Family Law

• Divorce
  Whether you need to take your case to trial or prefer to resolve the matter through alternative dispute resolution, we can develop a strategy to match your needs and preferences. We are experienced in trials, appeals, mediation, settlement conferences, and collaborative divorces.
• Child Custody and Visitation
  Our family law attorneys have vast experience assisting clients with child custody disputes. We work with our clients to understand their goals as a parent and for the well-being of their child or children.
• Adoption
• Premarital Agreement
  Our family law attorneys have experience working with soon-to-be wed couples to establish a premarital agreement recognized by the state of Iowa in the event of the unexpected after marriage.
• Guardianship
  Our family law attorneys assist clients in negotiating premarital/antenuptial agreements, dissolution of marriage proceedings (divorce), modifications of divorce, and child custody decrees. Our attorneys also have extensive experience in juvenile court and can assist with adoptions, termination of parental rights cases, guardianships, and child-in-need-of-assistance cases. We will work with you to meet your child custody and financial goals.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Our experienced bullpen of appellate attorneys work closely with our litigation teams to craft the best possible case for our clients. This includes drafting and arguing motions at the trial court, assisting with trial preparation, researching and analyzing discrete legal questions, and handling appeals. The only appeals we do not handle are criminal appeals.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  We have significant angel, venture capital and private equity experience for both investors and issuing companies and are a leader in structuring all aspects of financing, including voting agreements, shareholder agreements, registration rights agreements and charters.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  We understand the business challenges that come with mergers and acquisitions. The attorneys in our mergers & acquisitions practice area represent a wide array of clients in sales and acquisitions of businesses, including asset sales and purchases of entire companies or operating divisions, stock sales and acquisitions, management buyouts, mergers, recapitalizations, and tax deferred reorganizations.
• Business Formation
  Our attorneys bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise in several areas of law that are important in this evolving area including: commercial contracts, licensing agreements, rights of publicity, business formation, tax, employment and independent contractor matters, intellectual property, investigations, and commercial litigation.
• Business Disputes
  Our practice includes the negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements, arbitration of contract disputes and representation of clients with respect to unfair labor practice charges. When needed, the firm represents clients in administrative proceedings and federal or state lawsuits.
• Business Transactions
  We proudly represent business clients in all stages of development, from start-up ventures to large publicly traded corporations, each with respect to a wide range of business transactions and relationships.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Attention must be given to retirement plan accounts, life insurance, and other assets with beneficiary designations. Sometimes limited liability companies, life insurance trusts, and other types of trusts help save or eliminate taxes.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  Our intellectual property law attorneys have extensive experience in all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  Digital events, flexible to meet the ever-changing needs of your business. Webinars will cover the hottest topics in our society, including workers compensation, wage/hour, marijuana/drug issues, performance management, ADA, FMLA, and other workplace issues that may arise.
• Wrongful Termination
  A significant portion of our practice is spent representing employers in the defense of work-related claims asserted by employees. These cases include age and sex discrimination charges, sexual harassment claims, wrongful discharge claims, unemployment compensation claims, workers’ compensation claims, claims for employee benefits, breach of contract claims, and claims involving alleged violations of non-compete and trade secret covenants. The labor and employment law practice area also represents employees seeking to protect their rights.
• Employment Discrimination
  Our attorneys work with employers to develop employment practices and policies that comply with the numerous federal, state and local employment related statutes, such as the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA), Health Care Reform Act, and Title VII and other civil rights statutes.
• Employment Litigation
  The intellectual property law attorneys at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll have extensive experience in all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. Experience in these areas of intellectual property includes counseling, licensing, and litigation, as well as providing opinions on validity and infringement, transactional due diligence, and employment issues.
• Severance Agreement
• Sexual Harassment

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Our attorneys in the real estate law practice area represent residential and commercial real estate developers, residential and commercial landlords and tenants, farmers, real estate brokers, property managers, and various mortgage lenders.
• Construction Litigation
  By providing specialized construction law lawyers, we can deliver greater predictability to design and construction clients. The design and construction of buildings is governed by complex contracts, multiple jurisdictions, overlapping laws, voluminous regulations, and inconsistent case law. Additionally, those who provide design and construction services often have legal needs that cross many different disciplines.
• Real Estate Transactions
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Rick was an attorney at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll for 46 years. His practice focused on litigation, primarily in the areas of personal injury, products liability, commercial litigation, construction law, and agribusiness. Rick retired from the firm in 2020.
• Medical Malpractice
  Our attorneys in the medical malpractice defense group regularly defend hospitals, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals throughout Iowa when they are facing a malpractice claim.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Shuttleworth & Ingersoll provides a vast array of charitable gift planning to nonprofit organizations, foundations, and the individuals and institutions who support their mission. Our attorneys possess extensive experience and have a rich understanding of the gift planning process and the issues that arise during the lifetime of a charitable gift. More than just a simple donation, when considering planned giving, consulting with an estate planning attorney will help you optimize the benefit and effect of your gift.
• Wills
  We represent a diverse range of individual and family related legal issues. From adoption to divorce cases, to estate planning, wills and trusts, our team of attorneys are here for you every step of the way. With a hyper-individualized approach uniquely specific to every clients’ need, our individual & family law attorneys pull from their extensive experience and offer a practical approach to moving forward.
• Trusts
  We offer a coordinated approach to dealing with the complexities of planning for the transfer of estate wealth to younger family members and the transfer of business interests to key employees and/or family members. We have many years of experience and expertise in income taxation, accounting, qualified plan and IRA distributions, estate and gift taxation, estate and trust administration, and other aspects of business law. Our services are delivered timely and with sensitivity to the potential for conflict among estate beneficiaries.
• Power of Attorney
  The Shuttleworth & Ingersoll estate planning attorneys represent clients with wide-ranging estate, tax, and business succession planning needs. Aggressive, innovative and practical approaches to client problems are standard. Estate planning is so much more than preparing a will. Often good planning uses a revocable living trust instead of a traditional will. Advance medical directives and power of attorney documents are important elements of good estate plans.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Our bankruptcy practice area attorneys represent creditors in bankruptcy matters around the country. Our lawyers have substantial experience in all aspects of bankruptcy matters, including Chapter 7 liquidations, Chapter 11 reorganizations, Chapter 12 agricultural reorganizations, and Chapter 13 proceedings. We regularly advise clients, primarily creditors, in both routine and complex matters.
• Foreclosure
  We counsel clients with respect to organization and structure of the institution, regulatory compliance, letters of credit, leasing arrangements, loan transactions, participations, loan collections, foreclosure, collection replevin, receivership and related matters. We also advise financial institutions on a range of other legal issues, including securities, taxation, employment, environmental, public finance, benefits, real estate, intellectual property and trade regulation.
• Tax Law
  Our experienced team is ready to provide comprehensive tax planning, preparation, and compliance services to individuals and businesses in all areas of taxation, including individual, partnership and corporate income tax, gift and estate taxes, employment and payroll taxes, sales, use and excise taxes, and property taxes.