
Attorney at Meardon, Sueppel & Downer PLC and Adjunct Professor at University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa Area

Attorney at Meardon, Sueppel & Downer PLC and Adjunct Professor at University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa Area
General practice attorney, licensed in the State of Iowa, the Federal District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
My research interests include Ho'oponopono, business and corporate law, nonprofits, indigenous alternative dispute resolution, international law, and restorative justice.
(Law Practice industry)
September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
General practice of law. Licensed in the Iowa Supreme Court, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)
I am an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Management and Organizations, Henry B. Tippie College of Business. I teach Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness and Introduction to Law.
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Law Practice industry)
May 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 4 months)
Private law practice in Benton and Linn Counties.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2003 — May 2005 (1 year 10 months)
Teaching Assistant for Intro to Law, Henry B. Tippie College of Business.
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2004 — September 2004 (4 months)
Researched and drafted a business and governance plan for a national security software/supercomputing development consortium linking several national nuclear laboratories and top research universities.
See:
http://www.open-mpi.org/about/members/
http://www.open-mpi.org/
http://www.openhpc.org/
http://www2.krellinst.org/DOE_HPCS/index.shtml
(Self-Employed; 11-50 employees; Construction industry)
December 1998 — September 2001 (2 years 10 months)
Founded, owned, and operated a successful franchise business. Managed 36+ employees over three years. Painted 100+ residential and commercial structures. Reached financial break-even after 2 months in business. Won Quality Outlet of the Year, 1999, Midwest Division, for high quality work and customer service. Performed all accounting, finance, marketing, sales, and management functions for this successful startup business while attending college full-time.
MBA , Strategic Management , 2003 — 2005
JD , Joint Degree / MBA Program , 2001 — 2005
Scholarly Publications:
• “Cutting the Cord: Ho’oponopono and Hawaiian Restorative Justice in the Criminal Law Context,” 5 Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal 359 (2005).
• “Indigenous Homeland Security: A Proposed United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the International Law of First Contact,” Vol. 1, Issue 1, Journal of Indigenous Nations & Peoples Law, Syracuse University (2005).
BBA , Management Information Systems , 1997 — 2001
Diploma , 1994 — 1997
Aikido, kayaking, playing ukulele.
Johnson County Young Lawyers Division (President), Linn County Bar Association (Tech Committee), Johnson County Bar Association (Treasurer, Board of Directors), Linn Law Club (Past Treasurer), Iowa State Bar Association, American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Forum on Franchising, Private Equity Committee), ISPE. Past Members, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Mensa.
Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society (graduate and undergraduate), Boyd Service Honors, National Merit Scholar, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Golden Key National Honor Society.