Margaret D. Van Houten

Divorce, Mediation
1415 28th Street, Suite 160
West Des Moines, Iowa 50266


Divorce

Admitted

1979, Iowa; 1981, Tennessee; 1984, U.S. Tax Court; 1985, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa

Law School

University of Iowa, J.D., with distinction, 1979; New York University, LL.M. in Taxation, 1984

Law School Graduation Year

1984

College

Iowa State University, B.A., 1975

Memberships

Polk County, Iowa State (Council Member, Taxation Section, 1990-1993, 1997-2000, 2002—; Chair, Employee Benefits Committee, 1993-1994; Member, Probate and Trust Law Section) and American (Member, Employee Benefits Committee, Taxation Section, 1990—) Bar Associations

Biographical

Phi Beta Kappa. Adjunct Professor of Law, Drake University, 1995-1996. Member, 1990-1999 and Chair, 1994-1996, Iowa Supreme Court Commission on the Unauthorized Practice of Law. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Member: Technology Committee, 1996—; Estate and Gift Tax Committee, 2002—).

Military