About Brooke Timmer
Phone: (515) 254-1999Fax: (515) 254-9923
E-mail: brooke@employmentlawiowa.com
Brooke Timmer was born May 24, 1980, in Waterloo, Iowa. She grew up in Aplington, and graduated from Wartburg College in Waverly in 2002. After graduation, Brooke traveled to New Zealand, Australia, England, Fiji, and South Korea.
Brooke attended Drake University Law School, where she served as Student Bar Association President during the 2005-2006 school year. She also served as Governor of the Eighth Circuit for the American Bar Association–Law Student Division and as Projects Editor of the Drake Journal of Agricultural Law. During her final year of law school, members of her graduating class awarded Brooke the Martin Tollefson Award in recognition of her leadership and service to the law school. She also was selected by the law school faculty to receive the Most Outstanding Senior Award, which honors a student who is expected to be the most successful member of the class in leadership to the Iowa Bar.
Brooke earned her J.D. with honors in May 2006 and was admitted to practice law in the State of Iowa in September 2006. Brooke is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Iowa Employment Lawyers Association, and the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association. She has been elected as the District 5C Representative to the Iowa State Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division. She is president of the Polk County Women Attorneys and also serves on Drake University Law School’s Board of Counselors.
Brooke lives in West Des Moines, Iowa, with her husband Josh and their daughter. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, college football, and the local Des Moines farmers' market.
Areas of Practice:
Employment Law
Discrimination
Civil Rights
Bar Admissions:
State of Iowa (2006)
U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa (2006)
U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa (2006)
Education:
Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa, J.D. with Honors (2006)
President, Student Bar Association (2005 - 2006)
Eighth Circuit Governor, American Bar Association, Law Student Division
Most Outstanding Senior Award
Projects Editor, Drake Journal of Agricultural Law (2004 - 2006)
Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, B. A. magna cum laude in International Business and Marketing (2002)
Honors and Awards:
Iowa State Bar Association Award
Martin Tollefson Award for leadership and service to Drake law school
Star of the Division - selected by the Chair of the ABA Law Student Division in recognition of outstanding leadership
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Drake University Law School Board of Counselors (2006 - present)
ISBA Young Lawyers Division District 5C Representative (2008 - present)
National Employment Lawyers Association, Co-Chair Developing & New Attorney Committee (2009 - present)
Iowa State Bar Association (2006 - present)
Polk County Bar Association (2006 - present)
Iowa Association for Justice (2006 - present)
Board of Governors (2011 - present)
American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division (2006 - present)
Polk County Women Attorneys (2006 - present)
President (2011)
Board Member (2006 - present)
Social Chair (2006 - 2009)
Seminars Taught:
2011 Nuts & Bolts Seminar, Young Lawyers Division of the Iowa State Bar Association, October 14, 2011
The Bermuda Triangle, Examining the Interplay between Workers Compensation Retaliation, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family Medical Leave Act, Workers’ Compensation Section of the Iowa State Bar Association, October 12, 2011
Developing and New Attorneys Employment Law Panel, National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Convention, June 24, 2011
10th Annual Employment Law – Beyond the Basics, Sterling Education Services, Inc.,
March 9, 2011
A Potpourri of Employment Law Issues, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, February 25, 2011
ADA: Recent Changes that Positively Impact Your Cases, Iowa Association for Justice Annual Workers Compensation Seminar, September 23, 2010
Developing and New Attorneys Employment Law Panel, National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Convention, June 25, 2010
FMLA – An introduction, Polk County Bar Association General CLE, November 21, 2008
Published Cases:
Allan v. Cuna Mut. Ins. Soc., 2011 WL 587110 (S.D. Iowa)
Pitts v. Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union No. 32, 718 F. Supp. 2d 1010 (S.D. Iowa 2010)
Parsons v. Principal Life Ins. Co., 686 F. Supp. 2d 906 (S.D. Iowa 2010)
Lee v. State, 765 N.W.2d 607 (Iowa Ct. App. 2009)
Pospisil v. O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., 619 F. Supp. 2d 614 (N.D. Iowa 2007)
Smith v. Bankers Life and Casualty Co., 519 F. Supp. 2d 964 (S.D. Iowa 2007)
Gonnerman v. McHan Const., Inc., 520 F. Supp. 2d 1095 (N.D. Iowa 2007)
Faust v. Command Center, Inc., 484 F. Supp. 2d 953 (S.D. Iowa 2007)
Jones v. Cargill, Inc., 490 F. Supp.2d 978 (N.D. Iowa 2007)
Lee v. State, 765 N.W.2d 607 (Iowa Ct. App. 2009)
Pospisil v. O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., 619 F. Supp. 2d 614 (N.D. Iowa 2007)
Smith v. Bankers Life and Casualty Co., 519 F. Supp. 2d 964 (S.D. Iowa 2007)
Gonnerman v. McHan Const., Inc., 520 F. Supp. 2d 1095 (N.D. Iowa 2007)
Faust v. Command Center, Inc., 484 F. Supp. 2d 953 (S.D. Iowa 2007)
Jones v. Cargill, Inc., 490 F. Supp.2d 978 (N.D. Iowa 2007)