Background
Thornton, F. Richard was born in 1939 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States.
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F. Richard Thornton
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University of Iowa and Parsons College (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). University of Iowa (Bachelor of Laws, 1965).
Career
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, 1965, Iowa.
Assistant Attorney General, 1965-1966.
Assistant City Attorney, 1966-1967. Chairman, Iowa State Conservation Commission, 1986.
Member, Iowa Department of Natural Resources Commission, 1981-1987. Chairman, Polk County Child Care Resources Center, 1984-1989.
Member: Polk County, Iowa State (Chairman, Code and Session Laws Committee, 1979-1981) and American Bar Associations.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. 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.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Iowa Department of Natural Resources Commission, 1981-1987. Chairman, Polk County Child Care Resources Center, 1984-1989. Member: Polk County, Iowa State (Chairman, Code and Session Laws Committee, 1979-1981) and American Bar Associations.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
