Jane V. Lorentzen

Areas of Practice:

General practice including but not limited to:

• Workers' Compensation
• Litigation

Bar Admissions:

• Iowa, 1991
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, 1991
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 1991

Education:

• Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1991
• University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Bachelor of Science, Nursing, 1986

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Iowa State Bar Association
  
  • President, 2009-2010
  • President-Elect, 2008-2009
  • Vice President, 2007-2008
  • Chair - Legislation Committee, 2007-2008
  • Chair - Scope and Correlations Committee, 2006-2007
  • Member, Board of Governors, 2002-2007
  • Member, Workers' Compensation Law Section Council, 2001-2003, 2005-2006
  • Member, Building Committee, 2006-2008
  • Member, Task Force to Improve the Image of the Iowa Lawyer, 2005-2007
  • Temporary Bar Examiner, 2006
  • Foundation Fellow, 2004-Present
  • Administration Committee, 2006-Present 
• Polk County Bar Association
  
  • Member, Board of Directors, 2001-2004
  • Member, Ethics Committee, 1997-2000
• Member American Bar Association
  
  • Foundation Fellow, 2006-Present
• Iowa Association of Workers' Compensation Lawyers, Inc.
• Iowa Association of Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee, Inc.
  • Symposium Co-Chair, 2001, 2002
• Member Iowa Association of Business and Industry Workers Compensation Committee

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Frequent speaker on workers' compensation topics

Honors and Awards:

• Martin Tolifson Award, Drake University Law School, 1991
• Named in Cambridge Who's Who Registry Among Executive and Professional Women
• Names in 2009 Great Plains Super Lawyer for Workers' Compensation
• Names 2010 Corporate Counsel Edition of Super Lawyers, Workers' Compensation

Public Service:

• Des Moines West Side Chamber of Commerce
  
  • Board member, 2008-present
• Drake University Law School Board of Counselors
  
  • Member, 1999-Present
  • President, 2010-2011
• Bishop Drumm Retirement Center
  
  • Board of Directors, member, 1999-Present
  • President, 2003-2005
• Advisory Counsel to Iowa Association of Business and Industry, 2009