Byron G. Riley
Areas of Practice:
- Wills
- Trusts
- Estates
- Probate
- Corporate and Business Law
- Family Business Successions
- Taxation
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree, University of Iowa, 1952
- Juris Doctorate with honors, University of Iowa College of Law, 1957
- Board of Editors, Iowa Law Review
Experience:
- Co-founder of Bradley & Riley PC in 1981
- Lynch, Dallas, Smith & Harman, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1957-1981
Birth Information:
- 1930 Burlington, Iowa
Professional Memberships and Positions:
- American Bar Association
- Senior Lawyers Division
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Young Lawyers Division, Past President
- Board of Governors, former member
- Linn County Bar Association, member and Past President
- Young Lawyers Section, Past President
- American Bar Foundation
- Lecturer for educational meetings sponsored by the University of Iowa, Iowa State Bar Association, Linn County Bar Association, Cedar Rapids Estate Planning Council
Professional Recognition:
- AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory
- Listed in Super Lawyers for Corporate Finance and Estate Planning & Probate
- Listed in Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Corporate Law
- Named as the "Cedar Rapids Best Lawyers Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year" for 2012
Bar Admissions:
- Iowa State Courts
Civic and Volunteer Involvement:
- Cottage Grove Place Foundation, Trustee
- Priority One of the Greater Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, Past Chair (1987-1988)
- Greater Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, Past Chair (1986-1987)
- United Fire and Casualty Company Board of Directors, former member (1983-2007)
- United Life Insurance Company, former member (1973-2007)
- St. Pius X Church, Cedar Rapids, founding member and former Trustee
- All Saints Church, former Trustee
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