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Loryetta Jourdan

Legal Assistant

Loryetta Jourdan

Bar Admissions

  • State of Iowa, 1997
  • State of Illinois, 1988

Education

  • Yale Law School, JD, 1988
  • University of Iowa, BBA, with highest distinction, 1985

Clerkship

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Law Clerk to Judge Walter Cummings

Kathleen Kleiman provides counsel to businesses in all aspects of commercial transactions. Having over 35 years of experience, Ms. Kleiman is well-versed on the variety and complexity of issues relating to initial business structure, stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, equity incentive plans, and securities issues.

  • De La Rue Systems Americas, Cedar Rapids, IA — Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  • Unitrin, Inc., Chicago, IL — Corporate Counsel
  • Helene Curtis, Inc., Chicago, IL — Corporate Counsel
  • Latham & Watkins, Chicago, IL — Associate, Tax Department

Professional Memberships

  • Iowa State Bar Association
    • Corporate Counsel Law Section
    • Business Law Section
  • Linn County Bar Association

Community Involvement

  • EDC, Inc. Board Member
  • Included in the Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” list in Cedar Rapids, 2017–2019, 2021–2023, 2026
    • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), 2022
    • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, 2021
    • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2019
    • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, 2018
    • Corporate Law, 2017, 2023, 2026
  • Included in the Best Lawyers in America® list, 2026
    • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
    • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
    • Corporate Governance Law
    • Corporate Law
    • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
    • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Included in Great Plains Super Lawyers list, 2018 & 2019
  • AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®