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PRACTICE AREAS
- Appellate Advocacy
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Professional Liability Defense, Licensure & Credentialing
EDUCATION
University of Iowa College of Law
- J.D., with high distinction, 1990
Dartmouth College
- B.A., 1987
ADMISSIONS
- State of New York, 1991
- State of Iowa, 1993
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1991
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, 1993
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 1993
ASSOCIATIONS, BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
Iowa Arts Council ( Member)
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Position: Attorney
E-mail: kfinley@simmonsperrine.com
Phone 319-366-7641
Fax 319-366-1917
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Kerry Finley joined Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC in 2006. She previously was a partner with Finley, Alt, Smith in Des Moines where she specialized in professional and corporate defense. At the beginning of her career, Kerry was associated with Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York City as a litigator in its business reorganization group.
Appellate Advocacy and Trial Support. Ms. Finley has appeared numerous times before the Iowa Supreme Court and the Iowa Court of Appeals in several kinds of cases including: medical malpractice; legal malpractice; professional negligence; commercial disputes; premises liability; products liability; dissolutions and criminal matters. Ms. Finley also assists the firm’s trial attorneys in a variety of ways including error preservation and the identification, research, framing and argument of legal issues.
Professional Negligence. Ms. Finley has defended physicians and other medical professionals in medical malpractice actions. She has represented several attorneys in legal malpractice actions. Ms Finley has served as outside counsel for several Iowa hospitals in a variety of contexts, including: professional negligence; premises liability; professional staff issues; contract preparation and disputes regarding independent contractors; and Joint Commission, HIPAA, Medicare and Medicaid compliance issues. She has also represented physicians, attorneys, dentists and engineers in administrative proceedings before their respective licensing boards.
Ms. Finley grew up in Des Moines. She is the former owner of Docks Restaurant in Clear Lake. She currently lives in Iowa City with her two children.
Memberships and Offices in Professional Organizations
- American Bar Association (Member)
- New York State Bar Association (Member)
- Iowa State Bar Association (YLD Executive Committee Member & Committee Chair (1995-1998), Committee Member (1998-2000))
- Linn County Bar Association (Member, Committee Co-Chair (2006-2008))
- Johnson County Bar Association (Member)
- Polk County Bar Association (Executive Committee Member & Committee Chair (1996-1998))
- Polk County Women Attorneys (Executive Committee Member & Committee Chair (1995-1996))
- Iowa Defense Counsel Association (C. Edwin Moore Inn of Court, Barrister, (1994-2000)
Selected Publications and Presentations
- Medical Records Update, 2007 and 2008
- Flood Recovery: FEMA & SBA Overview, Linn County Bar Annual Meeting 2008
- Judicial Estoppel, IADC Meeting 2007
- Ethical Considerations of Representing Clients with Limited English Proficiency, 2006
- Ethics and Litigation: Communications with Opposing Counsel and the Court, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers 1998
- Discovery of Confidential Medical Records in Iowa, 1998
- Defending Against Emotional Distress Claims Based Upon Fear of Blood Disease, 1997
- Guarding Against the Improper Use of “Rebuttal” Witnesses in Professional Negligence Cases, IADC Defense Update 1997
- Finding One’s Way Through the Maze of Iowa’s Mechanics’ Lien Law, MLM View 1997
Place of Birth
Iowa City, Iowa
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Len Strand and Kerry Finley Obtain Favorable Iowa Supreme Court Ruling for Client
On Friday, November 13, 2009, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a summary judgment ruling in favor of the firm's client and another defendant, concluding that owners of property did not owe a duty to warn the spouse of an independent contractor of the health hazards posed by asbestos. Len Strand and Kerry Finley defended the case and presented the arguments on appeal. The case is Van Fossen v. MidAmerican Energy Co. and Interstate Power and Light Co., No. 06–1691 (Iowa Nov. 13, 2009).
