Background
McAfee, Eldon L. was born on March 23, 1955 in Atlantic, Iowa, United States.
McAfee, Eldon L. was born on March 23, 1955 in Atlantic, Iowa, United States.
Iowa State University (Bachelor of Science, 1977). Drake University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1991).
Worked at Beving, Swanson & Forrest, Professional Corporation (Des Moines, Iowa) specializing in Civil Practice. Business and Estate Planning, Governmental Relations and Administrative Law, Taxation, Wills, Trusts and Probate, Commercial, Environmental, Litigation, Real Estate, Cooperative Law, Agricultural, Financial and Banking Law, Bankruptcy. Admitted to the bar, 1991, Iowa.
United States.
District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa. Order of the Coif. Adjunct Professor of Agricultural Law, Drake University, 1996. Member: Polk County, Iowa State (Chair, Agricultural Section.
Member, Environmental and Taxation Sections) and American Bar Associations.
American Agricultural Law Association. The firm has been providing legal services to the Des Moines Metropolitan area since the 1960s.
The areas of concentration in the firm have historically included all areas of agricultural law with emphasis on cooperative law, environmental law and legislative counseling. A second practice area is in the general area of legislative counseling and state government relations.
The third area of concentration is in estate planning and probate with a more recent emphasis on charitable giving as it relates to estate planning.
The fourth area is bankruptcy law and related commercial law. Other strong practice areas include environmental law, real estate, and business organization and planning with an emphasis on non-profit organizations.
Member: Polk County, Iowa State (Chair, Agricultural Section. Member, Environmental and Taxation Sections) and American Bar Associations. American Agricultural Law Association.