Ryan D. Gerling
Ryan D. Gerling
Attorney
Areas of Practice
Banking Law
Business Law & Litigation
Bankruptcy
Creditors Rights
Criminal Law including OWI Law
Municipal and Administrative
Juvenile Law
Family Law
General Litigation
Real Estate (transactional & litigation) & Estate Planning
Mediation
Bar Admissions
Iowa, 2011
Illinois, 2012
U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 2012
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2011
Education
Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa
J.D. – 2011
Honors: With High Distinction
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Dean’s List all semesters
Law Review: Drake Law Review, Research Editor, 2010 – 2011
Law Review: Drake Law Review, Staff, 2009 – 2010
University of Iowa
B.A. – 2008
Honors: With Honors
Honors: David and Connie Belin Honors award
Honors: Hancher/Finkbine Medallion Nominee
Honors: Honors Thesis: Ethno-cultural Conflict in Late Nineteenth Century Iowa
Honors: Honors Thesis Education: Masculinity and Intrapersonal Conservativeness: The Relationship Between Social Dominance, Right Wing Authoritarianism, Male Gender Role Conflict, Psychological Entitlement and Religiosity
Honors: Symposium: Academic Acceleration Policies: Why They Are Necessary and How to Write Them, Ninth Biennia Wallace National Research Symposium on Talent Development
Honors: Race Director TriHawks Triathlon, 2007
Major: History and Secondary Education
Major: All Social Science Endorsement
Classes/Seminars
Adjunct Professor, Business Law, Iowa Wesleyan College, 2012-Present
Professional Associations & Memberships
Iowa State Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Des Moines County Bar Association
BEAST
Bel Canto
Rotary