Iowa Criminal Defense Attorney and Staff
The team at Stowers Law Firm in Des Moines, Iowa, is dedicated to providing skilled criminal defense to individuals facing federal and state charges as well as those seeking appeals of convictions or sentences. If you or a loved one has been arrested for, charged with or is under investigation for a crime, contact us today to schedule a consultation and put an experienced trial team on your side.
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Dean Stowers
Dean was born in Madison, Wisconsin on March 5, 1964. Dean grew up in northern Wisconsin where he attended high school at Rhinelander High School, the Home of the Hodag. After completing college at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and attending law school at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Dean studied for, took, and passed the Iowa bar exam, moved to Washington, D.C., and then studied for, took and passed the Pennsylvania bar exam in Philadelphia. From 1989-1990 Mr. Stowers worked in the Office of General Counsel as a counselor to the United States Sentencing Commission, the agency that promulgates the Federal Sentencing Guidelines used in federal sentencing.
In 1990 Dean returned to work in criminal defense at The Rosenberg Law Firm where he had clerked during law school and developed an interest in criminal defense. Over the next several years, Dean worked with and mentored under Raymond Rosenberg, Paul Rosenberg, and Dan Jacobi. Raymond Rosenberg, with whom Dean practiced until he retired in 2005, was widely regarded throughout the last quarter century of his career as the best criminal defense lawyer in Iowa. Paul Rosenberg, now in sole practice has achieved tremendous results in some very high profile cases. Dan Jacobi left private practice and is now General Counsel at Pioneer Hybrid. Mentoring is crucial to the development of a lawyer's skills and Dean remains grateful for all he learned in his formative years.
Dean has tried alone or participated in trying with others in dozens of criminal jury trials, including roughly half of those in federal court. Dean has secured not guilty verdicts in more than 70% of those trials, including one streak of four consecutive federal jury trial acquittals. Dean has tried some of the longest-running and most complex criminal jury trials in the history of Iowa federal courts.
Although Dean greatly enjoys jury trials, he is also a believer in the value of effective pretrial motions, including motions to suppress unlawfully obtained evidence. For every favorable jury verdict that Dean has secured for his clients, there are many more cases dismissed or disposed of quietly as a result of successful pretrial motions and advocacy.
Dean is a fighter who stands by his clients against some of the longest odds, including through appellate review. Dean takes pride in handling appeals from his own unsuccessful trial or sentencing outcomes and has attained numerous reversals in noteworthy and precedent-setting cases.
Dean is known as an aggressive, outspoken, and highly-effective advocate who shows up prepared and ready to achieve the very best possible outcome for his clients. Dean has developed techniques for case organization and preparation not known to be employed by other attorneys. These methods give Dean the organizational and informational edge to know a case better than anyone else involved.
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Dean Stowers
Nicholas A. Sarcone
Nicholas A. Sarcone
Nick was born and raised on Des Moines' south side and graduated from Dowling Catholic High School in 2000. In 2004, Nick graduated Magna Cum Laude from Saint Louis University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in History. While Nick attended the University of Iowa Law School, he clerked at the Federal Public Defender's Offices for the Northern District of California and for the Southern District of Iowa. Nick graduated from the University of Iowa School of Law in May 2007.
In the summer of 2007 Nick moved to Florida, took the Florida Bar Exam and became employed at the Hillsborough County Public Defender's Office in Tampa from August 2007 to October 2008 as a general trial attorney. Nick successfully defended a number of defendants through trial during his time in this position. In October 2008 Nick decided to return to his hometown, was admitted to the Iowa bar, and joined a private law firm where he was in general practice with an emphasis on criminal defense. Nick remains licensed to practice in both Florida and Iowa. Nick joined the Stowers Law Firm in April 2010.
Nick is a zealous, skilled advocate committed to representing clients skillfully and professionally to achieve the very best outcomes for them.
Amy L. Nauman
Amy was born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa. In 1999, Amy came to Des Moines to attend AIB College of Business. From 1999-2002, Amy studied in the court reporting program. In August 2003, Amy graduated with an Associate of Business Degree as a Legal Administrative Assistant. While attending AIB College of Business, Amy was recognized as a Presidential Scholar and was also on the College's Honor Roll and Dean's List for her academic achievements.
While Amy attended AIB College of Business, she was employed as a legal assistant at the law firm of Kalinoski & Chaplinsky from 2001-2003.
Upon graduation in 2003, Amy began working as a legal assistant for Dean Stowers.
Amy has a combined total of 8 years experience as a legal assistant. She has experience in trial support in civil and criminal litigation, transcription, organizing and summarizing discovery materials and preparing legal documents. As a legal assistant, Amy has become highly skilled at complex case organization, including the use of case management software and techniques. Amy has employed her talents to the benefit of many clients in particularly complex and difficult cases all the way through attending trial as part of a trial team. Amy is devoted to her career in assisting the attorneys in providing the best outcome for our clients.
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