CONCENTRATION
Becky is a senior shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm in the Litigation Division. She has a general practice in, but not limited to, Labor and Employment Law and Family Law.
SUMMARY
In the Labor and Employment area, Becky advises both public and private sector clients. She has been involved in litigation and advising clients on employment matters including handbooks and policies, compliance with local, state and federal laws, discipline and discharge, collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, employee organization and union organizing issues, unfair labor and prohibited practices, professional conduct and licensing, civil rights, OSHA, workers’ compensation, wage and hour compliance, drug testing, and individual employment, compensation and severance agreements. Her litigation practice includes appearing before state and federal courts, the NLRB and Iowa PERB, and a variety of administrative agencies at the trial and appellate levels.
In the Family Law area, Becky advises clients concerning pre-marital agreements, divorce and dissolution of marriage issues, and post-divorce compliance, enforcement and modification issues.
Becky has been trained as a mediator, completing a forty-hour course of instruction at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and is listed with the Polk County Mediation project.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS
• AV® Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell. An AV certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence. A lawyer must be admitted to the bar for 10 years or more to receive an AV rating.
• Great Plains Super Lawyers 2009 & 2011, Employment & Labor
• Iowa Super Lawyers 2007, Employment & Labor
• Chambers USA, Labor & Employment, Iowa Ranked Band 3 2010
MEMBERSHIPS
• Past Chair, Polk County Bench and Bar Committee
• Past Member, Iowa State Bar Association Insurance Plans Committee
• Judicial Administration Committee, Judicial Plebiscite subcommittee
• Past Member, Iowa State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section Council
• Past Member, Iowa Senate Ethics Committee
COMMUNITY
In the community, she is an alumnus of the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute; the past president and vice president of the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa; past board member of Iowa Youth Choruses; current board member for the Wine Group; board member of Children and Families of Iowa Foundation; and is active in St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Becky has also served as Counsel to the Republican Party of Iowa.
Resources
Becky Knutson will be presenting oral arguments before the Iowa Court of Appeals
02/08/2011 - Becky Knutson will be presenting oral arguments before the Iowa Court of Appeals on the Honsey v. ...Becky Knutson moderates NBI "What Family Court Judges Want You To Know"
09/22/2010 - Davis Brown attorney Becky S. Knutson will moderate the National Business Institute Judicial ...Becky Knutson Presents at Technology Association Legal and Finance Clinic
02/08/2010 - Davis Brown attorney Becky S. Knutson will be co-presenting with Chris Fereday, PCDM Insurance ...
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