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Dean R. Einck is an Attorney and Senior Vice President at S&I whose work focuses on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures of businesses, corporate law, tax law, estate planning, and communications law, employee benefits and executive compensation. Dean is the chair of the Media and Communications Practice Group and has significant experience representing media companies including newspapers, commercial printers, television stations and internet businesses. Dean is listed in The Best Lawyers...

Brian D. Bergstrom is a corporate attorney with Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, president of the firm, and chair of the firm’s mergers and acquisitions practice group. Brian is listed in the Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Venture Capital Law and is listed as a Great Plains Super Lawyer in 2009 and 2011 for Securities & Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions. Brian serves as a member of t...

Terri C. Davis is an Attorney and Senior Vice President at Shuttleworth. She focuses her practice in Employment Law and Litigation, including employment related litigation, commercial litigation, product liability, and the handling of administrative trials, including utilities cases and workers compensation. She advises employers on employment matters, and assists with policy review and development, as well as handling of investigations and complaints, both internal and before civil rights co...

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Reorganizations Commercial Transactions Born Bowling Green, Kentucky, March 25, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, Iowa; U. S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.A.,cum laude, 1976); University of Iowa (J.D. 1982). Research Editor, Journal of Corporation Law, 1981-1982. Law Clerk to the Hon. Wm. W. Thinnes, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of Iowa 1982-1984. C...

Linda M. Kirsch is an Attorney and Senior Vice President at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C. Linda’s work focuses on commercial real estate, general corporate law, and commercial and securities law. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for real estate law. She is often found reviewing or drafting loan documents, either for mortgage opinions, for assisting clients with all types of commercial lending transactions, or providing counsel to nonprofits on conduit bond financ...

Robert D. Houghton is an Attorney and Senior Vice President at S&I whose work focuses on litigation, primarily medical malpractice defense and products liability. Bob is listed in the Best Lawyers in America in Medical Malpractice Law and Product Liability Litigation. Bob is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, is a Master in the Dean Mason Ladd Inns of Court, and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Defense Research...

Jennifer E. Rinden is an Attorney and Senior Vice President at S&I whose work focuses on litigation, primarily in medical malpractice defense and insurance defense. Jennifer is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Medical Malpractice Law, is a member of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a member of the Iowa Defense Counsel and member of the Iowa Chapter of ABOTA. Jennifer also serves as a Volunteer Attorney for Iowa Legal Aid.

Sean W. Wandro is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law, Real Estate Law and Trusts and Estates. Sean W., who practices law in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Sean W. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Caitlin Slessor is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Collaborative Law: Family Law, Family Law and Family Law Mediation. Caitlin, who practices law in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Caitlin is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Tricia L. Hoffman-Simanek is an Attorney and Senior Vice President at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C. Her legal work focuses on the area of litigation, which includes but is not limited to, professional malpractice, long term care litigation, insurance defense, and other health law litigation. Tricia also provides advice and representation on HIPAA compliance, training, and investigations, professional licensure matters, and risk management. She has achieved an “AV” rating wi...