Where are you from? Mount Vernon, Iowa Where did you go to high school and undergrad? Mount Vernon High School University of Iowa for undergrad Did you go to law school immediately after graduating from undergrad? If not, what did you do during that period? I went straight from undergrad to law school. Why did […]

Grefe & Sidney Attorneys Mark Thomas and Stella Maris Strohman recently argued and won a motion for summary judgment, resulting in complete dismissal of the case against their client. In this case, the plaintiff was a member of the defendant homeowner association, and alleged that the association permitted modifications to a berm that directed water […]

Andy Hall and Peter Ickes won a very favorable verdict from a Polk County jury in a lawsuit arising from a car accident. In the accident, our client rear-ended the plaintiff. The plaintiff alleged serious injuries to her neck, claiming she was in constant pain and that the accident had essentially ruined her life. However, […]

Samuel Langholz has been appointed as a judge to the Iowa Court of Appeals. On August 9, 2023, Governor Kim Reynolds selected Langholz from a list of five nominees sent to her by the Judicial Nominating Commission. Langholz served as the Chief Deputy Attorney General in the Iowa Attorney General’s Office under Brenna Bird. He […]

Grefe & Sidney would like to extend a hearty congratulations to our new associates who recently passed the Iowa Bar Exam! Emma Bradbury Dariann Garrison-Nickerson Zachary Hufferd Emma, Dariann, and Zach have already started working at Grefe & Sidney and were sworn in as full-fledged attorneys in September of 2023. All three are 2023 graduates […]