
Focused on client goals, Nyemaster Goode continues to provide OUTSTANDING LEGAL SERVICE across broad and diverse practice areas.
OUR PRACTICE
With offices in Des Moines, Ames, and Cedar Rapids, Nyemaster Goode’s broadly diverse practice offers solutions to the most challenging legal issues in virtually every area of the law. Our clients include companies that range from emerging start-ups to Fortune 500s, as well as individuals.
We provide legal services to our clients through six primary practice areas:
- Business, Finance & Real Estate
- Government Affairs
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation
- Tax, Estate Planning & Employee Benefits
Each primary practice area is populated with attorneys who are experienced and knowledgeable in specialized, technical, and industry-specific subpractice areas.
CLIENT-CENTERED REPRESENTATION
Our legal representation emphasizes client priorities:
- Accurate
- Fast
- Professional
- Cost-effective
To meet our clients’ needs and expectations, our fee arrangements include:
- Traditional hourly rate engagements
- Innovative alternative fee arrangements tailored to the specific situation
REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE
Highly respected by peers, judiciary, administrators, and clients, Nyemaster Goode attorneys are consistently recognized for outstanding legal work.
- 19 attorneys clerked for state or federal judges
- 1 is a former Federal Circuit Court of Appeals clerk, the only one practicing in Iowa
- 1 previously worked with the Internal Revenue Service
- 4 are certified public accountants
- 8 are registered patent attorneys
- 33 graduated Order of the Coif
- 73 graduated from law school with honors
RESPECTED RESOURCES
Our attorneys are often called on to share their knowledge and experience. They are active members and leaders in legal organizations.
- Frequent speakers and authors on legal subjects
- Several hold leadership positions within the:
- American Bar Association
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Iowa Defense Counsel
- Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association
- International Trademark Association
- All attorneys at the firm are members of the:
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Polk, Story, or Linn County Bar associations
Practice areas
Business
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
With more than 20 specialized practice areas, Nyemaster serves clients in every element of business interaction. Collaborative and client-focused, our attorneys:
Organize emerging companies.
Advise public, private, and family-owned businesses.
Handle all types of domestic and global business and commercial transactions.
Protect clients’ intellectual property rights.
Navigate intricate corporate law and governance issues.
Buy, sell, and develop real estate.
Assist with all types of banking and secured transactions.
Guide health care organizations and health insurance companies in complex regulatory and HIPAA privacy matters.
Document commercial mortgage loans throughout the United States.
Form venture capital funds.
Assist with private placement or public offerings of securities.
Represent clients in complex mergers and acquisitions.
Form and advise nonprofit organizations.
Real Estate
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
With more than 20 specialized practice areas, Nyemaster serves clients in every element of business interaction. Collaborative and client-focused, our attorneys:
Organize emerging companies.
Advise public, private, and family-owned businesses.
Handle all types of domestic and global business and commercial transactions.
Protect clients’ intellectual property rights.
Navigate intricate corporate law and governance issues.
Buy, sell, and develop real estate.
Assist with all types of banking and secured transactions.
Guide health care organizations and health insurance companies in complex regulatory and HIPAA privacy matters.
Document commercial mortgage loans throughout the United States.
Form venture capital funds.
Assist with private placement or public offerings of securities.
Represent clients in complex mergers and acquisitions.
Form and advise nonprofit organizations.
Employment & Labor
LEGAL SUPPORT FOR EMPLOYERS
For the smallest start-up, the largest manufacturer, and every business in between, Nyemaster offers a full range of employment services to employers. Whether the employment issue is Iowa-focused or has multi-jurisdictional implications, our attorneys have resources to deliver effective legal services and serve the diverse business needs of the global economy.
- Largest labor and employment law team in Iowa.
- Full range of labor and employment services for employers.
- Recognized by Best Lawyers in America®, Chambers and Partners USA Leading Lawyers for Business, Super Lawyers, and Benchmark Litigation for quality of work in labor and employment law.
- Only Iowa member of the Employment Law Alliance, an international association of labor and employment practices in every state and more than 135 countries.
- Exclusive Iowa membership in Meritas, which includes more than 6,500 experienced lawyers in more than 60 countries.
- The only Iowa-based labor and employment practice to be named in Fortune magazine’s Go-To Law Firms®
EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING AND RISK AVOIDANCE
Our skilled attorneys partner with employers on risk avoidance and process development. We are committed to helping clients avoid litigation through counseling and prevention efforts.
- Client-specific approaches and proactive, strategic advice
- Audit of employment practices
- Guidance on performance management and employee discipline
- Employee handbooks
- Reduction-in-force plans
- Severance agreements and releases
- Supervisory training
- ERISA issues
- Wage and salary agreements
- ADA and FMLA issues
- Wage and hour regulations
- Drug testing
- Employment agreements
- Employment policies and procedures
- WARN Act compliance
- Workplace investigations
- Immigration issues
EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION
When disputes go to court, experienced trial lawyers effectively represent clients in any litigated labor or employment matter.
- Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation litigation
- Wrongful termination litigation
- Trade secret and noncompete litigation
- Negligent hiring and retention
- Breach of employment contract
- Class actions
- FLSA collective actions
UNIONIZED WORKPLACE: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND NLRB PROCEEDINGS
Experienced management-side labor counsel leverage years of labor relations experience to benefit our private and public sector employer clients.
- Collective bargaining
- Labor contract administration
- Labor grievances
- Labor arbitration
- Union avoidance and organizational campaigns
- NLRB unfair labor practice proceedings and trials
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS
Experience guides our labor and employment law attorneys through the maze of administrative employment laws and regulations.
- OSHA contested case/enforcement trials
- OSHA policies and practices
- OSHA investigations and citations
- Affirmative action compliance and OFCCP enforcement proceedings
- Department of Labor wage-hour audits
- EEOC investigations and proceedings
- Iowa Civil Rights Commission investigations and proceedings
- Local civil rights commission investigations and proceedings
THE BOTTOM LINE FOR EMPLOYERS
For prevention, planning, dispute resolution, or any legal employment matter, our labor and employment attorneys provide effective, cost-efficient representation.
- An attorney with specific knowledge of your legal matter is assigned to efficiently handle your issue.
- Years of experience are leveraged to help control legal research costs.
- Meaningful strategies and budgets developed from the start help increase efficiency and avoid surprises.
- Reasonable rates and fees, including alternative billing arrangements when appropriate, ensure your costs are in line with your needs.
Intellectual Property
Your intellectual property is one of your MOST VALUABLE ASSETS. Many good lawyers know the law, but Nyemaster’s registered patent attorneys and IP-focused team offer more.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
From our home in three offices throughout Iowa, Nyemaster supports some of the nation’s most innovative companies. Those businesses work with Nyemaster attorneys to secure and enforce their intellectual property rights in the United States and around the world.
Since 2014, Nyemaster’s team has doubled its attorneys practicing in intellectual property. The firm has assembled an impressive specialized roster:
- Litigators and patent prosecutors with decades of experience
- The only former Federal Circuit clerk practicing in Iowa
- Former Fortune 500 in-house counsel
PATENTS
Well-versed in U.S. and international patent prosecution, our patent attorneys offer services including:
- Strategic patenting and portfolio management
- Competitive patent analysis
- Right-to-use analysis and opinions
- Patentability search and opinions
- Patent transactions and licensing
TRADEMARKS
For legal brand management, our attorneys offer worldwide service for all aspects of trademark law, including:
- Trademark availability, registrations, and related licensing
- U.S. and international trademark prosecution
- Trademark clearance and opinions
- Trademark monitoring services
- Trademark transactions and licensing
COPYRIGHT
We are fully prepared to handle copyright registration for various types of works, including:
- Software
- Audio recordings
- Technical and architectural designs
- Literary works
We represent clients in copyright transactions and licensing, as well as counsel clients in wide-ranging copyright issues, such as fair use guidelines, copyright infringement opinions, work for hire, and other copyright ownership issues.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION
In litigated intellectual property disputes, our attorneys have hands-on trial experience and are knowledgeable about all matters of IP litigation such as:
- Patent infringement
- Trademark infringement
- Counterfeiting
- Unfair competition
- Copyright and trade secrets
- Inter Partes Review (IPR) and Post-Grant Review (PGR) proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Inter Partes proceedings (oppositions and cancellations) at the PTAB
- IP mediation services
DIVERSE INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE
The team’s experience spans a range of industries and technologies:
- Health care
- Life sciences
- Chemical sciences
- Renewable energy
- Biofuels
- Food sciences
- Agribusiness
- Mechanical and electrical technologies
- Software
- Consumer appliances
Nyemaster is dedicated to keeping your intellectual property yours and yours only
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