Patricia Ann Shoff

Background

Shoff, Patricia Ann was born on September 27, 1948 in Colby, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Clarence O. and Clara C. (Ortbal) Shoff.

Education

Bachelor with honors, U. Iowa, 1970; Juris Doctor with distinction, U. Iowa, 1973.

Career

Law clerk, Supreme Court of the Iowa, Des Moines, 1973-1974; associate, Thoma Schoenthal Davis, Hockenberg & Wine, Des Moines, 1974-1979; partner, shareholder, Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, Professional Corporation, Des Moines, since 1979. Vice chair board law examiners Iowa Supreme Court, 1991-1995.

Achievements

• Patricia Ann Shoff has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary board directors Iowa's Children and Families, 1980-1991, vice president 1981-1982, president 1982-1983, Very Special Arts Iowa, 1988-1993, secretary 1990, chair personnel committee, 1990-1992, president 1992, chair resource development committee since 1992. Member Governor's Committee Child Abuse Prevention, 1982-1992, chair 1987-1992. Co-chair fundraising committee Hospice of Control Iowa, 1983-1985.

Public relations committee member St. Augustin's Church, 1986-1987. Executive Board Mid-Iowa Council Boy Scouts American, since 1988, nominating committee, 1989-1991, Homestead board directors, 1993, president-elect,1994, president, 1995. Member American Bar Association (family law section, labor, employment law section), American Association of University Women (juvenile justice committee 1974-1976), Iowa Law School Foundation (board directors since 1992), Iowa State Bar Association (young lawyers section, family law committee 1979-1981, membership committee 1979-1981, chair legal aid committee 1981-1985, labor and employment law committee 1991-1992, Board of Governors 1995-others), Iowa Supreme Court Board Law Examiners (vice-chair 1991-1995), Polk County Bar Association (treasurer 1989-1992, vice president 1992-1993, president elect 1993, president 1994, Merit award 1990), Womens Federation Lawyers, Greater Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Federation (board directors 1984-1985, bureau economics development committee since 1985, executive call committee since 1985), Polk County Women Attorneys, Iowa Organisation Women Attorneys, Greater Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Leadership Institute (president of the board Governors 1984-1985, alumni organization since 1984), Junior League (advisory planning 1983-1984, placement advisor 1986-1987, grants committee 1988), Phi Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Thomas E. Salsbery, October 6, 1979. Children: Emily Anne, Edward Philip.

Father:

Clarence O. Shoff

Mother:

Clara C. (Ortbal) Shoff

Spouse:

Thomas E. Salsbery

child:

Emily Anne Shoff

child:

Edward Philip Shoff