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Alumni N otes2008 Patricia J. Meier, Iowa City,Iowa, has joined Nidey Erdahl Tindal& Fisher, PLC as an associate in theCedar Rapids office. Before joiningNidey Erdahl Tindal & Fisher, PLC,she was a staff attorney at Iowa LegalAid in Cedar Rapids. She specializes infamily law and civil litigation.2008 Stacey Meyer Bowman,Kansas City, Missouri, received the2011 Pro Bono Publico Award fromthe Missouri Bar, which is given eachyear to a lawyer who has practiced lessthan four years and has participated ina pro bono program. Bowman assists inpro bono immigration, adoption, andcontract matters. Recently, she wona political asylum trial in the KansasCity Immigration Court. She is anassociate at Husch Blackwell.2008 Lt. Paul B. Morris, Salem,Oregon, was chosen as the U.S. NavyTrial Counsel of the Year, one of thisyear’s Naval Legal Service CommandSuperior Performance Awards. As trialcounsel at RLSO (Regional Legal ServiceOffice) Northwest, Lt. Morris wasdetailed to some of the most challengingand complex sexual assault cases.2008 Nicole Rognes Olson, ClearLake, Iowa, has been elected as a newMason City Foundation board member.She is currently a partner withHeiny, McManigal, Duffy, Stambaughand Anderson, PLC.2009 Joseph Daniels, Denver, Colorado,has joined Sherman & Howardas an associate. He will practice in thefirm’s Commercial Litigation and TrialPractice Group. Prior to joining thefirm, he was a litigation associate atFaegre & Benson.2009 Lauren Hansen, Ukiah, California,joined the Public Interest LawProject working with both the Housingand Public Benefits Units as anattorney fellow. She joined the PublicInterest Law Project after three years atLegal Services of Northern California,where she specialized in public benefits,housing, and health law.2009 Josh Mandelbaum, DesMoines, Iowa, was featured in TheDes Moines Register regarding his newposition with the Environmental Lawand Policy Center. Prior to joining thecenter, he was an associate at Lane &Waterman LLP.2009 Ryan Prahm, North Liberty,Iowa, was featured in the Iowa CityPress Citizen regarding the openingof Prahm Law Firm. Prahm’s primaryareas of focus include real estate, businesslaw, estate planning, and healthcare and family law.2010s2010 Rita Bettis, Des Moines, Iowa,has been named full-time lobbyist andstaff attorney of the ACLU of Iowa.Previously, she worked on prisoners’rights and reproductive rights as a litigationclerk with the ACLU nationaloffice in New York.2010 Trevaniel J. Temple, Keota,Iowa, joined the Bordwell Law Office,PLC in Washington, Iowa, as anassociate.2010 Jason P. Weiland, Las Vegas,Nevada, has joined Howard & HowardAttorneys in the Las Vegas office.2011 Emily J. Carson, Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, joined Lieber HammerHuber & Bennington, P.C. as anassociate. She practices in the areas offamily and employment law.2011 Thomas R. Cross, Naperville,Illinois, has joined Holmstrom & Kennedyas an associate.2011 DrewCumings-Peterson, CedarRapids, Iowa,joined Shuttleworth& Ingersoll,PLC, as anassociate.2011 Laurie Glapa, Minneapolis,Minnesota, joined Leonard, Street andDeinard as an associate, focusing ontechnology transfers, intellectual-propertylicensing, and intellectual-propertylitigation.2011 Phillip Goter, Minneapolis,Minnesota, joined Fish & Richardsonas an associate in the IP LitigationGroup.2011 Ann C. Gronlund, NorthLiberty, Iowa, joined Brady & O’SheaPC as an associate.2011 John W. Heggen, Denver,Colorado, is an associate of Sherman& Howard law firm in the businesspractice.2011 Jennifer J. Hennessy, Fitchburg,Wisconsin, joined Quarles &Brady’s Madison office as an associatein the health law group.2011 JanaLuttenegger,Des Moines, Iowa,joined the DavisBrown Law Firmin Des Moines asan associate attorneyin the businessdivision.48 Iowa Advocate 2013