Junior High Des Moines

KERRY A. FINLEY

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EDUCATION

● University of Iowa, Regents Alternative Pathway to Iowa Licensure

- Secondary Teaching Certification (5-12 Literacy & Language Arts)

● University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., with high distinction

- University of Iowa Comparative Law Program (France)

- University of Madrid Comparative Law Program (Spain)

● Dartmouth College, B.A., English

- Dartmouth Dante Project (U.S. & Italy)

- Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici (Italy, Studio Art and Art History) TEACHING (2020-2022)

● North Iowa Community College, Mason City, IA

- Taught Composition I and II at a state regents community college

- Helped students develop and master analytical thinking and writing

● John Adams Middle School, Mason City, IA

- Taught 7th Grade English at my father’s junior high

● Southeast Junior High, Iowa City, IA

- Served as building substitute at my grown children’s junior high

- Enrolled in an accelerated program designed to bring professionals back into public school classrooms during the COVID pandemic LAW

● Counsel’s Counsel Owner Des Moines, IA 2022 -- Present

● Shuttleworth & Ingersoll Counsel Cedar Rapids, IA 2012 -- 2019

● Simmons Perrine Counsel Cedar Rapids, IA, 2006 -- 2012

● Finley Law Firm Member Des Moines, IA 1993 -- 2000

● Willkie Farr & Gallagher Associate New York, NY 1990 -- 1993

- 30 years of experience as litigator, legal strategist, writer, and oral advocate in complex civil and commercial cases

SERVICE & HOSPITALITY

● Docks Restaurant, Clear Lake, IA, 2000-2006

- Owned and operated a large, upscale dining establishment on the water, across from the legendary Surf Ballroom

● Other Representative Positions: Palladium (NYC); Comedy Cellar (NYC); Olive Tree Cafe (NYC); Lou’s Diner (Hanover, NH); Everything But Anchovies

(Hanover, NH); El Patio (Des Moines, Iowa)

Finley CV, p. 2

COMMUNITY & PERSONAL

● Beckett (Daughter, UVM 2019; electrician) and Deckard (Son, SCAD 2021; teacher)

● Iowa Arts Council (former member; appointed by Governor Chet Culver)

● Cedar Rapids Opera Theater (former board member)

● Kappa Kappa Gamma (advisor, volunteer, former corporate house board chair)

● NYC Junior League (former provisional member)

● Iowa State Bar (current member and YLD executive committee member)

● Polk County Bar (former Law Day chair)

● Polk County Women Attorneys (former executive committee member}

● Linn County Bar (former executive committee member)

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