Iowa Academy of Trust and Estate Counsel

Welcome to IOWA TEC
THE IOWA ACADEMY OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL
Trust And Estate Attorneys Working Together to Serve the Profession and the Clients we Serve Since 2012
Membership in the Iowa Academy of Trust and Estate Counsel is limited to 250 attorneys statewide and offered by invitation from our Board of Directors. Each member devotes a significant portion of their professional life to trust and estate matters, and demonstrates a commitment to improving and using high-quality practice methods.
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Iowa TEC
Mission Statement
The Iowa Academy of Trust and Estate Counsel is an Iowa non-profit corporation with applied for IRC 501(c)(6) status.
We seek to foster cooperation and collective discussions among trust and estate attorneys, trust officers, law professors, and other interested professionals in Iowa concerning estate and business succession. The Academy further seeks to educate and support legislative efforts and initiatives for facilitating effective transmission of wealth and values by Iowa families.
News and Blog
The Latest Trust & Estate Law Insights
Stay informed with the latest news and expert analysis from Iowa’s top legal minds.
Never the Oppressed Minority in Iowa
David M. Repp, Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Des Moines, IA The Iowa Supreme Court has championed the cause of minorities on more than one occasion: slavery in In Re the Matter of Ralph (1839), allowing women the right to practice law (Arabella Mansfield – 1869), gay marriage in Varnum v. Brien (2009). Perhaps no one should be surprised by the Iowa […]
Never the Oppressed Minority in Iowa
Rowan Atkinson Would Condemn this Mr. Bean
STATE OF IOWA V. RODNEY LEE BEAN AFFIRMS NEED FOR OVERSIGHT OF A REPRESENTATIVE UNDER POWER OF ATTORNEY SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 Margaret Van Houten, Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. A recent criminal case, State of Iowa v. Rodney Lee Bean, Court of Appeals of Iowa, No. 3-494/11-1828 (September 5, 2013), shows us how elderly individuals can […]