Dean grew up on a grain and livestock farm near Iowa City, passed the Certified Public Accountant exam, and focuses on pre-death estate planning and post-death trust/estate administration. His practice includes (i) establishing revocable (living) trusts to avoid probate and facilitate privacy, (ii) creating wills, trusts and retirement-account beneficiary designations with customized provisions to accomplish family-specific goals, such as delaying inheritances for immature beneficiaries, (iii) implementing powers of attorney for finances and for healthcare/medical directives (living wills), and (iv) administering probate estates and trusts and filing the necessary tax returns.
Practice Areas:
Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning & Probate Law
Date and Place of Admission to State Bar:
1993, Iowa
Education:
B.B.A., University of Iowa, (finance), 1981
M.A., University of Iowa, (accounting), 1983
J.D., University of Iowa, 1993 (with high distinction)
