages trust services. He is former President of the Iowa Trust Association (2004-5); former Chair of the Probate & Trust Section of the Iowa State Bar Association (2008-9) and council member (2004-10); founding member, current director and officer of The Iowa Academy of Trust and Estate Counsel; and, current board member of Iowa Finance Authority. He was the principal author of Iowa’s Uniform Principal and Income Act unitrust section passed in 2002 (Iowa Code Section 637.601-615). His published articles include COLI, BOLI, TOLI and Insurable Interests for RIA/Warren, Gorham & Lamont’s Estate Planning journal. He frequently makes presentations to estate planning professionals.
- Margaret Van Houten is a senior shareholder with the Davis Brown Law Firm in Des Moines, Iowa. Her practice includes the areas of wills, trusts, estate planning and probate law, taxation, charitable organizations and employee benefits. Margaret was instrumental in passage of the Iowa Uniform Premarital Agreement Act in the early 1990s and is currently working on amendments to that Act which would allow spouses to enter into post-marital agreements.