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BrownWinick Participates in the Festival of Trees & Lights

BrownWinick chose Blank Children's Hospital Festival of Trees & Lights again as part of their continued efforts to give back to the community for 2016. BrownWinick sponsored a tree at the Festival, its attorneys and staff contributed funds in exchange for wearing jeans to work and also donated over 450 books to be used by the patients at Blank. In... Read More

BrownWinick Law Firm Ranked in U.S. News - Best Lawyers 2017 "Best Law Firms" List

BrownWinick has been included in the U.S. News - Best Lawyers® 2017 "Best Law Firms" rankings. The seventh edition of the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers released the 2017 "Best Law Firms" rankings on November 1, 2016. Firms included in the 2017 "Best Law Firms" list are recognized for professional excellent with persistently impressive... Read More

Iowa Mission of Mercy 2016

BrownWinick dental attorneys volunteered for the IOWA MISSION OF MERCY, which was held on September 23 and 24, 2016 at the Five Flags Center in Dubuque, Iowa. This annual event is sponsored by the Iowa Dental Foundation and in 2016 provided over $850,000 in free dental care. A number of BrownWinick dental attorneys volunteered for the IOWA MISSION... Read More

Iowa Court Clarifies Notice Requirements for Mechanic's Liens

On August 31, 2016, the Iowa Court of Appeals announced its recent ruling in Standard Water Control Systems, Inc. v. Michael D. Jones and Cori Jones. This decision involved the Iowa Court of Appeals’ interpretation of the Iowa Code section involving Mechanic’s Liens, Chapter 572. While the Court’s decision contained several holdings, its findings... Read More

BrownWinick Volunteers Support 9th Annual Hunger Fight

BrownWinick continues to be an annual supporter for the Meals From The Heartland "Hunger Fight" volunteer efforts. Staff and attorneys from BrownWinick took part in the 9th Annual Hunger Fight, one of the biggest volunteer efforts in the country. Read More

Significant Changes to Construction Insurance

On June 10, 2016, the Iowa Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in National Surety Corporation v. Westlake Investments, LLC. Prior to that decision, and based primarily on the Iowa Supreme Court’s previous decision in Pursell Construction v. Hawkeye-Security Insurance, 596 N.W.2d 67 (Iowa 1999), Iowa law held that a contractor’s Commercial... Read More

BrownWinick Participates in Meals from the Heartland

BrownWinick staff and attorneys took part in the 9th Annual Hunger Fight, one of the biggest volunteer efforts in the country. Meals from the Heartland sponsors this annual event, which was held August 31 through September 3, 2016. During the Hunger Fight, volunteers package millions of meals for poor and malnourished people around the world. Each... Read More

Business 'Divorce' and Discounts

Check out BrownWinick attorney Matt McKinney's latest blog post, Business 'Divorce' and Discounts, featured in the Business Record's IowaBiz Blog. Read more IowaBiz Blogs at www.iowabiz.com. Read More