Background
Knutson, Becky S. was born in 1957 in Decorah, Iowa, United States.
Knutson, Becky S. was born in 1957 in Decorah, Iowa, United States.
University of Iowa (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1978. Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1981).
Worked at Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, Professional Corporation (Des Moines, Iowa) specializing in General Practice. Agricultural Law, Civil and Business Litigation, Construction Law, Education Law, Employment and Labor Law, Environmental Law, Family Law, Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Securities Litigation, Workers" Compensation, Administrative Law, Bankruptcy, Broker/Dealer Regulation, Commercial Law, Consumer Law and Regulation, Corporate, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Financial Institutions, Governmental Relations Law, Mergers, Acquisitions and Regulation, Health Care and Hospitals, International Immigration, Investment Banking, Municipal and Public Authority Financing, Patent, Trademarks and Copyright Law and related Litigation, Probate and Estate Planning, Professional Liability, Public Utility Regulation, Real Estate, Securities, State and Local Tax, State Government, Tax, Telecommunications, Venture Capital Transactions. Admitted to the bar, 1981, Iowa, United States.
District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, United States.
Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and United States. Tax Court.
Phi Delta Phi.
Omicron Delta Kappa. Mortar Board. Student Director, Trial Advocacy Board, University of Iowa College of Law.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment Law, 1995-1996.
Adjunct Professor, Drake University, 1996-1997. Member, Iowa Senate Ethics Committee, 1991-1992. Member: Polk County (Chair, Bench and Bar Committee, 1993-1996), Iowa State (Member: Bar Insurance Plans Committee, 1987-1991.
Family Law and Litigation Sections.
Labor and Employment Law Section Council, 1991-1994. Young Lawyers Division.
Chair, 1988-1990, Mock Trial Committee) and American Bar Associations. Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, Professional Corporation, and its predecessors, have been practicing law in Des Moines since 1929.
The Firm is large enough to provide representation in many areas of law, and small enough to provide cost-effective, personal attention.
A broad range of services is available through the Litigation and Business/Tax Divisions. The Firm maintains the state"s largest private law library.
Member, Iowa Senate Ethics Committee, 1991-1992. Member: Polk County (Chair, Bench and Bar Committee, 1993-1996), Iowa State (Member: Bar Insurance Plans Committee, 1987-1991. Family Law and Litigation Sections.
Labor and Employment Law Section Council, 1991-1994.
Young Lawyers Division. Chair, 1988-1990, Mock Trial Committee) and American Bar Associations.