Madeline E. Hartley Attorney
Contact Information
Practice Area
- Estate Planning and Private Wealth
- Business Transactions and Counseling
- Agriculture Law
- Tax Law
- Real Estate
Bar Admissions
- State of Iowa
Education
- Drake University Law School, JD, with high honors, 2023
- Iowa State University, BS, Magna Cum Laude, Agricultural Business, 2020
Ms. Hartley is a transactional attorney focusing primarily on estate planning and private wealth, agriculture law, business transactions, tax law, and real estate law.
Raised in rural Iowa and from an agriculture background, she is passionate about the agriculture industry. Ms. Hartley understands the pride and investment rural Iowans pour into their operations and can assist clients in a wide range of areas including, but not limited to: estate planning and taxation, farm leases, land sale contracts, production contracts, and regulatory compliance.
Professional Affiliations
- Linn County Bar Association
- Treasurer, 2024-2025
- Iowa State Bar Association
- American Agricultural Law Association (AALA)
- Cedar Rapids Area Estate Planning Council
Presentations & Publications
PRESENTATION
- "The Corporate Transparency Act" at the Association of Corporate Counsel Forum, 6/7/2024
- "The Corporate Transparency Act" for the Washington Economic Development Group, 6/13/2024
PUBLICATIONS
- Access Denied: The Dangers of Ransomware’s Unchecked Attack on the Agriculture Industry, 27 Drake J. Agric. L. 457 (2022)
- Expanding the Drake Journal of Agricultural Law: The Green Issue, 1 The Green Issue: Drake J. Agric. L. 114 (2023) (co-authored with Karen Wallace and Cheyanne Lepird)
Additionally:
- Editor-in-Chief, Drake Journal of Agricultural Law (2022-2023)