William R. Stiles

Jurisdictions

Admitted to practice in the following states:

• Iowa

Admitted to practice before the following federal courts:

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Reported Cases and Representative Matters

Reported Cases

• Deerfield Retirement Community, Inc. v. Board of Review of Polk County 771 N.W.2d 652 (Iowa Ct. App. 2009)
• Hy-Vee v. Dallas County Bd. of Review, IA Ct of Appeals, no. 13-1377, October 1, 2014

Other Representative Matters

• Used defeasance procedure to avoid pre-payment preclusion on the sale of bond and government financed commercial properties.
• Represented property owners as well as local boards of review and assessors in appeals of assessment valuation cases before the Iowa district courts and the Property Assessment Appeals Board.

Memberships & Activities

• Dickinson Law Firm
  • Treasurer, Board of Directors
• Iowa State Bar Association
  • Member, Real Estate and Title Law Section
• American Bar Association
  • Member, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
  • Member, Taxation Section
  • Member, Business Law Section
• Polk County Bar Association

Articles, Presentations, and Publications

• Author, I Love My Home, But Not Its Assessed Value, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use Blog, March 23, 2015
• Author, Another Change to the (Previous) 21-Year Limit on Restrictive Covenants in Favor of Homeowners’ Associations, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use Blog, November 11, 2014
• Author, “The Lawyer’s Role in a Successful Probate Proceeding,” in the 2012 edition of Inside the Minds: Strategies for Representing Clients in Probate Court, Aspatore Press
• Presenter, “The Probate Process from Start to Finish,” Institute for Paralegal Education (IPE), West Des Moines, Iowa, May 22, 2012
• Frequent speaker on real estate and probate matters, including negotiating and drafting trouble free commercial leases, handling assessment valuation cases, and the probate process from start to finish
• Author, Court Upholds Twenty-one Year Limit on Restrictive Covenants; Denies Homeowners’ Association the Right to Levy Assessment, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use Blog, March 1, 2012
• Presenter, “The Probate Process from A to Z,” National Business Institute seminar, West Des Moines, October 12, 2011, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, October 13, 2011
• Lecturer, Securities Regulation Law, Drake University Law School, 1979
• Author, “Blackacre as a Shelf of Securities: Real Estate Syndications,” 23 Drake Law Review 483, 1974
• Author, “Habeas Corpus Relief for the Military Prisoner: The Double Standard,” 21 Drake law Review 576, 1972

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