Litigation Attorney Kelcy Whitaker Joins Fredrikson’s Des Moines Office

Attorney Kelcy Whitaker has joined Fredrikson’s Des Moines office as an associate in the Litigation Group.

Whitaker focuses her practice on general business litigation and energy law. She represents clients in both state and federal court and before administrative agencies.

Prior to joining Fredrikson, Whitaker served as a career law clerk to the Honorable Robert W. Pratt in the Southern District of Iowa and as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael R. Mullins of the Iowa Court of Appeals. She worked on a variety of cases at the state appellate and federal trial and appellate levels involving contract disputes, product liability and toxic tort matters, employment discrimination, employee and disability benefits, whistleblower complaints, federal tort claims, consumer protection, civil rights, and child abuse and neglect and custody cases. She has experience involving complex pretrial, trial and post-trial issues in both civil and criminal law concerning statutory interpretation, constitutional claims and other issues of first impression.

Fredrikson & Byron is a leading Midwest law firm working collaboratively to help businesses achieve their goals regionally, nationally and globally. With 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. The firm’s 375+ attorneys are based in Minneapolis, with offices in Ames, Bismarck, Des Moines, Fargo, Madison, Mankato, St. Paul, Saltillo, Mexico, and Shanghai, China. Learn more at fredlaw.com, LinkedIn or @FredriksonLaw.