Attorney Brett Roberts Named to Judicial Nominating Commission in Iowa

Fredrikson & Byron shareholder Brett F. Roberts has been appointed by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds to the Judicial Nominating Commission for District 5C.

The Judicial Nominating Commission for District 5C is tasked with interviewing candidates and submitting nominees to the governor for district-court judgeships in Polk County, which includes the Des Moines metro area. Roberts’s term on the District 5C commission will end on January 31, 2024.

Roberts is a former clerk to the Honorable Judge Michael J. Melloy of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. At Fredrikson & Byron, Roberts counsels public-company, private-equity and other clients in public and private mergers and acquisitions, and he also helps clients comply with securities laws and exchange rules, manage director and shareholder relationships, effect legal reorganizations, and negotiate commercial contracts.

Fredrikson & Byron is a 275-attorney law firm based in Minneapolis, with offices in Bismarck, Des Moines, Fargo, St. Paul, Saltillo, Mexico, and Shanghai, China. Fredrikson & Byron has a reputation as the firm “where law and business meet”. Our attorneys bring business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking to work with clients, and operate as business advisors and strategic partners, as well as legal counselors. More information about the firm is available at www.fredlaw.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and on Twitter @FredriksonLaw.