Law Firm Profile
Attorneys
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more about our attorneys:
Franklin
J. Feilmeyer
Victoria
A. Feilmeyer
Christine
R. Keenan
Carin
M. Forbes
Aaron
S. Fultz
Location
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page for maps and directions.
Practice Areas
The law firm and its
attorneys are a general practice, including, but not limited to:
administrative
law, adoption law, agricultural law, appellate practice, banking law,
bankruptcy, business law, commercial law, construction law, contracts,
corporate law, criminal law, debtor and creditor, employment law,
family law, government, government contracts,
litigation, municipal law, real estate, taxation, tax returns, trial
law, wills, trusts, estate planning and probate law, zoning, planning
and land use. With respect to our real estate practice,
we offer real estate
and mortgage
loan closing and settlement agent services.
History and Philosphy
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Read the 1937 news item
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Marion
“Skeeter” Hirschburg and Don Reynolds formed the
firm in 1937. Hirschburg and Reynolds concentrated their practice on
tax, business, estate planning, and probate law. One of the firm's most
notable cases was its defense of the State of Iowa's county treasurers
in Chicago & N.
W. R. Co. v. Iowa State Tax Comm.,
257 Iowa 1359, 137 N.W.2d 246 (1965). Other significant
reported decisions include H.
L. Munn Lumber Co. v. City of
Ames, 176 N.W.2d 813 (Iowa 1970); Wright v. Town of Huxley,
249 N.W.2d 672 (Iowa 1978); Knight
v. Iowa Dist. Court, 269 N.W.2d 430
(Iowa 1978).
The firm's
philosophy
over all of our
history
has been simply to provide the best
quality legal services with
attention to details and with personal attention to the client. We
still see the practice of law as a professional calling, and not as a
mere occupation. Our attorneys give personal attention to each matter
that our clients bring to us.
The firm
originally
operated from a second story office
on Main Street. The firm has continuously operated in Ames and Story
County since that time. The firm relocated to and has remained at 618
Douglas Avenue in Ames since 1968.
We are a leader
in
using technology to bring efficient services to our clients. When other
lawyers were still trying to find the "on" switch, Don Smith had a
computer on his desk. It did not just serve as a paperweight or a door
stop. It was a good decision then to put production tools in the
lawyers' offices, and the firm has never looked back.
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Past members of the
firm include:
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Marion
“Skeeter” Hirschburg (deceased)
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Don Reynolds
(deceased)
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Rex Gilchrist
(deceased)
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John E. Nutty
(1925-2006) — practiced with the firm from 1953 to 1992
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Donald L. Smith
— practiced with the firm from 1962 to 1996
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Dale E. Sharp
— practiced with the firm from
1972 to 2005
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Dale E. Ruigh
— practiced with the firm from 1974 to 1981; appointed Iowa
district court judge in 1981
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Lawrence
E. Jahn — practiced with the firm from 1982 to
2005; appointed Iowa district associate court judge in 2005
Staff
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