 |
 Douglas R. Smith was born in Syracuse, New York. He received
a B.S. degree with distinction in Economics from Iowa State University in 1968 and his J.D. from the University
of Iowa with high distinction in 1970. He was a member of the Order of the Coif and Board of Editors of the Iowa
Law Review.
He was admitted to the Iowa Bar in 1970 and the Colorado Bar in 1989. He is a member of the Firm's Business Law
department and Of Counsel to the Firm. He was International Corporate Counsel and Corporate Counsel with Pioneer
Hi-Bred International, Inc. from 1991-2000. For 8 of those years he served as General Counsel of Pioneer Overseas
Corporation, in Brussels, Belgium with responsibility for a six member legal team handling the international legal
issues of Pioneer Hi-Bred in Europe, Asia and Africa.
He was in private practice in Des Moines, Iowa from 1971-1990. He teaches an interim course in International Business
Transaction at the University of Iowa Law School and has taught Federal Income Taxation at the Drake University
Law School. He was an attorney with the Internal Revenue Service, Legislation and Regulations Division, Chief Counsel's
Office, Washington, D.C. prior to active duty in the US Army AG Corps in 1970.
Other activities have included: Director, Southeast Polk School Board; Director, Farmers Savings Bank, Mitchellville,
Iowa; Polk County representative to Des Moines River Recreation Area Green Belt Advisory Committee; National Council
of Farmers Cooperatives (Attorney Member); Adjunct Member, Iowa Institute of Cooperation; Co-author of "Legal
Assistance for the Rural Poor: an Iowa Study," 56 Iowa Law Review 100 (1970). He is a member of the Iowa Bar
Association. |
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The determination of the need for legal services
and the choice of a lawyer are extremely important decisions and should not be based solely upon advertisements
or self-proclaimed expertise. This disclosure is required by rule of the Supreme Court of Iowa.
Memberships and offices in legal fraternities and legal societies, technical and professional licenses, and memberships
in scientific, technical and professional associations and societies of law or field of practice does not mean
that a lawyer is a specialist or expert in a field of law, nor does it mean that such lawyer is necessarily any
more expert or competent than any other lawyer.
Warning! E-mail messages are not necessarily
confidential. Please do not send any message you consider to be confidential or sensitive in nature, until you
receive information from us on how to encrypt your message. Please know that the act of sending electronic mail
to our firm will not of itself create an attorney-client relationship. Unless you are already a client of our firm,
any electronic communication will not be privileged, and may be disclosed to other persons. |
