CONCENTRATION
Deb is a senior shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm. Deb has a general practice in but not limited to Business Litigation and Employment Law. She was a member of the Firm's Board of Directors from 1996 through 1999, serving as President in 1998 and 1999.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
• 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.
• Arabella Mansfield Award Recipient (2005)
• The Best Lawyers in America 2012, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor & Employment
• Chambers USA, Litigation: General Commercial, Iowa Ranked Band 2; Labor and Employment Law, Iowa Ranked Band 2, 2010
• Iowa Super Lawyers 2007, Business Litigation
• Great Plains Super Lawyers 2009 & 2011, Business Litigation
• Named Best Lawyers' 2012 "Des Moines Litigation - Labor & Employment Lawyer of the Year"
SUMMARY
Her business litigation includes contract and business tort cases and real estate assessment appeals. Her employment practice includes advice to employers to prevent employment-related problems. The litigation includes all types of discrimination claims, wrongful termination claims, and restrictive covenant cases.
She also deals with real estate assessment appeals and handles adoptions for families.
MEMBERSHIPS
• Litigation and Labor and Employment Law sections of the Iowa State Bar Association
• Member of Iowa State Bar Association Trade Regulation Council
• Previously served on the Board of the Iowa Defense Counsel
• Previously served on District 5C Judicial Nominating Commission
• Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute
COMMUNITY
Deb has served on the boards of directors of the Iowa State University Alumni Association and the University of Iowa Law School Foundation. She is an alumnus of the Polk County Volunteer Lawyers Project, and past president of the Board of Directors of Hawthorn Hill, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Des Moines, and of the St. Mary of Nazareth Pastoral Council. She also serves on the Des Moines Public Library Foundation and is the board president of Iowa Legal Aid.
PERSONAL
Deb and her husband, Nicholas Roby, have a blended family of seven children.
Resources
Deborah M. Tharnish Celebrated her 30th Anniversary at the Davis Brown Law Firm
07/01/2010 - Deborah M. Tharnish celebrated her 30th anniversary at the Davis Brown Law Firm in June. She is a ...Deborah Tharnish Elected President of Iowa Legal Aid Board
05/13/2009 - Deborah M. Tharnish, a senior shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm, was elected President of ...Deborah Tharnish Presents at ISHA Spring Conference
04/28/2009 - Deborah Tharnish will present the Human Resources Update at the Iowa Society of Healthcare ...Iowa Human Resources Manual 2008
03/28/2008 - The Davis Brown Law Firm provides the Iowa Human Resources Manual 2008 as a service to ...Deborah M. Tharnish Featured in University of Iowa The Advocate Magazine
01/22/2008 - SHE'S A SUCCESSFUL LITIGATOR and full partner in one of Iowa's largest law firms. She ...Deborah M. Tharnish Recognized As "Super Lawyer"
12/31/2007 - Davis Brown Law Firm attorney Deborah M. Tharnish was recognized by Iowa Super Lawyers magazine ...Deborah M. Tharnish Chair Elect of Iowa State University Alumni Association
12/31/2007 - Deborah M. Tharnish was recently elected President of the Iowa State University Alumni ...
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