Tom Riley Law Firm, P.L.C.

Peter C. Riley
Tom Riley Law Firm, P.L.C.
4040 First Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-3140

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Phone:

(319) 363-4040

E-mail:

peterr@trlf.com

Fax:

(319) 363-9789

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http://www.trlf.com

Position	Bar Admissions	Education
Honors	Affiliations	Representative Cases

Peter C. Riley attended the University of Iowa. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration majoring in Accounting and Financial Management in May of 1976. He then sat for and passed the May, 1976 CPA exam, and was issued his certificate as a Certified Public Accountant by the Iowa Board of Accountancy in August of 1980.

Peter C. Riley attended the University of Iowa College of Law and graduated with a Juris Doctorate in 1980. He is admitted to practice before the Iowa Supreme Court, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern District of Iowa and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

In 1986, he was invited to be a Fellow of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is also a member of the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association and American Trial Lawyers Association.

Peter C. Riley is engaged in all facets of trial practice including commercial, corporate, real estate and probate litigation, in addition to personal injury litigation. During the farm crisis in Iowa in the 1980s, he began actively representing farm debtors and was a leader in the development of lender liability law in Iowa. See for example Peterson v. First National Bank of Iowa , 392 N.W.2d 158 (Iowa App. 1986) and Graber v. District Court , 410 N.W.2d 224 (Iowa 1987).

Current Employment Position(s):: Member

Bar Admissions:: Iowa, 1980; U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 1980; U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 1980; U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1980; U.S. Tax Court, 1992

Education:: University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, 1980; J.D.; University of Iowa College of Business Administration, Iowa City, IA, 1976; BBA; Major: Accounting; Major: Financial Management

Representative Cases:: Clark v. Mincks, 364 N.W.2d 226 (Iowa 1985); Graber v. District Court for Washington County, 410 N.W.2d 224 (Iowa 1987); Coster v. Crookham, 468 N.W.2d 802 (Iowa 1991); Knickerbocker v. First National Bank of Oelwein, 827 F.2d 281 (8th Cir. 1987)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Limited Liability Companies in Iowa, National Business Institute, Inc., 1996; Rapid-Fire!, Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, 1997; Choice of Business Entity in Iowa: How to Do it Right, National Business Institute, 1997; Basic Estate Administration for the Iowa Paralegal, National Business Institute, Inc., 2000; Limited Liability Companies in Iowa, National Business Institute, Inc., 2000; Private Seminar for Governor of Iowa, CLE, 2001

Honors and Awards:: CPA Certificate, 1980

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Iowa State Bar Association, 1980 - Present; Member; Linn County Bar Association, 1980 - Present; Member

Fraternities/Sororities:: Sigma Chi

Birth Information:: 1954, Selma, Alabama

Tom Riley Law Firm, P.L.C.
4040 First Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-3140
Phone: (319) 363-4040
Fax: (319) 363-9789
trlf@trlf.com

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