
Practice Areas
- Agribusiness Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Business Law
- Condemnation and Eminent Domain
- Estate Planning, Wills, and Trusts
- Health Law
- Housing Cooperatives and Condominium
- Privacy, Data Security, and Civil Fraud
- Product Distribution Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
Contact Information
Dennis J. McMenimenAttorney, Senior Vice President
Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C.
Phone: (319) 731-2302
Email: djm@shuttleworthlaw.com
Fax: (319) 365-8443
Dennis’s Assistant
Name: Jean L. SturtzPhone: (319) 365-9461
About Dennis J. McMenimen
Dennis McMenimen is a Senior Vice President at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C. Dennis’ work focuses on counseling businesses and investors on a variety of legal issues, including entity organization and operation, lending and finance, contracts, real estate, and natural resource matters.
Education:
- St. John’s University, B.A. Government (magna cum laude) (1975)
- University of Iowa, J.D. (with distinction)
- Journal of Corporation Law–Executive Editor (1977-1978)
Professional Affiliations
- American College of Mortgage Attorneys
- American Bar Association (Member of Business Law Section and Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section)
- American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
- American Agricultural Law Association (Member)
- Wyoming State Bar Association (Member)
- Iowa State Bar Association (Member of the Real Estate & Title, Commercial & Bankruptcy and Business Law Sections) (Real Property Committee, Chair-1999-2000, CLE Subcommittee, Chair-1990-1991) (Commercial & Bankruptcy Section, Membership Committee Chair-1990-1991) (Corporate Banking & Business Law Section, Council Member-2000-2003, For-Profit Corporation Committee Member-2000-2003, Limited Liability Subcommittee, Chair-2000-2001, UCC Subcommittee-1990-1994, UCC Articles 3 and 4 Study Committee-1992-1994, Partnership Committee-1997-1998)
- Linn County Bar Association (Title Standards Committee-1981-2003)
- Cedar Rapids Estate Planning Council (Member)
Awards and Recognitions
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America©–Real Estate Law (2002- present), Corporate Law (2002-present); Banking and Finance Law (2015-present); Corporate Governance Law (2015-present) and Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law (2016-Present)
- Named the Best Lawyers© 2015 Real Estate “Lawyer of the Year” in Cedar Rapids
- Named the Best Lawyers© 2017 Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Cedar Rapids
- Listed in the Chambers USA®, America’s Leading Lawyers for Real Estate Law (2004-present)
- Listed as a Great Plains Super Lawyer®—Real Estate, Business/Corporate
- Martindale-Hubbell, Inc. Rating “AV”
Community and Personal
- United Way of East Central Iowa (Board of Directors-1996-2003) (Secretary-1998-2000) (Vice-Chair-2001) (Chair-2002)
- Brucemore, Inc. (Secretary-1998-2000) (Vice President-2001-2002) (President-2002-2004) (Board of Trustees-1997-2005) (Investment Committee Member-1998-2009)
- Boy Scouts of America, Hawkeye Area Council (Council President-2004-2006) (Executive Board-1999-2008) (Board 1999-2014) (Scouting for Food Committee Chair-2000-2003) (Finance and Administration Committee-2003-present) (Investment Committee-2004-2012) (Red Cedar District-Friends of Scouting Fundraising Campaign Chair-2006-2008)
- Cedar Rapids Library (Board of Trustees Member-2006-2009)
- Cedar Rapids Science Center, Inc. (Board of Directors-2007-2012) (Secretary-2007-2012)
- Cedar Rapids Downtown Rotary (1983-present)
- Orchestra Iowa (Board Member-2009-present)
- Scoutmaster, Troop 3, Grant Wood Elementary (2002-2004)
- Cubmaster, Pack 3, Grant Wood Elementary (1999-2001)