John D. Shors

Background

Shors, John D. was born on July 21, 1937 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. Son of George A. and Catherine (Shaw) Shors.

Education

Iowa State University (Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, 1959); University of Iowa (Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1964).

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, 1964, Iowa.

Order of the Coif.

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Health Care, 1995-1996. Articles Editor, Iowa Law Review, 1963-1964. Company-Author: Closely Held Corporations in Business and Estate Planning, Little Brown and Company, 1983.

"Tax Implications Arising Out of Tax Free Recapitalizations," First Annual Heart of America Business Planning Institute 41, 1978.

"Tax Consequences for Corporate Divisions of the Family Farm Corporation," Journal of Corporation Law, Volume 4, Fall 1978. "The Role of the Subsidiary in Corporate Reorganization," 18 Drake Law Review

175, 1969, reprinted in 162 New York Law Journal Number. 82, 1969. Trustee, 1971-1977 and Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1973-1977, Iowa State University Achievement Fund.

Director, 1984-1993; Member, Board of Governors, 1984—.

Chairman of Board, 1988-1991, Iowa State University Foundation. Member, Board of Directors, Research Council of Iowa, 1994—. Member: Polk County (President, 1985-1986), Iowa State (Vice President, 1990-1991.

President Elect, 1991-1992.

President, 1992-1993. President, Young Lawyers Section, 1972-1973).

And American (Member, House of Delegates, 1992-1993) Bar Associations. American Judicature Society (Member, Board of Directors, 1974-1979).

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

• John D. Shors has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

President Mercy Hospital Foundation, Des Moines, 1981-1984. Chair Iowa State University Foundation, Ames, 1989-1992. Board directors Mercy Housing, Denver, since 1992.

Corporal United States Army, 1960-1961. Member Iowa State Bar Association (president 1992) Iowa Women Professional Corporation (Good Guy award 1987), Iowa Research Council (board directors since 1994), American Judicature Society (board directors 1974-1979), Polk County Bar Association (president 1986), Rotary (Des Moines chapter), DM Club, Glenoaks Community College.

Connections

Married Patricia Ann Percival, October 7, 1967. Children: John, Tom, Matt, Luke.

Father:

George A. Shors

Mother:

Catherine (Shaw) Shors

Spouse:

Patricia Ann Percival

child:

Tom Shors

child:

Luke Shors

child:

John Shors

child:

Matt Shors