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Patricia J. Martin was born in Algona, Iowa. She has two degrees in Dietetics and Institutional Management from Kansas State University (Bachelor of Science 1975; Master of Science 1976). She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Iowa Law School, with high distinction, and was Managing Editor of the Iowa Law Review, 1980-81. She was a partner at the firm when she left in 1994 to join the Maytag Corporation Law Department. While at Maytag, she advised the Corporation in the areas of general corporate, transactions, employment, benefits, ERISA, executive compensation, finance, securities, risk management, investigations, corporate governance and public company law. Her title was Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary. In January 2007, she became Of Counsel to the Firm. She has served on various community boards and professional organizations in leadership roles. She is a member of the American, Polk County and Iowa State Bar Associations, and a former member of the C. Edwin Moore American Inn of Court (Master, emeritus). Read our Article in The Business Record Return to attorney list Email: PMartin@Ahlerslaw.com 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.