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Your Worldwide IP Partner Since 1924™ PATENTS • TRADEMARKS • COPYRIGHTS • REGULATORY LAW TRADE SECRETS • ENTERTAINMENT LAW • LICENSING • LITIGATION IALawyerPrintAd_February 2019 (trade secrets).indd 1 1/11/2019 11:46:19 AM The official publication of The Iowa State Bar Association. EDITORIAL TEAM Volume 79 Editor-in-Chief Contributing Editor Number 1 Melissa Higgins Virginia Sipes, J.D. February 2019 515-697-7896 515-697-7897 [email protected] [email protected] Copy Editor General Inquiries Steve Boeckman CONTENTS 515-243-3179 515-697-7869 [email protected] [email protected] THE IOWA LAWYER (ISSN 1052-5327) is published monthly except for the combined December-January issue, by The Iowa State Bar Association, 625 East Court Ave., Des Moines, IA 50309-1904. One copy of each issue is furnished to association members as part of their annual dues. Non-member subscription rates are $40 per year. Periodicals postage paid at Des Moines, Iowa. POSTMASTER Send address changes to The Iowa Lawyer Magazine, 625 East Court Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, 50309-1904. Members can contact the membership department to change their address by emailing membership@ iowabar.org. PRINTER The Iowa Lawyer Magazine is printed by Colorfx, 10776 Aurora Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, 50322. Telephone 515- 270-0402. Design and Production: Mittera Creative. ADVERTISING CLASSIFIED. Qualifying ISBA members receive two free non-job listings annually as a member benefit. Members OTHER FEATURES COLUMNS should contact the ISBA Communications Department for 11 2019 Lawyer-Legislators 5 President’s Letter: ad placement: [email protected]. For Career There are 20 lawyer- Merit Selection Center postings, visit http://careers.iowabar.org/ legislators serving in the House and Senate this 12 Affirmative Legislative DISPLAY. 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Members are encouraged to submit articles in bankruptcy court 30 Transitions Eighty percent of all 94 and manuscripts to the editor for possible publication. bankruptcy court districts Classifieds Submissions should be no longer than 1,500 words, have a local mediation rule 32 although exceptions can be made. Footnotes should be of some type, and mediation Spotlight on Service THE COVER STORY has become a significant 34 kept to a minimum. Include a short bio of the author(s) tool in many bankruptcy and professional photo(s) when submitting. NOTE: Not The ISBA’s lobbying team at courts. all submissions are guaranteed publication. The editors the Statehouse provides an Board of Governors Winter IN BRIEF and bar leaders review all submissions to a make a 18 Quarterly Meeting overview of bills and topics to ISBA’s newest determination of suitability for publication. Email all The BOG acted on numerous watch for this 2019 session, 4 member benefit: submissions to [email protected] in section recommendations for Email encryption the 2019 ISBA Affirmative Microsoft Word format. as well as a description of how the ISBA reaches its position on Legislative Program and 4 New ethics opinion STATEMENTS OR OPINIONS heard reports on key issues informs on best practices legislative issues. In addition, impacting Iowa attorneys for client selection and The statements and opinions in this publication are a new grassroots effort has been during the next year. case processing those of the authors and not necessarily those of The In support of the designee Iowa State Bar Association. Readers should consult launched to get more members 27 involved in ISBA legislative efforts. for final disposition original sources of authority to verify exactness. The trend that is most prevalent Advertising in this publication does not constitute Read more beginning on page 7. in the funeral industry is the rise of people who are choosing to endorsement of a product or service unless be cremated. This has created specifically stated. some legal challenges. THE IOWA LAWYER 3 FEBRUARY 2019 The Iowa State Bar Association In Brief 625 East Court Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, 50309-1904 Main: 515-243-3179 Fax: 515-243-2511 www.iowabar.org [email protected] PRESIDENT Tom Levis W. Des Moines 515-274-1450 [email protected] PRESIDENT-ELECT ISBA'S NEWEST Willard Boyd III Des Moines 515-283-3172 [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT MEMBER BENEFIT: Jerry Schnurr III Ft. Dodge 515-576-3977 [email protected] SECRETARY EMAIL ENCRYPTION Dwight Dinkla Des Moines 515-697-7867 [email protected] While emailing your clients is IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT convenient, are you confident Stephen R. Eckley Des Moines 515-283-4637 [email protected] DISTRICT GOVERNORS that your message is secure? DISTRICT 1A To help protect both your clients Chris Even Dubuque 563-589-0830 [email protected] and your firm, the ISBA has partnered with Trustifi to Daniel Fretheim Dubuque 563-382-2959 [email protected] provide a state-of-the-art encryption program that can DISTRICT 1B Shannon Simms Waterloo 319-291-6161 [email protected] integrate into your email communications. Heather Prendergast Waterloo 319-234-4600 [email protected] The ISBA’s partnership enables members to DISTRICT 2A purchase encryption for $25 annually, per email Matthew F. Berry Clear Lake 641-357-7296 [email protected] address. If you are interested in finding out more Patrick Vickers Greene 641-823-4192 [email protected] DISTRICT 2B about this service, please go to iowabar.org/trustifi. Victoria Feilmeyer Ames 515-956-3915 [email protected] Jerry Schnurr III Fort Dodge 515-576-3977 [email protected] Bethany Currie Marshalltown 641-421-0990 [email protected] DISTRICT 3A Jill Davis Spencer 712-262-1150 [email protected] John Flaten Spirit Lake 712-336-1292 [email protected] DISTRICT 3B Maura Sailer Denison 712-263-4627 [email protected] James Daane Sioux City 712-252-2424 [email protected] DISTRICT 4 Kathleen Kohorst Harlan 712-755-3156 [email protected] Robert Livingston Council Bluffs 712-322-4033 [email protected] DISTRICT 5A Mason Ouderkirk Indianola 515-961-5315 [email protected] Daniel Huitink Pella 641-621-8130 [email protected] DISTRICT 5B Roberta Chambers Corydon 641-870-0108 [email protected] DISTRICT 5C Emily Chafa Johnston 515-986-0914 [email protected] ISBA Assistant Executive Director Harry Shipley (left) and Joseph Happe Des Moines 515-288-2500 [email protected] Margaret A. Hanson Des Moines 515-246-7957 [email protected] Membership Engagement Coordinator Hank Hanson (right), Bridget R. Penick Des Moines 515-242-8902 [email protected] stand at the ISBA booth during the 2018 Bloethe Tax School. Adam D. Zenor Des Moines 515-245-8902 [email protected] They talked with members about Trustifi, and some of the other Dawn Boucher W. Des Moines 515-267-1174 [email protected] new ISBA member benefits that will be unveiled in 2019. Kathleen Law Des Moines 515-283-3116 [email protected] Nathan Overberg Des Moines 515-243-7611 [email protected] Joe Moser Des Moines 515-288-0145 [email protected] Mary Zambreno Des Moines 515-246-4512 [email protected] William Miller Des Moines 515-283-1000 [email protected] NEW ETHICS OPINION DISTRICT 6 Erin R. Nathan Cedar Rapids 319-896-4013 [email protected] INFORMS ON BEST PRACTICES Melvin Shaw Coralville 319-337-7429 [email protected] Caitlin Slessor Cedar Rapids 319-365-9461 [email protected] FOR CLIENT SELECTION AND Robert Fischer Vinton 319-472-2353 [email protected] CASE PROCESSING Mark Parmenter Cedar Rapids 319-365-1184 [email protected] DISTRICT 7 The ISBA Ethics and Practice Guidelines Committee David J. Helscher Clinton 563-243-1243 [email protected] Christopher Surls Lowden 563-941-5301 [email protected] issued a new opinion in December that is now posted Ian J. Russell Bettendorf 563-324-3246 [email protected] on the ISBA website. DISTRICT 8A It introduces a system known as "CHELP" to protect Rick Lynch Bloomfield 641-664-1997 [email protected] the client and lawyer from the risk of inadvertency. Ryan J. Mitchell Ottumwa 641-682-5447 [email protected] CHELP is an acronym which stands for: Conflicts, DISTRICT 8B Brian Helling Burlington 319-754-6587 [email protected] History, Evaluation, Limitations and Plan.