Attorney Profiles

Mark D. Aljets

Mark D. Aljets

700 Walnut, Suite 1600
Des Moines, IA 50309-3899
Phone: (515) 283-3124
Fax: (515) 283-3108
mda@nyemaster.com

Mark Aljets is a member of the firm's Litigation Department and practices in the areas of product liability litigation, personal injury, and complex tort defense.
Mark is a member of the Iowa Defense Counsel Association, Product Liability Subcommittee, a past Master of the C. Edwin Moore Inn of Court, and served as a Grievance Commission Member for the Iowa Supreme Court from 1997-2005.

Significant Cases

Rigby Produce Co. v. Intermountain Gas Co., No. CV 00 818 (Idaho Dist. Ct.). Lead counsel in defense of product liability litigation.
Olmsted v. Per Mar, Inc., No. LACV45939 (Iowa Dist. Ct.). Lead counsel in defense of product liability litigation.
Lawrence v. B & E Constr., Inc., No. LACV022221 (Iowa Dist. Ct.). Co-counsel in defense of product liability litigation.
Schaumburg v. B & E Constr., Inc., No. LACV022220 (Iowa Dist. Ct.). Co-counsel in defense of product liability litigation.
Deere & Co., Inc. v. Petersen Props., L.C., No. 100203 (Iowa Dist. Ct.). Iowa counsel in defense of product liability litigation.
Estate of Heck v. Parker, No. LACV 128734 (Iowa Dist. Ct.). Co-counsel in defense of product liability litigation.
Croghan v. Parker, No. LACV 132361 (Iowa Dist. Ct.). Co-counsel in defense of product liability litigation.
Ploen v. Parker, No. LACV 129256 (Iowa Dist. Ct.). Co-counsel in defense of product liability litigation.
Tweedle v. Columbia Propane, L.P., No. 198CC4282 (Mo. Cir. Ct.). Co-counsel in defense of product liability litigation.

Special Recognition

Past Master, C. Edwin Moore Inn of Court

Martindale-Hubbell Rating

AV®

Education

Iowa State University (B.S., 1979)
Drake University (J.D., 1983)

Bar Admissions

Iowa, 1983
Admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Iowa and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Admitted pro hac vice in numerous other state and federal courts.

Associations & Affiliations

American Bar Association
Member, Litigation Section
Iowa State Bar Association
Polk County Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Iowa Defense Counsel Association
Member, Product Liability Committee
Grievance Commission Member, Supreme Court of Iowa, 1997-2005
American Inns of Court