Margaret E. Dukelow Van Houten

Margaret E. Dukelow Van Houten

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Rating: 9.2

Licensed for 46 years

Estate planning Lawyer at Des Moines, IA
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate, Tax, Business

215 10th Street, Ste. 1300, Des Moines, IA

About Margaret

Biography

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Estate Planning 40%

I assist clients with their estate plans and retirement plans, including revocable trusts or living trusts and wills, tax planning, powers of attorney, irrevocable trusts and charitable planning. This includes planning for executive compensation and retirement benefits.

48 years

40%
Business 20%

I work with clients with forming and maintaining their closely held businesses.

48 years

20%
Probate 20%

I assist families to probate the estates of individuals and informal administration of revocable trusts after the death of the grantor of the trust.

48 years

20%
Tax 20%

I work with the tax consequences of all transactions, including family and closely held business transactions.

48 years

20%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Hourly Rates

$ 330-350 per hour


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Licenses

Licensed in Iowa for 46 years

State: Iowa

Acquired: 1979

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in Tennessee for 45 years

State: Tennessee

Acquired: 1981

Surrendered

No misconduct found

Location

The Davis Brown Law Firm

215 10th Street, Ste. 1300, Des Moines, IA, 50309

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Robert Fleming

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"Margaret is a national leader in estate planning and the technology needed to do it well. Plus she's a delightful person to know."

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Matthew Gardner

Trusts lawyer

Experience

Rating:  9.2 (Superb)

Honors

2015

2015 Des Moines Lawyer of the Year Employee Benefits, Best Lawyers in America

2010

2010 Des Moines Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers in America

2005

2010 to Present Super Lawyers, Trusts and Estates, Great Plains Super Lawyers

1994

AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

1991

1991-present Tax Law, Employee Benefits and Trust and Estates, Best Lawyers in America

Work Experience

2007 - Present

Senior Shareholder, Davis Brown Law Firm

Associations

2012 - Present

Iowa Academy of Trust and Estate Counsel

Member, Board of Directors

1995 - Present

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Board of Regents; Executive Committee

1984 - Present

Iowa State Bar Association

Member, Probate and Trust Law Section

Sample of Legal Cases

Farm Estate Planning

Successful Implementation

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Education

1984

New York University Law School

LL.M - Master of Laws

1979

University of Iowa

JD - Juris Doctor

1974

Iowa State University

B.A.

Speaking Engagements

2014

Wealth Planning

Digital Assets and the Estate Plan: Who gets Grandma's iTunes?

2014

The New Iowa Uniform Power of Attorney Act

The New Iowa Uniform Power of Attorney Act

2014

Professional Advisors Seminar

Digital Assets and the Estate Plan

Publications

2015

LISI Asset Protection Planning Newsletter 3285 Canadian Anti-Money Laundering Act held Unconstituional for Lawyers

Languages

English

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