Nancy J. Penner

Nancy J. Penner

Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C.

Recognized since 2008

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Practice Areas

Appellate Practice

Litigation - Health Care

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2014 - Appellate Practice
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Nancy Penner is an Attorney and Senior Vice President at Shuttleworth. She focuses on legal writing, appellate law, and medical malpractice. Her appellate practice includes briefing and oral arguments before the Iowa Supreme Court, Iowa Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She was the first chair of the firm’s Appellate Law Practice Group.Nancy grew up on a farm in southeast Iowa. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing and worked in area hospitals for ten years before entering law school. Her health care experience included intensive care, nursing education and staff development, and hospital risk management.

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Location
  • U.S. Bank Building, Suite 500
    115 Third Street, SE
    P.O. Box 2107
    Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-2107
Education
  • The University of Iowa, J.D., graduated 1994
  • The University of Iowa, MA, graduated 1985
  • Mount Mercy College, BS, graduated 1981
Bar Admissions
  • Iowa, The Iowa State Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - (Member of the Health Law Section)
  • American Health Lawyers Association - Member
  • Iowa Defense Counsel Association - Member
  • Iowa Society of Healthcare Attorneys - Member (President-2005-2006)
  • Iowa State Bar Association - (Member of the Health Law Section) (Council Chair-2003-2004)
  • Linn County Bar Association - Member
  • Litigation Counsel of America - Fellow

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2014 - Appellate Practice
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Appellate Practice, Cedar Rapids (2014)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Appellate Practice
  • Litigation - Health Care
Awards:
  • Listed as a Great Plains Super Lawyer®--2009, 2011, 2012 --Appellate, Health Care, Litigation
  • Martindale-Hubbell, Inc. Rating “AV”
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®—Appellate Law
  • Named Cedar Rapids Lawyer of the Year in Appellate Practice by Best Lawyers® 2014

Cases
Nancy has been involved in 41 appeals before the Iowa Supreme Court and Court of Appeals and 8 appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, including the following
Morales v. Miller, 2011 Iowa App. LEXIS 501 (Iowa Ct. App. 2011) Rettenmaier v. Finley Hospital, 2011 Iowa App. LEXIS 922 (Iowa Ct. App. 2011) Wilson v. Iowa Clinic, 2009 Iowa App. LEXIS 1569 (Iowa Ct. App. 2009) Moonsammy v. Mercy Hospital, 2009 Iowa App. LEXIS 917 (Iowa Ct. App. 2009) Day v. Finley Hospital, 769 N.W.2d 898 (Iowa Ct. App. 2009)Smith v. Koslow, 757 N.W.2d 677 (Iowa 2008) McVay v. Bergman, 2006 Iowa App. LEXIS 1088 (Iowa Ct. App. 2006) Peppmeier v. Murphy, 708 N.W.2d 57 (Iowa 2005) Schoff v. Combined Ins. Co. of Am., 604 N.W.2d 43 (Iowa 1999) Midwest Home Distrib. v. Domco Indus., 585 N.W.2d 735 (Iowa 1998) Catipovic v. Peoples Cmty. Health Clinic, 401 F.3d 952 (8th Cir. 2005) Krueger v. Johnson & Johnson, 66 Fed. Appx. 661 (8th Cir. 2003)
Additional reported cases for which Nancy had primary writing responsibility include:
  • Estate of Bruess v. Blount Int'l, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74112 (N.D. Iowa July 8, 2011) adopted 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1693
  • Estate of Bruess v. Blount Int'l, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57451 (N.D. Iowa May 26, 2011)
  • Archer Daniels Midland Co. v. Eco, Inc., 821 F. Supp. 2d 1083 (S.D. Iowa 2011)
  • BBCM, Inc. v. Health Sys. Int'l, LLC, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 118261 (N.D. Iowa Nov. 4, 2010) adopted 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136136

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