University Attended:
University of Iowa, B.B.A., Economics, 1992; University of Iowa, B.B.A., with honors, 1992
Law School Attended:
University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., with distinction, 1996
Year of First Admission:
1996
Admission:
Mr. Preston is admitted to practice before all Iowa state courts. In federal court he is admitted to the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, the Southern District of Illinois, the Western District of Michigan and the Western District of Wisconsin, as well as the 7th and 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Preston has also been admitted pro hac vice to practice before the state and/or federal courts of: California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.; 1996, Iowa; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa
Memberships:
Linn County Bar Association (Vice President, 1998-2000); Iowa State Bar Association (President, Young Lawyers Division, 2005-2006); American Bar Association (Member Sections: Tort and Insurance Practice, Intellectual Property; Franchise Forum).
Birth Information:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 10, 1971
Reported Cases:
College Park TIC1, LLC, et al.v. William J. Carden, 2017 WL 4349247 (N.D. Iowa 2017)
BVS, Inc. v. Credit Union Executives Society, Inc. 2017 WL 3200434 (8th Cir. 2017)
BVS, Inc. v. Credit Union Executives Society, Inc. 2016 WL 744088 (N.D. Iowa 2016)
Legg v. West Bank, 873 N.W.2d 756 (Iowa 2016)
Legg v. West Bank, 2016 873 N.W.2d 763 WL 275288 (Iowa 2016)
J. Lloyd International, Inc. v. Super Wings International, Ltd., 2016 WL 7411132 (N.D. Iowa 2016)
J. Lloyd International, Inc. v. Super Wings International, Ltd., 2016 WL 7116122 (N.D. Iowa 2016)
J. Lloyd International, Inc. v. Super Wings International, Ltd., 2016 WL 6440135 (N.D. Iowa 2016)
J. Lloyd International, Inc. v. Super Wings International, Ltd., 2016 WL 498428 (N.D. Iowa 2016)
West Side Salvage, Inc. v. RSUI Indemnity Co., 2014 215 F.Supp.3d 728 WL 6124637 (S.D. Ill. 2016)
West Side Salvage, Inc. v. RSUI Indemnity Co., 2014 WL 144918 (S.D. Ill. 2014)
West Side Salvage, Inc. v. RSUI Indemnity Company, 2013 WL 6169927 (S.D. Ill. 2013)
Amera-Seiki Corp. v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 721 F.3d 582 (8th Cir. 2013)
Murr v Midland Nat. Life Ins. Co., 2013 WL 12044540 (N.D. Iowa 2013)
In Re Toyota Motor Corp. 785 F. Supp. 2d 883 (C.D. Cal. 2011)
Cedar Rapids Lodge & Suites, LLC v. JFS Development, Inc., 2010 WL 1030497 (N.D. Iowa 2010)
Kramer v. Perez, 595 F3d. 825 (8th Cir. 2010)
Cedar Rapids Lodge & Suites, LLC v. JFS Development, Inc., 2010 WL 364562 (N.D. Iowa 2010)
Lakes Gas Co. v. Lou's LP Co., 2010 WL 3385186 (N.D. Iowa 2010)
In Re Toyota Motor Corp. 754 F. Supp. 2d 1208 (C.D. Cal. 2010)
Lakes Gas Co. v. Lou's LP Co., 2010 WL 1254322 (N.D. Iowa 2010)
Rakes v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of America, 582 F.3d 886 (8th Cir. 2009)
Hills Bank & Trust Co. v. Converse, 772 N.W.2d 764 (Iowa 2009)
Rakes v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of America, 2008 WL 4852932 (N.D. Iowa 2008)
Kramer v. Perez, 579 F. Supp. 2d 1164 (S.D. Iowa 2008)
Hills Bank & Trust Co. v. Converse, 2008 WL 3364334 (Iowa Ct. App. 2008)
Rakes v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of America, 622 F. Supp. 2d 755 (N.D. Iowa 2008)
McGowan, Ltd., Inc. v. Soy Basics, L.L.C., 2008 WL 346044, (N.D. Iowa Feb 06, 2008)
Richard L. McGowan, Ltd., Inc. v. Soy Basics, LLC, 2007 WL 576484, (N.D. Iowa Feb 21, 2007)
Kreinbring v. Alternative Claims Services, Inc., 2004 WL 1293927, (N.D. Iowa May 27, 2004)
Rieff v. Evans, 672 N.W.2d 728 (Iowa 2003)
United Fire & Cas. Co. v. Northwind Developers, L.L.C., 666 N.W.2d 620, (Iowa Ct. App. 2003)
Weems v. Federated Mut. Ins. Co., 220 F.Supp.2d 979, (N.D. Iowa 2002)
Berstler v. Flender, 2001 WL 34780405, (Iowa Dist. Dec 12, 2001)
Rieff v. Evans, 630 N.W.2d 278, (Iowa 2001)
GreatAmerica Leasing Corp. v. Telular Corp., 1999 WL 33656867, (N.D. Iowa 1999)
