We are open for business and taking appointments in person and by video conference. In response to recent COVID-19 concerns, we sanitize our meeting rooms, provide complementary masks, and work to assure our clients that we are taking recommended precautions.
My practice is focused on personal injury, appeals, insurance, construction, products liability, municipal, and civil rights.
My clients are generally located in the western half of Iowa and the Council Bluffs/Omaha metro area. However, I regularly have cases throughout Iowa and Nebraska and extend my practice to Western South Dakota. I have many years of experience litigating cases and in state and federal courts within the Eighth Circuit. One of my cases has been argued before the Supreme Court of the United States.
I am also regularly called upon to consult or serve as local counsel.
Bar Admissions
• U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota
June 25, 2018
• South Dakota
May 2, 2018
• U.S. Supreme Court
March 17, 2008
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
April 15, 2002
• U.S. District Court District of Nebraska
March 29, 2002
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
April 4, 2002
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
April 1, 2002
• Nebraska
November 8, 2000
• Iowa
September 11, 2000
Elected Positions
• Board of Education of the Lewis Central School District
2009 – 2017 (two terms)
• Commissioner of the West Pottawattamie County Soil and
Water Conservation District
One term in the early 2000’s
Community Involvement
• Southwest Regional Office Advisory Council for Iowa Legal Aid
Chair July 2015 – 2018
Member 2014 - 2018
• Children’s Square USA Board of Directors
2011 – 2017
Legal Service
• American Bar Association
Council Member-at-large GPSolo Division 2016 – 2017
Committee member corporate sponsorship 2015 – 2017
• Iowa State Bar Association
Member 2000 – Present
Board of Governors 2012 – 2019
• Iowa State Bar Review School, Inc., and committee of the Young Lawyer’s Division of the Iowa Bar Association
Member 1997 – 2010
President 2004 – 2008
• Southwest Iowa Lawyer League
Member 2000 – Present
• Pottawattamie County Bar Association
Member 2000 – Present
President 2009 – 2010
Vice-President 2008 – 2009
Publications/Presentations
• Southwest Iowa Lawyer League – Is Your Tablet, Phone, or other Device Protecting Confidential Client Information? (and other ethical technology concerns)
March 4, 2016
• Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers Advocacy Institute, Issues and Strategies for the Trial Lawyer – Is Your Tablet, Phone, or other Device Protecting Confidential Client Information?
February 26, 2016
• Pottawattamie County Bar Association – Sole Practitioner Rules: Iowa Rule 39.18 & 45.11
January 15, 2016
• Iowa Fourth Judicial District Bench Bar Conference – 2015 Appellate Case Law Review
October 26, 2015
• Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers Advocacy Institute co-presented with George Davidson – Appellate Case Law Update (Opinions of the Court of Appeals)
February 22, 2013
• Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers Advocacy Institute co-presented with George Davidson – Appellate Case Law Update (Opinions of the Court of Appeals)
February 24, 2012
• Iowa County Attorney Training Conference – Prosecutorial Immunity
November 11, 2011
• Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers Advocacy Institute – Motion Practice
February 25, 2010
Honors
• Super Lawyers – Insurance Law
2017 – Present
• American Board of Trial Advocates – Member
2016 – Present
• Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
2016 - Present
• Life Fellow of the Iowa State Bar Foundation
2014 – Present
• Fellowship in the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers
2012 - Present
• Martindale Hubble AV Preeminent Ranking
2011 – Present
• Lawyers.com 5.0 out of 5.0 Client Reviews
2011 – Present
• Council Bluffs 20 under 40
August 2009
• Iowa State Bar Association Young Lawyer Award of Merit
June 2008
Education
J.D. with honors, Drake University Law School, May 2000
M.S. Higher Education Administration/Student Affairs Iowa State University, Iowa State University, May 2000
B.S. Exercise Sport Science with Minor in Anatomy Neurobiology, Colorado State University, May 1993
Employment
Stuart Tinley Law Firm, LLP
August 2000 - Present
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Council Bluffs Office
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310 West Kanesville Boulevard Second Floor, CenturyLink Building Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503
Stuart Tinley Law Firm LLP is located in Council Bluffs, IA and serves clients in and around Treynor, Underwood, Harlan, Mc Clelland, Council Bluffs, Neola, Pottawattamie County and Shelby County.
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