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THE IOWA LAWYER CONTENTS Volume 65 Number 2 February 2004 Published at 521 East Locust Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Bar will again honor community servants ACS chapter formed . 19 Charles Corcoran, Editor 515-243-3179 - Collins . 4 Transitions . 21 “A life full of passion” Cash short IOLTA accepting - Kim Stetson . 6 applications now. 23 Remembering Roger Stetson . 7 Meet your bar staff – Brian Hegg . 23 KYC scholars honored, five to Stay in touch with your legislator Washington, D.C. 10 - Carney . 24 Ethical bounds develop in family practice Eighth Circuit appeals court at THE IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION - Bray . 11 UI February 19 . 24 OFFICERS 2002-2003 Minutes of December President, Kevin Collins, Cedar Rapids Attorney Discipline . 25 President-elect, Nicholas Critelli, Jr., Des Moines Board of Governors meeting . 15 Green named interim Vice President, J. C. Salvo, Harlan consulting counsel . 25 Immediate Past President, Alan E. Fredregill, Sioux City Executive Director, Dwight Dinkla, Des Moines Classified Ads . 26 THE IOWA LAWYER CLE Calendar. 29 (ISSN 1052-5327) is published monthly by The Iowa State Bar Association, 521 East Locust, Des Moines, Iowa 50309. Bridge the Gap May 6 – 7 . 29 Subscription included in membership fee. Non-members, $30 per year. Periodicals postage paid at Des Moines, Iowa. Bench-Bar Conference May 20 – 22 . 30 Postmaster: Send address changes to The Iowa Lawyer, 521 East Locust, Des Moines, IA 50309. The Iowa Lawyer is printed by Colorfx, 10776 Aurora Ave., Des Moines, IA 50322. Telephone (515) 270-0402. Art Director: Peggy Card ABOUT THE COVER Classified Advertising Qualifying ISBA members – 2 months free; $70 thereafter REMEMBERING ROGER – This Non-members – $110 per column inch per insertion See classified section for details. month’s cover honors past President For Display Advertising Rates Roger Steteson in a few of his many roles Contact David R. Larson (515) 440-2810; or write: The Iowa Lawyer, c/o Larson Enterprises, 909 50th St., serving The Iowa State Bar Association. West Des Moines, IA 50265. His untimely passing gave us pause to Communicating with The Iowa Lawyer online: recall his generous heart, his enthusiasm Send your comments and Letters to the Editor to [email protected]. Please include your daytime for the law and his dedication to being phone number should we need to contact you with an answer or for verification. Executive Director Dwight an exemplary Iowa lawyer. A special sec- Dinkla’s electronic mail address is [email protected]. tion honoring Roger, beginning with his Assistant Executive Director Harry Shipley’s address is [email protected]. wife Kim’s reflections, begins on page 6. Iowa State Bar Association Board of Governors OFFICERS: DISTRICT 3-B: DISTRICT 7: Kevin Collins, president, James Lohman, Denison, (712) 263-4627 Patricia R. Cepican, Davenport (319) 355-6478 Cedar Rapids, (319) 365-9461; Dan A. Moore, Sioux City, (712) 252-0020 A. John Frey, Jr., Clinton, (563) 242-1832 Nicholas Critelli, Jr., president-elect, DISTRICT 4: Gerald Denning, Wilton, (563)732-2666 Des Moines, (515) 243-3122; Alan Anderson, Logan, (712) 755-3141 DISTRICT 8-A: J. C. Salvo, vice president, Charles L. Smith, Council Bluffs, (712) 325-9000 John Morrissey, Fairfield, (641) 472-3144 Harlan, (712) 755-3141; Rick L. Lynch, Bloomfield, (641) 664-3188 Dwight Dinkla, secretary, DISTRICT 5-A: Des Moines, (515) 243-3179, Mark Otto, Newton, (641) 792-4160 DISTRICT 8-B: Alan E. Fredregill, immediate past president, DISTRICT 5-B: Roger Huddle, Wapello, (319) 523-4221 Sioux City, (712) 255-8838 Elisabeth S. Reynoldson, Osceola, (641) 342-3423 IOWA JUDGES ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE: DISTRICT 1-A: DISTRICT 5-C: Honorable John Nahra, immediate past president, IJA Marion Beatty, Decorah, (319) 382-4226; Steven Lytle, Des Moines, (515) 283-8159 Stephen Juergens, Dubuque, (319) 556-4011. Michelle A.McGovern, EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS: DISTRICT 1-B: Des Moines,(515)281-6620 James Carney (legislative counsel) Timothy Sweet, Reinbeck, (319) 345-4696; Paul Tyler, Des Moines, (515) 246-4513 Des Moines, (515) 282-6803 George L. Weilein, Waterloo, (319) 233-6163. Frank Carroll, Des Moines, (515) 288-2500 ABA DELEGATES: DISTRICT 2-A: Jane Lorentzen, Des Moines, (515) 244-0111 David Funkhouser Mason City, (515) 423-6223 Joe Van Winkle, Des Moines, (515) 243-1000 David Brown, Des Moines, (515) 244-2141 C. Bradley Price, Mason City, (641) 423-1173; Susan L. Ekstrom, Des Moines, (515) 243-6395 Jay Eaton, Des Moines, (515) 832-6565 Thomas A. Lawler, Parkersburg, (319) 346-2650. Carol Moser, Des Moines, (515) 237-1561 YLD OFFICERS: DISTRICT 2-B: David C. Craig, Des Moines, (515) 288-0145 Aaron Oliver, president, Steven W. Hendricks, Fort Dodge, (515) 576-4127; Anita L. Shodeen, Des Moines, (515) 237-1186 Des Moines, (515) 244-2141 Joel T. Greer, Marshalltown, (641) 752-5467; DISTRICT 6: Joseph T. Moreland, president-elect, Jim P. Robbins, Boone, (515) 432-7114; Marsha Beckelman, Cedar Rapids, (319) 297-7515 Iowa City, (319) 337-9606 DISTRICT 3-A: Marsha A. Bergan, Iowa City, (319) 351-5193 Matthew Preston, secretary, A. David Bibler, Algona (515) 295-3565. Christine M. Luzzie, Iowa City, (319) 351-6570 Cedar Rapids, (319) 866-9277 Joseph Fitzgibbons, Estherville, (712) 362-7215 Daniel Y. Rathjen, Tama, (641) 484-5211 Timothy Semelroth, immediate past-president, J. Michael Weston, Cedar Rapids, (319) 366-733. Cedar Rapids,THE IOWA (319) LAWYER 365-9200.March 2002 3 THE PRESIDENT’S L Not he who has much is rich, but he who – Erich Fromm Among the most prestigious awards www.iowabar.org – or on the following conferred by The Iowa State Bar page of The Iowa Lawyer. In order to Association are the Community Service complete a nomination form, you will Awards, which honor Iowa lawyers likely need to interview the nominee. who have excelled at “giving much” The Selection Committees, which are to their communities. compromised of the most recent three Every year, a Community Service recipients of the award from each Award is given to one lawyer from each judicial district, will make their selec- Kevin Collins STATE A B of Iowa’s judicial districts. The 2004 tions by early May. If your nominee is W A Community Service Awards will be chosen, you will be notified so that you O R I presented at this year’s Annual may have the pleasure of informing Meeting, which will take place June your nominee that he or she has been A 16th through June 18th in Des Moines. chosen to receive the award. S N SO O Now is the time to submit nomina- The Community Service Award CIATI tions for the 2004 Awards. Nomination is based not on an ISBA member’s forms can found at the bar Web site – service to the bar association but rather The following Iowa lawyers have previously been honored with a Community Service Award: DISTRICT 2000 2001 2002 2003 1A Bill Werger David L. Clemens Linzy E. Martin Brian J. Kane 1B J. Douglas Oberman Leroy H. Redfern Edward J. Gallagher, Jr. Thomas J. Heronimus 2A Ron J. Wagenaar James J. Locher Lee B. Blum C. Bradley Price 2B John L. Timmons James C. Ellefson Claus H. Bunz Arthur Neu 3A Peter B. Narey Hugh J. Perry Thomas J. Whorley Ruth Hartkopp Fillenwarth 3B Timothy S. Bottaro A. Frank Baron Glenn A. Metcalf John C. Gray 4 Philip L. Willson Edmund A. McGinn Maynard S. Telpner Marti D. Nerenstone 5A Terry Rickers Jerrold B. Oliver Stephen A. Hall John C. Powell 5B Jay E. Howe Lawrence Philip Willard W. Oleson Stuart D. Nielsen Van Werden 5C Roxann M. Ryan Artis Reis Don Nickerson Willie Stevenson Glanton 6 Gary J. Streit Thomas H. Gelman Jay A. Willems Darrel Morf 7 David O. Shaff Charles R. Coulter Joan U. Axel C. Dana Waterman III 8A Craig R. Foss James G. Milani Richard A. Lytle Michael J. Moreland 8B Mary Ann Brown Gene R. Krekel Hon. Thomas J. Vilsack John H. Smith Please consider nominating someone from your district to join this illustrious group of Iowa lawyers. 4 THE IOWA LAWYER February 2004 2004 Community Service Award Nomination ETTER If you wish to nominate a member of the bar for their community service, remember that the nominee must be a current member of the ISBA. Please go to the ISBA website, www.iowabar.org, to fill out an electronic nominating form or use these questions and type your answers on separate sheets of paper. Submit your nomination by mailing it to Chuck Corcoran, ISBA, 521 E. Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa 50309 gives much. The nominating committee in each district is made up of the last three win- ners of the award since it was conceived four years ago. See the names of the members of the committee for your district in the President’s Letter. on service to their community at the Thank you for taking the time to suggest this nominee to the committee local level, and state and national levels as well.