Our probate administration practice includes not only estates of decedents but also such matters as guardianships, conservatorships, trusts, and other tax planning alternatives. See The Truth About Iowa Probate.
Represent employers in claims against employees, including matters involving employee embezzlement and matters arising from employer property retained by employees after discharge.
Jim has been quoted in both Iowa and Illinois newspapers, The Voice of Muscatine, and the Muscatine Magazine. He is also a frequent speaker on taxation, estate planning, business entities, and retirement plans for the Tax Section and Real Property and Probate & Trust Section of the American Bar Association, American Agricultural Law Association, Law Education Institute, Illinois State Bar Association, Iowa State Bar Association, and Muscatine County Bar Association. Among his notable achievements, he is an “A” rated lawyer in the Martindale- Hubbell Law Directory; is included in the The Best Lawyers in America under Tax Law and Employee Benefits Law; is listed on Illinois Super Lawyer; is listed as a “Leading Illinois Attorney” under Trusts & Estate Planning Law, Tax Law, and Small Business Law; is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Council where he serves on both its employee benefits in estate planning committee and its business planning committee; and he is a Fellow of the Illinois and Iowa State Bar Foundations and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Business Transactions
Stanley, Lande & Hunter lawyers handle business transactions of all types and sizes, including the negotiation and drafting of all transaction documents and closing the related deals. Below are some examples...
Limited Liability Companies
Stanley, Lande & Hunter lawyers represent numerous business entities, including non-profit and profit corporations, limited liability companies, and various forms of partnerships. Our lawyers in this area have extensive experience in the following areas of general corporate practice...
Suits involving contract disputes of all types, including contracts for the sale of goods, financial agreements, employment agreements, non-compete agreements, product development agreements, and mechanic’s lien foreclosure suits.
Employment Litigation
Stanley, Lande & Hunter employment and labor law lawyers provide a full-service complement of management representation on labor and employment issues. Among other things, lawyers in this practice group regularly...
Non-compete Agreement
Sexual Harassment
Assist with the initial handling of sexual harassment complaints and arrange investigations along with follow-up on such matters.
Steven J. Havercamp, head of the SLH Construction Law and Litigation Practice Groups, was recently invited to become a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America (CLSA).
Real Estate Transactions
We regularly represent sellers and buyers in preparation and negotiation of purchase and sale documents, conditional sale agreements, mortgages, deeds of trusts, easements, commercial leases, documents concerning environmental conditions, warranties and indemnities, farm management agreements, escrow agreements, license agreements, and other documents. See Real Estate Transactions in Iowa.
Eminent Domain
We have successfully represented property owners whose land has been acquired by the Iowa Department of Transportation by eminent domain.
Our litigators have widespread experience in complex commercial, personal injury, product liability, and other civil litigation cases, and have successfully represented clients in hundreds of trials and appeals. Our lawyers represent large national corporations, local businesses, estates, partnerships, and individuals.
Disability Discrimination
Represent employer clients at trial in cases involving allegations of illegal discrimination, most recently including matters of race and disability discrimination as well as sexual harassment.
James A. Nepple will join Stanley, Lande & Hunter, a Professional Corporation, with law offices in Davenport and Muscatine. Jim will assume an Of Counsel position and continue to work full time. Jim is presently the managing partner of Nepple Law, PLC. His primary areas of practice are taxation, estate planning, trust administration, probate matters, retirement plans, business entities, and non-profit organizations.
Wills
We help reduce the burden of the federal estate and gift tax system on our individual clients. We provide estate planning services that extend far beyond basic will and trust drafting.
Trusts
Power of Attorney
Our estate planning counsel includes use of a variety of wills, Durable Powers of Attorney, Living Wills, and Medical Powers of Attorney.
Probate
Our services include Business and Corporate Law; Commercial and Civil Litigation; Estate Planning; Trusts and Estates; and Wills and Probate Law.