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NJR Purchases Iowa Wind Farm

NJR (“New Jersey Resources”) announced on February 2, 2015 that the Carroll Area Wind Farm is now in operation mode. They (“NJR”) invested approximately $42 million to construct, own and operate the wind farm, which is located on 1,100 acres of rural agricultural land in Carroll County, Iowa, approximately 65 miles northwest of Des Moines, Iowa.... Read More

Iowa Court of Appeals Awards Attorney Fees Against the IDNR

On April 8, 2015, the Iowa Court of Appeals awarded Monroe ("Monte") Branstad the attorney fees of attorney James Pray in the amount of $71,000 and an additional amount to be decided on remand for appellate fees. Monte Branstad was deemed to be the prevailing party in his appeal against a fish-kill assessment levied against him by the Iowa... Read More

Patent Troll Legislation

On Friday, February 13, 2015, Matthew McKinney, an attorney with BrownWinicks Government Relations Team, organized an extended roundtable discussion on Patent Trolls and Innovation with special guest, United States Senator, Charles Grassley. In the newly-opened startup space, Gravitate, located in downtown Des Moines, a packed room of leaders from... Read More

Region V Co-Directors of Iowa Association of Legal Assistants.Paralegals

Jamie Marco, a BrownWinick Real Estate Paralegal and Shari Wood, a BrownWinick Intellectual Property Paralegal were appointed as Region V Co-Directors and on the Board of Directors of the Iowa Association of Legal Assistants.Paralegals (IALA.P). IALA.P is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and advancing the legal profession and the... Read More

2015 Legislative Session Begins Monday

Check out BrownWinick attorney Matt McKinney's latest blog post, New Legislative Session Begins Monday, featured in the Business Record's IowaBiz Blog. Read more IowaBiz Blogs at www.iowabiz.com. Read More

Matt McKinney Elected to the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Board

BrownWinick attorney, Matthew McKinney, was elected to serve on the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for 2015. Matt is an attorney with BrownWinick and is a member of the firm's government relations and litigation practice groups. His practice focuses primarily in the areas of government relations and complex business... Read More

Your Business's Year-End, Legal Checklist

Check out BrownWinick attorney Matt McKinney's latest blog post, Your Business's Year-End, Legal Checklist, featured in the Business Record's IowaBiz Blog, Read more IowaBiz Blogs at www.iowabiz.com. Read More

Business Court Capitalizes on Experience

BrownWinick attorneys Matthew McKinney and Haley Van Loon were quoted in an article titled, "Business court capitalizes on experience," in the November 28, 2014 edition of the Business Record. Read More