Dickinson, Bradshaw, Fowler & Hagen PC

31 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Banking and Finance Law Family Law

Biography

Mary Zambreno has extensive trial experience as a member of Dickinson's Litigation Group.

Mary focuses her practice on serving clients who are either going through the emotional process of divorce or dealing with modifications to decrees after their marriages have already been dissolved. She is an experienced advocate for her clients, determined to reach the outcome that will best position them for a financially stable future. Mary handles complex custody and visitation issues, property division, and alimony and child support questions. Recognizing that some divorce matters are able to be handled more amicably than others, and that each case presents individual and unique issues, Mary is trained in collaborative divorce agreements. Mary also drafts prenuptial agreements and represents families in adoption proceedings.

In addition to her family law experience, Mary handles other complex banking and business-related litigation, having represented the firm’s clients in financial issues related to mortgages, third-party vendor agreements, and the like.

Dickinson, Bradshaw, Fowler & Hagen PC

31 Best Lawyers awards

Dickinson, Bradshaw, Fowler & Hagen PC logo

Overview

  • DePaul University, J.D., graduated 2004
  • Northwestern University, B.A. (with Honors)

  • Iowa, State Bar Association
  • Illinois, State Bar Association

  • Iowa State Bar Association - Board of Governers
  • Iowa State Bar Association - Communications Committee
  • Iowa State Bar Association - Family Law Committee
  • Iowa State Bar Association - Member Services Committee
  • Polk County Bar Association - Bench Bar Committee
  • Polk County Bar Association - Board of Directors
  • Polk County Bar Association - Membership Committee

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • Iowa, State Bar Association
  • Illinois, State Bar Association
  • Iowa State Bar Association - Board of Governers
  • Iowa State Bar Association - Communications Committee
  • Iowa State Bar Association - Family Law Committee
  • Iowa State Bar Association - Member Services Committee
  • Polk County Bar Association - Bench Bar Committee
  • Polk County Bar Association - Board of Directors
  • Polk County Bar Association - Membership Committee
  • DePaul University, J.D., graduated 2004
  • Northwestern University, B.A. (with Honors)
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Client Testimonials

I have experience with several lawyers in different areas with this firm, including contracts, construction, employment, labor, family, immigration, collections and business. Every experience that I have had with every attorney has been well beyond expectation. The lawyers in this firm are of the highest caliber. They have been available, knowledgeable, concerned and fast. All the things that in-house counsel, and really everyone, expects from their chosen law firm. Ms. Mary Zambreno represented me on a personal matter and she well exceeded my expectations. She handled my case with knowledge, speed, concern, and respect. Besides area knowledge, respect for the client is what is sorely missing with some attorneys and firms. That is definitely not the case with Ms. Zambreno or the Dickinson firm! This is why the Dickinson firm is a step above the rest.

Deb Phipps (grimes asphalt and paving corporation)

Des Moines, IA

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Family Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Corporate Law
  • Family Law Arbitration
  • Family Law Mediation
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
Awards:
  • Selected as one of the Des Moines Business Record’s Forty Under 40 honorees for 2010.

  • Recognized as an Outstanding Volunteer by the Polk County Volunteer Lawyers Project in 2008 and 2009.

Additional Information

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Mary is a frequent contributor to the Iowa Family Law Blog and the Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen P.C. Family Law Practice Facebook page.

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