Our Des Moines Attorneys - Gary Dickey Jr. |
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Gary Dickey Jr.
301 E Walnut St, Suite 1
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Tel: 515.288.5008
Fax: 515.288.5010
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A founding member of Dickey & Campbell, Mr. Dickey has been licensed to practice law in Iowa for
over four years. Upon graduation from Drake University Law School, he served as clerk to Honorable
Harold Vietor, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa where he worked closely
with the judge to prepare judicial opinions, orders, and memoranda on complex issues of criminal law
and procedure, constitutional law, torts law, as well as other areas.
Mr. Dickey practiced briefly with the Bull Law Office P.C. in Des Moines before joining the office of
Governor Vilsack and Lt. Governor Pederson as general counsel in October of 2004. While with the
Governor’s Office, Mr. Dickey crafted Executive Order No. 42, which restored the right to vote in
Iowa for tens of thousands of ex-felons that had already completed their sentences. He successfully
represented Governor Vilsack in court in defense of the executive order in the Iowa District Court
for Muscatine County. He also served as an ex-officio member of the legislative Administrative Rules
Review Committee. In September of 2005, Gary assumed the additional responsibilities as policy
director and represented the Governor on legislative and budget issues.
In January 2007 he joined the Iowa Department of Economic Development were he served as a
Division Administrator, coordinating their commercialization efforts in the advanced manufacturing,
bioscience, and information technology industries. As a registered lobbyist for the department,
Mr. Dickey drafted HF 829 and helped the Governor’s Office with the passage of Iowa’s Energy
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Education:
Drake University Law School, J.D.
High Honors, Order of the Barrister,
Drake Law Review Junior Staff, Student Bar
Association President,
Martin Tollefson Award
William & Ellen Cooney Hoye Award
Drake University, B.S.B.A.
Magna Cum Laude
Corporate Finance/Insurance
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General Practice, including:
- Personal Injury
- Criminal Law and Executive Clemency
- Civil Rights
- Government Affairs
- Employment & Labor Law
- Appellate Law
- Administrative Law
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Admissions:
- State of Iowa
- U.S. District Court
Northern/Southern
District of Iowa
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Associations and Memberships:
- Iowa State Bar Association, Member
- Polk County Bar Association
- ISBA Young Lawyers Division,
Former District Representative
- South Suburban YMCA,
Board of Directors
- Drake Board of Counselors
Former Member
- Southwestern Hills Neighborhood
Association, Past Board Member
- Friend of AFSCME Award
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