Family Law

• Divorce
• Adoption
• Premarital Agreement
• Guardianship
  Sarah C. Barr is an Associate Attorney whose practice focuses on estate planning and estate administration (including the preparation of wills and trusts as well as probate and trust administration), guardianship and conservatorship matters, and business matters.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Cedar Rapids, Iowa (September 7, 2022) – The law firm of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll is pleased to announce that Mike Young has joined our team of attorneys. Mike practices primarily in business and corporate law and represents individual, business, and nonprofit clients in various matters. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas Christian University in 1998 and his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2001.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Historically, the firm provided tax, estate, transactional, commercial and litigation services. Like our DNA, S&I continues to provide legal services in those areas. Presently, our services are divided between Litigation, Business, Intellectual Property and Family Law practice areas. Those groups are further divided into areas that focus on particular legal specialties and client market areas including: Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy, Construction, Education, Healthcare, Human Resources, Mediation & Arbitration, Media & Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Environmental & Natural Resources, Real Estate, Securities & Equity Finance, Start-up & Innovators, and Wealth Management. Judge Hubbard and his partners helped pioneer the legal system, political divisions, and commercial infrastructure in Iowa.
• Business Formation
  Jared S. Adam is an Associate Attorney whose practice focuses primarily on mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Jared’s practice also includes business law more generally, including counseling clients on corporate governance matters and assisting clients with service agreements, standard terms and conditions of sale, business formation and restructuring, equity finance, regulatory compliance and negotiating commercial real estate leases.
• Business Disputes
  Prior to joining Shuttleworth, Mike worked at a law firm in Waterloo, Iowa, where he counseled individuals, businesses, and entities throughout the Midwest. Mike has served as lead counsel for numerous business mergers & acquisitions and is a welcome addition to our business law team. “I am thrilled to become a part of the Shuttleworth team; it is an honor to join such an exceptional group of professionals. I am particularly excited to help Shuttleworth build on its tradition of providing exceptional service and value to its clients and communities as it expands into Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and Northeast Iowa.”
• Business Transactions
  The firm represents 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. The firm cultivates among its attorneys an aggressive, innovative and practical approach to business consulting and problem solving for clients. Our attorneys utilize specialization and separation of practice areas in order to deliver the highest quality legal services. Our business section is further divided into the practice areas listed below in order to emphasize specialization and efficiency.
• Construction Contracts
  Kevin has written and spoken extensively on the laws that govern construction disputes, including: Construction Contract Law; AIA Contracts; Implied Warranties in Construction Contracts; Economic Loss Doctrine; The Standard of Care for Design Professionals; and Construction Accidents. He is the author of the Iowa Chapter of
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  The firm has the capability and resources, including state-of-the-art computer technology, to handle complex and sophisticated litigation, through document management, discovery and trial. Our trial attorneys benefit from the diversity of knowledge of attorneys in the business law and intellectual property law practice areas, and from a team of professional legal assistants
• Unfair Competition

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  Digital events, flexible to meet the everchanging needs of your business. Webinars will cover the hottest topics in our society to include workers compensation, wage/hour, marijuana/drug issues, performance management, ADA, FMLA, and other workplace issues that may arise.
• Employment Contract
• 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.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Laurie L. Dawley is an Attorney and Senior Vice President at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll. Her work focuses on business law, banking and finance law, real estate law, and mergers and acquisitions. She serves on the Firm’s board of directors and is the past chair of the Firm’s business practice group and associate/recruiting committee.
• Construction Litigation
  Kevin J. Caster is an Attorney and Senior Vice President with Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C. Kevin’s law practice focuses on commercial litigation, and particularly in construction litigation.
• Real Estate Transactions
  We successfully negotiate and represent our clients in all phases of real estate transactions, from the initial financing to construction...
• Easement

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Jace T. Bisgard is an Attorney and Senior Vice President with Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C. His work focuses primarily in two distinct areas. The first area is litigation, where he is involved primarily in the areas of personal injury and insurance defense. Jace also does frequent work as a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney.
• Medical Malpractice
  Ross Andrews is an Associate Attorney whose practice focuses on medical malpractice, long term care litigation, and civil litigation. He is a 2014 graduate of the University of Michigan where he studied political science and a recent graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law. While attending law school, Ross served as a member of the Iowa Law Review and worked as a Research Assistant for Professor Todd Pettys.
• Disability Discrimination
  Davis presented on age and disability discrimination in the area of employment law. Her presentation focused on the recent case of

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  The firm represents a diverse range of individual and family related legal issues. From adoption to divorce cases, to estate planning, wills and trusts, Shuttleworth’s 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. As champions for our clients, our attorneys work tirelessly to make sure that matters which are most dear to you are always handled with thought, care, and dignity. Life is not black and white, but we can help bring clarity and simplicity to the legal decisions that impact you and your family the most.
• Wills
• Trusts
• Probate

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
  Laurie has represented numerous individuals, banks and financial institutions, agricultural and commercial real estate owners and developers, nonprofit corporations, and closely-held businesses and their owners. She has experience conducting farmland auctions and managing large foreclosure actions involving numerous residential and commercial propertie
• Tax Law
  Our tax attorneys regularly assist individual and family clients with tax planning and filing for state and federal taxes.