Attorney Profiles

Scott A. Sundstrom

Scott A. Sundstrom

700 Walnut, Suite 1600
Des Moines, IA 50309-3899
Phone: (515) 283-8174
Fax: (515) 283-3108
sasundstrom@nyemaster.com

Scott Sundstrom is a shareholder in the firm’s Governmental Affairs Department. In that capacity, Scott lobbies on behalf of a number of clients before the legislature, the Governor, and regulatory agencies. Although Scott has a broad and varied lobbying practice, he places particular emphasis on issues relating to economic development, taxation, insurance, and Iowa’s regulatory environment. Scott also assists clients with appellate matters before Iowa state and federal courts.
Scott regularly speaks before groups about current legislative and regulatory topics and the Iowa political environment.
Prior to joining Nyemaster Goode, Scott served as a law clerk to the Hon. Carlos Lucero, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and practiced at law firms in Denver, Colorado, and Palo Alto, California.
Scott received his law degree with honors from New York University School of Law, where he served as an Articles Editor on the NYU Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree with honors from Carleton College, where he was a member of an improvisational comedy troupe.

Publications

You've Got Mail! (And the Government Knows It): Applying the Fourth Amendment to Workplace E-mail Monitoring, 73 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 2064 (1998).

Associations & Affiliations

American Bar Association
Litigation Section
Iowa Bar Association
Polk County Bar Association
California Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association

Education

Carleton College (B.A., cum laude, 1995) 
New York University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1999)

Academic Achievements

Articles Editor, New York University Law Review, 1998-1999

Bar Admissions

California, 2000 (inactive)
Colorado, 2002 (inactive)
Iowa, 2004

Professional Experience

Law Clerk to Hon. Carlos F. Lucero, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2000-2001