CONCENTRATION
John is the most senior shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm. He has a general practice in but not limited to Business Organizations and Transactions, Health Law and Tax.
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. A lawyer must be admitted to the bar for 10 years or more to receive an AV rating.
• The Best Lawyers in America 2012, Corporate Law, Health Care Law and Tax Law. John has been listed as a Best Lawyer since 1991.
• Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A, Iowa Ranked, Senior Statesman 2010
• Iowa Super Lawyers 2007, Business/Corporate
• 60th Annual Award of Merit, Iowa State Bar Association
SUMMARY
Over his career he has represented clients such as Iowa State University; Mercy Medical Center and The Iowa Capital Investment Corp.
PUBLICATIONS, SPEECHES AND SEMINARS
John co-authored a two-volume book: Closely Held Corporations in Business and Estate Planning published by Little Brown & Company and numerous articles involving business, tax, and mergers and acquisitions.
He is often a speaker on corporate law and economic growth, as well as capital formation.
MEMBERSHIPS
• Board Member, Downtown Community Alliance
• Member, Greater Des Moines Committee
• Past President, Iowa State Bar Association; Past President, Young Lawyers Section
• Chair, Iowa State Bar Association Committee on Economic Growth
• Past Member of the House of Delegates, American Bar Association
• Past Board of Directors, American Judicature Society
• Past President, Polk County Bar Association
• Past Chairman, Iowa State University Foundation
• Co-Founder, Iowa State University Research Park
• Past Director, Mercy Housing, Denver
• Director, Edge Technologies
• Past Director, Iowa Research Council
• Past President, Mercy Foundation
AWARDS
• Who’s Who in America
• Business Leaders of Des Moines, Des Moines Register, 2006
• "The Brotherhood Award" by the Iowa Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews
• Alumni Medal, Iowa State University Alumni Association
• "The Good Guy Award" by the Iowa Women's Professional Corporation
OF NOTE
John has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University, a J.D. with high honors, and is a member of the Order of the Coif from the University of Iowa. John has a passion for capital formation and helped form the Iowa Fund of Funds and Iowa Community Development.
PERSONAL
The father of four sons, John and his wife, Patsy, are active in the Des Moines community.
Resources
John Shors interviewed in "Taking the Biomass Route to Cut CO2 Emissions"
10/18/2009 - Davis Brown attorney John Shors was interviewed in the Des Moines BIowa State Bar Association Economic Development Committee Working To Ease Complexity of Programs
01/16/2008 - The ISBA’s Economic Development Committee has taken several steps recently to make it ...Attorney John D. Shors Featured on the cover of Iowa Bar Association’s Iowa Lawyer Magazine
06/22/2006 - Mr. John Shors was featured on the cover of the
| PH: | 515-288-2500 |
| Fax: | 515-243-0654 |
| Email: | Click Here |
| Add: |
The Davis Brown Tower 215 10th Street, Suite 1300 Des Moines, IA 50309 |
Health Law
Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mergers & Acquisitions
Tax Credit Finance and Economic Development
Tax/Transaction
Iowa State Bar Association
Polk County Bar Association
