Pasley and Singer Law Firm LLP - Franklin J. Feilmeyer - Iowa Attorneys Ames Story County

Franklin J. Feilmeyer

Email: fjf@singerlaw.com
Phone: (515) 232-4732
Fax: (515) 232-4756

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Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:57:36 +0000
Category: Estate planning, Tax
If a decedent’s credit shelter trust is funded with an amount which is “the largest taxable estate on which no federal estate tax is payable,” what happens when the exemption is very high or nonexistent?

Don’t mess with the judges

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:09:29 +0000
Category: Judiciary
Iowa has a model system for selecting judges. Once again, after a important decision, the courts and the judges are under attack. Iowa has a merit-based system for selecting judge nominees. Commissions comprised of citizen members appointed by the governor and elected by lawyers in the district select the nominees. Let me say it again, [...]

Council member expenses not fully deductible

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:28:52 +0000
Category: Municipal, Tax
Tax law and municipal law came together in Davis, TC Summary Opinion 2010-89. The United States Tax Court sided with the Internal Revenue Service finding that a council member’s expenses need to be treated as unreimbursed employee expenses. In Davis, the husband was a city council member and the wife was a school board member. [...]

POSITION:	Partner.
AREAS OF PRACTICE:	General practice including but not limited to alternative dispute resolution, business law, corporate law, government, government contracts, municipal law, real estate, taxation, tax returns, wills, trusts, estate planning & probate law, and zoning, planning and land use.
EDUCATION:	University of Iowa, College of Law, Juris Doctor, 1990 Managing Editor, Iowa Law Review, Vol. 75, 1989-1990 University of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts, Bachelor of Arts in political science, with honors and Bachelor of Arts in economics, 1987
BAR ADMISSIONS:	Iowa Supreme Court, 1990 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 1991 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, 1992 U.S. Tax Court, 2003
LEGAL & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:	Commissioner, District 2B Judicial Nominating Commission, 2002-2008 City Attorney, Gilbert, Iowa, since 1991 City Attorney, Huxley, Iowa, 1994-2006 City Attorney, Sheldahl, Iowa, 1991-2001 City Attorney, Slater, Iowa, since 1994 City Attorney, Zearing, Iowa, since 1996 Law Clerk, Iowa Court of Appeals (Hon. Dick R. Schlegel), 1990-1991 Senior Teaching Assistant, Iowa State University, Economics 451: Agriculture Law, Fall 2000
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:	Story County Bar Association President, 2001-2002 Vice President, 2000-2001 Treasurer, 1999-2000 Iowa State Bar Association. Member, Iowa Title Standards Committee, 2008- Member, Real Estate Section Council, 2008- Iowa Municipal Attorneys Association President, 2006-07 Vice President, 2005-06 Secretary/Treasurer, 2004-05 Director, 2003-04 International Municipal Lawyers Association
LEGAL AUTHORSHIPS:	“A Rescission Approach to Vendor's Damages After Forfeiture of an Installment Real Estate Contract,” 74 Iowa Law Review, 901 (1989). Forfeiture is a remedy by which a seller can take back land and improvements sold on contract. Because of the nature of the remedy, the seller cannot claim damages above the contract payments retained. The note argues that certain types damages, particularly injury to the property, should be allowed. What Cities Should Know about the FCC's "Shot Clock" Ruling, Cityscape (March 2010). City zoning procedures should be reviewed in light of the FCC's ruling defining reasonable periods for municipal review of applications for wireless facilities. Overview of Residential Real Estate Transactions in Iowa. This is a short overview of the steps involved in a residential real estate transaction in the Ames, Iowa area. The overview breaks the typical transaction into six basic phases and describes the common steps. The intent is to provide a basic familiarity with these steps and the terminology frequently used. Internet Legal Resources for Municipal Attorneys. Presentation to the New City Attorney Institute on November 20, 2008. (Note: Large file--5MB.) Links to municipal resources.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:	Rotary Club of Ames, Iowa — Member of the board of directors of the local affiliate of Rotary International, 2009-12 Electronic Services System Coordinating Committee — Iowa State Bar Association stakeholder representative to managing body of the statewide Iowa Land Records internet land record system Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa, Inc., Ames, Iowa — Member of the board of directors of a local affiliate of the international organization established to construct housing for low and moderate income families, 2001-05 Heartland Senior Services Foundation, Inc., Ames, Iowa — Member of the board of directors of the foundation established to provide for the ongoing financial support of county-wide service agency for seniors, 2000-03 City of Ames, Human Relations Commission — Human Relations Hearing Officer, 1992-98, responsible for factual determinations under city’s discrimination ordinance Ames Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Ames — Graduate of class IX, 1995-96; Coordinator of the “State and County Government” class session for Leadership Ames classes X 1996-97, XI 1997-98, and XII 1998-99, which included meetings with representatives of executive, legislative, and judicial offices of state and county government
FORMS:	Estate and Disability Information Form — form for collecting information to prepare a will, trust, power of attorney, or living will

The offices of the Pasley and Singer Law Firm, L.L.P., are located in Ames, Iowa. The lawyers and staff of the Pasley and Singer Law Firm, L.L.P., serve clients throughout Iowa, including the cities of Ames, Nevada, Gilbert, Huxley, Slater, Zearing, Story City, Roland, McCallsburg, Colo, Cambridge, Sheldahl, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Fort Dodge, Waterloo, Marshalltown, Boone, Webster City, Eldora, Grundy Center, Newton, Adel, Eldora, Ankeny, Johnston, Indianola, Cedar Falls, Jefferson, Marshalltown, Clarion, Knoxville, and the communities that make up Story, Polk, Linn, Webster, Blackhawk, Marshall, Boone, Hamilton, Jasper, Dallas, Hardin, Warren, Greene, Wright, and Marion counties.