The Annual Bench & Bar Golf Outing to benefit the PCBA Volunteer Lawyers Project will be held on Friday, June 7, at the Bright Grandview Golf Course in Des Moines. Register by April 30 and pay the early bird discounted rate of only $115 per person, which includes green fees,...
Please consider supporting our winning Law Day students by becoming a sponsor. This year’s Law Day Celebration will be held at the Iowa Supreme Court on May 1. Your generous donations will enable us to provide resources, prizes, and educational opportunities for the participating students, ensuring that Law Day 2024...
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case State of Iowa v. Faron Alan Starr during a special evening session in Des Moines, Monday, February 19, at 7:00 p.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom on the fourth floor of the Judicial Branch Building, 1111 East Court Avenue....
Each year attorneys in Polk County donate thousands of hours of pro bono legal service to low -income members of our community. It is with gratitude that the PCBA recognizes attorneys who accepted a referral from July 1, 2022, through August 31, 2023. See a listing of the PCBA Volunteer...
by Arthur E. Gamble, Chief Judge of the Fifth Judicial District of Iowa On behalf of the Fifth Judicial District, let me take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the Polk County Bar Association for your support of the exciting building projects for justice in Polk County. They will...
The featured speaker at the April 14 PCBA luncheon was The Des Moines Register’s Grant Rodgers. Mr. Rodgers works as a journalist for the publication focusing on media coverage of the courtroom. Mr. Rodgers first discussed his process in selecting cases through understanding his readership and ensuring engagement with his...
The American Bar Association designated October as Pro Bono month. The Polk County Bar Association initiated a number of activities to help celebrate including: Encouraging Polk County attorneys to take on volunteer cases, asking the Iowa Supreme Court to recognize volunteers, recognizing attorneys in the 5th Judicial District who have...
We are fighting an uphill battle to secure adequate funding for Iowa’s court system. To avoid more layoffs and more courthouse closings, the Legislature must accept the $164 million budget requested by Chief Justice Cady and recommended by Governor Branstad. Keep in mind, the Governor’s budget is not only balanced,...
By Evelyn Ocheltree, Senior Staff Attorney at Iowa Legal Aid and serves on the Child Support Advisory Committee. In 2015 SF 500 amended portions of the Iowa child support law. The major change makes it easier to suspend child support under 252B.20. For several years it has been possible to...
