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Biography

Sharon K. Malheiro

sharonmalheiro@davisbrownlaw.com

CONCENTRATION

Sharon Malheiro is a senior shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm. Sharon practices in the areas of Employment Law, including employment discrimination litigation, EEO/AA, and corporate employment policies and practices, as well as Media and Communications Law. Sharon’s legal work in the Media and Communications Law practice includes open records and open meetings litigation as well as defamation defense actions. Sharon is current President of the Firm’s Board of Directors.

SUMMARY

Sharon was appointed by the Iowa Supreme Court to serve as a member of the Iowa Supreme Court’s Task Force on Gender and Racial Bias in the Judicial System. After the completion of the Task Force’s report, she was asked to serve as a member of the Iowa Supreme Court’s Monitoring Committee, which was charged with the duty to ensure that the recommendations made by the Task Force were implemented.

Sharon is admitted to practice in Iowa, the United States District Courts of the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and the Eighth Circuit.

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, Labor and Employment Law, 2011; Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment, 2012.

• Chambers USA, Labor & Employment, Iowa Ranked Band 2 2010

• Iowa Super Lawyers, 2007, Employment and Labor

• Great Plains Super Lawyers 2009 & 2011, Employment and Labor

MEMBERSHIP

Sharon has served on the Board of Directors of the Family Futures Network, a day care for homeless children, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa, and the Polk County Women Attorneys. She was a member of the 1998-1999 Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Class.

AWARDS

• 2010 Business Record "Women of Influence" Award

• 2010 Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Distinguished Civic Leadership Award

• 2009 Methodist Federation for Social Action

• 2009 Matthew Shepard Scholarship Leadership Award
• 2009 Friends of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission's Leadership Award

• 2006 Central Iowa Activist Awards: Human & Civil Rights
• 2002 Young Women’s Resource Center "Woman of Vision" Award for work on the LGBT Civil Rights movement in Iowa.

OF NOTE

Prior to entering the private practice of law, Sharon clerked for the Honorable Louis A. Lavorato, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court.

COMMUNITY

Sharon is an advocate for civil rights issues relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community. She currently is the Chair of One-Iowa, a state wide organization seeking full equality for a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Iowa. She provides pro bono legal counsel for the Aids Project of Central Iowa, and is one of the cooperating attorneys for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. She is former President of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Community Center of Central Iowa. She was a charter member of Lambda Beta Nu, Des Moines’ first lesbian breakfast club.

PERSONAL

Sharon lives with her spouse Sue Ackerman.

Resources

Sharon Malheiro receives 2nd annual Central Iowa Society of Human Resources Management (CISHRM) Individual Diversity Award

10/28/2010 - Davis Brown attorney Sharon Malheiro will be honored on Tuesday, November 7 at the CISHRM annual ...

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Born

Chicago, Illinois, 1956

Education

Drake University (B.A., 1978; J.D., with honors, 1989)

Admitted To Bar

1989, Iowa and Illinois

Areas of Law

Communications and Media Law
Employment and Labor Relations
Insurance Defense
Litigation and Appeals
Wills, Trusts (Estate Planning and Probate Law)

Memberships

American Bar Association
Iowa Defense Counsel Association
Iowa State Bar Association
Polk County Bar Association
Polk County Women Attorneys

Sharon K. Malheiro

Resources

Sharon Malheiro receives 2nd annual Central Iowa Society of Human Resources Management (CISHRM) Individual Diversity Award

Sharon Malheiro Featured in DSM Magazine

Sharon Malheiro Featured in Des Moines Woman Magazine

The Davis Brown Law Firm Congratulates Sharon Malheiro for 20 Years of Service

Sharon Malheiro Named to Business Record's Women of Influence

Sharon Malheiro Receives Distinguished Civic Leadership Award

Sharon Malheiro Featured in Des Moines Register Leadership Series

Sharon Malheiro Receives Civil Rights Award

Sharon K. Malheiro to receive an award at the Methodist Federation for Social Action's 2009 Awards Night

Sharon Malheiro to be honored at 2009 Matthew Shepard Scholarship Awards Dinner

Sharon Malheiro Guest Column in Des Moines Register About Marriage Equality

Legal Issues Update: Iowa Marriage Equality Act

Sharon Malheiro Quoted in Washington Post Regarding the Iowa Supreme Court's Decision on Marriage Equality

Sharon Malheiro Presented at the Iowa's Mosaic Diversity Conference 2008

Rebuild Iowa

The Iowa Smokefree Air Act: What Employers Need To Know

Straight Talk About LGBT Issues in the Workplace

FLMA Amendment For Family Members In Armed Forces

Attorney Sharon Malheiro awarded the 2006 Central Iowa Activist Award for Human & Civil Rights