Family Law

• Adoption
  At the law offices of Pappajohn, Shriver, Eide & Nielsen P.C. we have been serving clients from our office in Mason City, Iowa for over four decades. Our attorneys have a wide range of experience with state and federal courts and agencies throughout Iowa which can help you resolve your case. Our attorneys are ready and able to assist you in various types of law including, but not limited to: adoption law, appellate practice, banking, bankruptcy, business law, civil rights and discrimination law, commercial law, construction contracts, corporate law, elder law, employment law, estate planning, family law, insurance law, personal injury, real estate, taxation, trial law, trusts and estates, wills and probate, and worker’s compensation law.

Criminal Law

• Juvenile Crimes

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Business Disputes
• Construction Contracts

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  (Member) Born Fort Dodge, Iowa, November 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Iowa; 1984, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa. Education: Iowa State University (B.S.E., 1979); University of Iowa (J.D., with distinction, 1982). Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Donald E. O’Brien, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, 1982-1984. Member: Cerro Gordo County, Iowa State (member, Sections on: Litigation and Workers’ Compensation; Member, Federal Practice Committee, 1987-1993) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation – Federal and State; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Insura

Property Law

• Construction Litigation

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  (Member) Born Iowa City, Iowa, September 7, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Iowa; 1970, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., 1966; J.D., 1968). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Cerro Gordo County (President, 1987), Iowa State and American Bar Associations; Iowa Trial Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Litigation; Employment Law.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Born Mason City, Iowa, January 2, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Iowa. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., 1994; J.D., with distinction, 1997). Member: Cerro Gordo County and Iowa State Bar Associations. Member: Commission on Continuing Legal Education 2006-present. Practice Areas: Real Estate, Trusts and Estates, Estate Planning, Corporate/Business Planning, Employment Law, and Transactional Law.
• Wills
• Trusts
  Born Humboldt, Iowa, May 28, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Iowa; 1999 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A. with honors and high distinction, 1996; J.D., with distinction, 1999). Member, 1997-1999 and Note and Comment Editor, 1998-1999, Journal of Corporation Law. Certified Public Accountant, Iowa, 1999. Member: Cerro Gordo County (Secretary, 2000; Treasurer, 2002), District 2A (Treasurer, 2010 – present), and Iowa State (Member; Sections on: Business Law and Taxation; Executive Council, Young Lawyer’s Division, 2002 – 2005). Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Trusts and Estates, Estate Administration, Elder Law, Taxation, Corporations, Business Planning, Real Estate, Transactional Law, Adoption, Juvenile Law, and Family Law.
• Probate
  We specialize in the areas including, but not limited to, general practice, trials and appeals, civil and constitutional rights, corporations, commercial, construction law, employment law, family law, insurance defense, banking, personal injury, real estate, estate planning, bankruptcy, taxation, and probate law.

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  (Member) Born Mason City, Iowa, November 27, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Iowa; 1978, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa; 1985, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., with high distinction, 1973; J.D., with distinction, 1976). Certified Public Accountant, Iowa, 1974. Bankruptcy Trustee, 1982?Present. President, Cerro Gordo Estate Planning Council, 1981-1982. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy Law, 2000-2005. Member: Cerro Gordo County (President, 2002), Iowa State (Member, Sections on: Taxation, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law and Law Practice Management) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Planning; Taxation; Bankruptcy; Probate; Estate Planning; Real Estate.
• Tax Law