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(319) 896-4128 (319) 366-1917 rkinkead@spmblaw.com Cedar Rapids , IA
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Kristi Rottman Legal Assistant

(319) 896-4045 krottman@spmblaw.com

Practice Area

  • Family Law
  • Appellate Advocacy
  • Agriculture Law

Bar Admissions

  • State of Iowa, 2013

Education

  • Vermont Law School, JD, summa cum laude, 2013
    • General Practice Program Certificate
    • Student Bar Association, President, 2012-2013
    • Moot Court Advisory Board, Appellate Advocacy Chair, 2012-2013
    • Federalist Society, Vermont Law Chapter, Secretary, 2011-2013
    • South Royalton Legal Clinic, Student Clinician, Fall 2012
  • Schreiner University, BA, summa cum laude, 2010
    • Political Science
    • Religion
    • Judicial Board, Chair, Fall 2009-Spring 2010
    • Moot Court, Spring 2007-Fall 2009

Clerkship

  • Law Clerk for the Third Judicial District of Iowa, Sioux City

Rae Kinkead is a family law attorney and mediator in the firm’s family law practice group. She represents individuals in all aspects of domestic relations, including but not limited to, divorce, property division, child custody and support, prenuptial agreements, guardianships and domestic violence. Ms. Kinkead recognizes that each case needs personalized legal strategies. She is an experienced litigator and is well-versed in mediation and limited representation. She also works in appellate advocacy, challenging and defending trial court decisions.

Ms. Kinkead completed the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer’s Institute for Family Law Associates Advanced Training in 2018 and the American Bar Association's Family Law Trial Advocacy Program held by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy in 2015. She earned the Mosten Basic Divorce Mediation Training Certificate in 2016.

Honors & Awards

  • Included in Great Plains Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, 2018-2020
  • Selected as one of Alpha Sigma Alpha's 30 Under 30, 2015

Professional & Community Affiliations

Professional Memberships

  • Iowa State Bar Association
    • Family & Juvenile Law Section
  • Linn County Bar Association
    • Family Law Committee
  • The Federalist Society
  • Dean Mason Ladd American Inn of Court
    • Memberrship Chair
    • Past President

Community Involvement

  • Alpha Sigma Alpha, Advisor, Zeta Psi, Loras College

Presentations

2020 Presentation

  • "Ethics:Client Communication Do’s & Don’ts," Iowa Association for Justice Family Law Seminar

2019 Presentations

  • "Transitional Spousal Support," Iowa State Bar Association Annual Meeting
  • "Transitional Alimony," Iowa Association for Justice Family Law Seminar

2018 Presentations

  • "Marriage and Family Therapy Ethics and Family Law," Marriage and Family Therapy Class, Mount Mercy University
  • "Ins and Outs of Alimony," Iowa Association for Justice Family Law Seminar, panelist

2017 Presentations

  • "Marriage and Family Therapy Ethics and Family Law," Marriage and Family Therapy Class, Mount Mercy University
  • "Spousal Support and Use of Guidelines in Iowa," Iowa Association for Justice Family Law Seminar
  • "Ethics," Iowa Association of Marriage & Family Therapy Conference
  • "Ethical Considerations of Legal Services Agreements," State Bar Association Family Law Seminar

2016 Presentation

  • "Spousal Support in Iowa One Year Post-Gust," Linn County Family Law Committee, with Judge Turner and Judge McPartland

2015 Presentations

  • "Property Division: The Basics, Plus the Latest Developments Related to Dissipation and Gifts," Iowa State Bar Association Annual Meeting, co-presentation
  • "The Basics of Property Division in Iowa," Iowa Court of Appeals Judges, clerks and staff, co-presentation

News & Events

2020

  • Rae Kinkead to Speak to IAJ Family Law Trial Lawyers Conference, 09/03/2020
  • 2020 Great Plains Super Lawyers Announced, 07/31/2020

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