Background
Shoff, Patricia A. was born in 1948 in Colby, Kansas, United States.
Shoff, Patricia A. was born in 1948 in Colby, Kansas, United States.
University of Iowa (Bachelor of Arts, 1970. Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1973).
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, 1973, Iowa.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Family Law and Labor and Employment Law, 1995-1996.
Author: "Tightening the Screws on Minor Assemblies Abroad: The Meaning of "Makes" Under the Patent Infringement Statute," 57 Iowa Law Review 889, 1972. Law Clerk to Honorary West.W. Reynoldson, Supreme Court of Iowa, 1973-1974.
Member, 1987-1995 and Vice Chair, 1992-1995, State of Iowa Board of Law Examiners. Member, Iowa Law School Foundation, 1992.
Member: Polk County (Member, Board of Directors, 1987, Treasurer, 1989-1992.
Vice President, 1992. President-Elect, 1993. President, 1994; Chairperson, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1986-1991) and Iowa State (Member, Board of Governors, 1995, Chairperson, Committee on Delivery of Legal Services to the Elderly, 1976-1979.
Member, 1987and Chairperson, 1991, Labor and Employment Law Section.
Member, Bar Review Committee, 1979-1984. Executive Council, 1981-1984 Young Lawyers Section.
Chairperson, Legal Aid Committee, 1981-1984. Member, Family Law Committee, 1978-1980.
Legal Education and Admission to Practice Committee, 1984) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Committee, 1982) 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, 1987-1995 and Vice Chair, 1992-1995, State of Iowa Board of Law Examiners. Member, Iowa Law School Foundation, 1992. Member: Polk County (Member, Board of Directors, 1987, Treasurer, 1989-1992.
Vice President, 1992.
President-Elect, 1993. President, 1994; Chairperson, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1986-1991) and Iowa State (Member, Board of Governors, 1995, Chairperson, Committee on Delivery of Legal Services to the Elderly, 1976-1979.
Member, 1987and Chairperson, 1991, Labor and Employment Law Section. Member, Bar Review Committee, 1979-1984.
Executive Council, 1981-1984 Young Lawyers Section.
Chairperson, Legal Aid Committee, 1981-1984. Member, Family Law Committee, 1978-1980. Legal Education and Admission to Practice Committee, 1984) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Committee, 1982) Bar Associations.