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Stowers Law Firm
West Glen Town Center
The Hub Building, Suite 130
650 South Prairie View Drive
West Des Moines, IA 50266
Telephone: 1-866-959-1190
Fax: 515-225-6215

About Our Des Moines Criminal Defense Lawyer

Dean Stowers

West Des Moines, Iowa
Sole Practitioner

Phone: 1-866-959-1190
Fax: (515) 225-6215
Email: Contact Me

Areas of Practice

  • State and Federal Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Criminal Defense
  • Trials
  • Appeals

Bar Admissions

  • Iowa, 1989
  • Pennsylvania, 1989
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 1990
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 1990
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2007
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1990
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1995

Education

  • Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa, 1989
    J.D.
    Law Review: Drake Law Review, Member, 1988 - 1989

  • University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 1986
    B.S.

Published Works

  • Juror Bias Undiscovered During Voir Dire, 29 Drake L. Rev. 201, 1990
  • Casenote, 38 Drake L. Rev. 961, 1989

Representative Cases

  • U.S. v. Cornelius, 968 F.2d 703 (8th Cir. 1992)
  • Ginsberg v. D.O.T., 508 N.W.2d 663 (Iowa 1993)
  • Huyser v. Iowa District Court, 499 N.W. 2d 1 (Iowa 1993)
  • U.S. v. Cornelius, 999 F.2d 1293 (8th Cir. 1993)
  • U.S. v. O'Conner, 64 F.3d 355 (8th Cir. 1995)
  • U.S. v. Halter, 217 F.3d 551 (8th Cir. 2000)
  • State v. Hager, 630 N.W.2d 828 (Iowa 2001)
  • U.S. v. Moyer, 244 F.3d 666 (8th Cir. 2001)
  • U.S. v. Cruz, 285 F .3d 692 (8th Circuit 2002)
  • State v. Esse, WL2367779 (Iowa App. 2005)

Honors and Awards

  • Listed "The Best Lawyers in America."
  • Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
  • Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating- AV
  • Listed "Top 100 Trial Lawyers"
  • Listed "Great Plains Super Lawyers"

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Iowa State Bar Association
    Member

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
    Member

  • American Bar Association, 1990 - Present

  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

  • American Association for Justice

  • Iowa Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

  • Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

Past Employment Positions

  • Rosenberg, Stowers & Morse, Partner, 1990 - 2008
  • Office of General Counsel, U.S. Sentencing Commission, Attorney, 1989 - 1990

Birth Information

  • March 5, 1964, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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