Attorney Profiles

Kathleen K. Law

Kathleen K. Law

700 Walnut, Suite 1600
Des Moines, IA 50309-3899
Phone: (515) 283-3116
Fax: (515) 283-3108
kklaw@nyemaster.com

Kathleen Law is a member of the firm’s Business, Finance, and Real Estate Department and practices in the area of real estate law. She received a B.A. degree with honors in Business from William Penn University. Kathleen graduated Order of the Coif from Drake University Law School and was named Outstanding Graduating Senior by the Iowa State Bar Association. 
Kathleen has represented wind energy developers on project site acquisition, negotiating and preparing agreements with landowners, zoning, and other permitting and title matters for more than 400MW generating capacity that is now in service or under construction, as well as several hundred megawatts in earlier stages of development. She also works with others in the firm’s wind energy group on project finance and asset sales of developed sites and sale of project companies.
Kathleen served on the Business Law Section council (2007-2008) and currently serves on the Real Estate Section council of the Iowa State Bar Association. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Des Moines Chapter of the I Have a Dream Foundation. She is a graduate of the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute. Kathleen is one of six attorneys in the nation selected for the ABA RPTE Fellows Class of 2008-2010.

Significant Transactions

Alternative Energy Developers – Property acquisition, zoning and economic incentives for five 100,000,000 gallon ethanol plants.
Several Wind Energy Project Developers – Acquisition of land rights and zoning for approximately 400MW of constructed and operating wind energy project in the Midwest and several hundred megawatts under construction or in development pipeline.

Bar Admissions

Iowa, 2005

Associations & Affiliations

Board of Directors, Iowa Wind Energy Association
American Bar Association
RPTE Fellows Class of 2008-2010
Iowa State Bar Association
Young Lawyers Division Bar Review School Committee
Public Relations Committee
Business Law Section Council, 2007-2008
Real Estate Section Council, appointed 2008
Title Standard Committee, 2008-present
Real Property Committee, 2008-present
Young Lawyers Division Professional Development Committee (co-chair)
Legal Forms Committee, appointed 2007
Annual Meeting Committee, appointed 2007
CLE Committee, appointed 2008
Polk County Bar Association
Board of Directors, elected 2008
Law Day Committee (co-chair)
Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys
Newsletter Chair, 2006-2008
Polk County Women Attorneys
Communications Chair, 2008
Basket Auction Committee, 2006

Publications

Wind Power: Developing Real Property for a Wind Project, ABA Probate & Property, Vol. 23, No. 4 (July/August 2009).
Practice Areas
Special Recognition

Member, American Bar Association RPTE Fellows Class of 2008-2010 (one of six young attorneys in the nation selected)
Graduating Senior Award, Iowa State Bar Association, 2005

Education

William Penn University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002) 
Drake Law School (J.D., with highest honors, 2005)

Academic Achievements

Order of the Coif
Associate Editor, Drake Law Review, 2004-2005
Drake Moot Court Board, 2004-2005
Dean’s List Drake Law School, 2002-2005
Top “A”: Civil Procedure II & Contracts II, Spring 2003; Federal Income Tax & Wills & Trusts, Summer 2003; Children and the Law, Spring 2004
David Brown Scholarship Recipient, 2004
Drake Law Alumni Scholarship Recipient, 2004
Robert D. Blue Scholarship Recipient, 2002

Professional Experience

Adjunct Professor, Grand View College, Des Moines, Iowa
Legislative Intern, Iowa Legislature, 2004
Academic Research Assistant, Professor A. Charlow, 2003-2004
Academic Success Program Tutor, Drake Law School, 2003
Criminal Law & Contracts II Tutor, Drake Law School, 2003-2004
Scranton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Scranton, Iowa, 1999-2002
Kathy’s Kreations, Churdan, Iowa, 1983-1999

Community Involvement

Board of Directors, I Have a Dream Foundation
Assistant Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America
Mexico mission trip leader, 1999
Los Angeles mission trip leader, 2002
President and Secretary, CASH Investment Club
President, Churdan Business Club
Stewardship Committee, Trinity Lutheran Church
Board Advisory Committee, Paton-Churdan Schools 
Board Member, Paton-Churdan Schools Booster Club
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute, 2006-2007
Social Committee, Waterbury Neighborhood Association