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Lawrence P. McLellan Shareholder Sullivan & Ward, P.C. 6601 Westown Parkway, Suite 200 West Des Moines, IA 50266-7733  (515) 247-4715
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General Practice Areas
Trial Law including but not limited to: Business and Commercial Law, Construction Law, Employment Law, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Personal Injury and Utility Law.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Member, NASD Dispute Resolution, Board of Arbitrators Member, National Arbitration Forum, Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators Iowa Department of Education, Panel of Administrative Law Judges Board Certified Mediator by the American Academy of ADR Attorneys Member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of ADR Attorneys Past President of the American Academy of ADR Attorneys, 2008- 2009
Mediated and Arbitrated cases in the following areas: Attorney/Client Fee Disputes, Business and Commercial Law, Construction Law, Employment Law, Environmental Law, Family Law, Personal Injury, Securities and Toxic Torts.
Education
Drake University (B.A. History 1979; graduated summa cum laude, Member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society)
Drake University Law School (J.D. 1983 with honors)
Articles Editor for Drake Law Review 1982-83
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.M. in Dispute Resolution May, 2006
Bar Admissions
State of Iowa – 1983
U.S. District Courts – Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa – 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit – 1989
U.S. Supreme Court - 2003
U.S. Tax Court - 2007
U.S. District Court for Nebraska - 2008
Admitted pro hac vice in federal courts in Wisconsin, Missouri and Minnesota
Professional Organizations
Fellow, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers
American Bar Association
Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
Iowa State Bar Association
Environmental and Natural Resources Section; Chair, 1994-96
Litigation Section
Polk County Bar Association,
Member of the Attorney Fee Arbitration Committee 1987-present
American Association for Justice and Iowa Association for Justice
Defense Research Institute
Member of the Board of Counselors, Drake University School of Law, 2001-2007
C. Edwin Moore Inns of Court
Lincoln Inne
Honors
The Best Lawyers in America, 2006
The Best Lawyers in America, Environmental Law, 2008-2009
Midwest Super Lawyers, Environmental Law,
2009 Polk County Volunteer Lawyers Project Pro Bono Award, 2004
Iowa State Bar Association Pro Bono Award, 2004
Publications
McLellan, Lawrence P., Expanding The Use Of Collaborative Law: Consideration Of Its Use In A Legal Aid Program For Resolving Family Law Disputes, 2008 Journal of Dispute Resolution 465.
Note, Insurance Settlements: An Insured's Bad Faith, 31 Drake L. Rev. 877 (1982).
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Professor of Law, Drake University Law School, Arbitration Environmental Law
Appellate Decisions
Central Iowa Power Cooperative v. Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc., 561 F.3d 904 (8th Cir. 2009) (utility law dispute)
Ales v. Anderson, Gabelman, Lower & Whitlow, P.C., 728 N.W.2d 832 (Iowa 2007) (arbitration/covenant not to compete)
Iowa Network Services, Inc. v. Qwest Corp., 466 F.3d 1091 (8th Cir. 2006) (telecommunications dispute)
Iowa Network Services, Inc. v. Qwest Corp., 363 F.3d 683 (8th Cir. 2004) (telecommunications dispute)
Racing Ass'n of Central Iowa v. Fitzgerald, 675 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 2004) (tax)
Fitzgerald v. Racing Ass'n of Central Iowa, 539 U.S. 103, 123 S.Ct. 2156, 156 L.Ed.2d 97 (2003) (tax)
Crown Colony, Inc. v. Iowa Rural Water Ass'n Inc., 2002 WL 531512 (Iowa Ct. App. 2002) (real estate dispute)
Interstate Power Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America, 603 N.W.2d 751 (Iowa 1999) (insurance coverage)
Wright v. American Cyanamid, Co., 599 N.W.2d 688 (Iowa 1999) (products liability)
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. ACC Chemical Co., 538 N.W.2d 259 (Iowa 1995) (insurance coverage)
Johnson v. Dodgen, 451 N.W.2d 168 (Iowa 1990) (contract dispute)
Bettis v. Wayne Co. Mut. Ins. Co., 447 N.W.2d 569 (Iowa Ct. App. 1989) (insurance coverage)
Nichols v. Westfield Industries, Ltd., 380 N.W.2d 392 (Iowa 1985) (products liability)
Other Reported Decisions
Devon Distributing Corp. v. Miner, 525 F. Supp. 2d 1089 (S.D. Iowa 2007) (patent law)
Northeast Iowa Citizens for Clean Water v. Agriprocessors, Inc., 489 F.Supp.2d 881 (N.D. Iowa 2007) (environmental law/attorney fees)
Wright v. City of Las Vegas, Nevada, 395 F.Supp.2d 789 (S.D. Iowa 2005) (personal jurisdiction)
McNamara Holdings, L.C. v. Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Cooperative, 2004 WL 3105952 (N.D. Iowa 2004) (environmental law)
Home Depot USA, Inc. v. Stickle Enterprises, Ltd., 2003 WL 24054831 (Iowa Dist. 2003) (real estate dispute)
