MARY L. MCGEE, J.D.Des Moines, Iowa

Phone: (515) 280-128 Email: mlmcgee@q.com

Professional Summary:

Iowa licensed attorney with more than 20 years’ experience in the trial and appellate courts and administrative agencies.

Excellent presenter who can interpret and convey complex material to diverse audiences. Commissioned Iowa Notary Public. Proficient user of MicroSoft office core products, Adobe, Acrobat Pro, and Windows XP and XP Pro. Accomplished non-profit and community organizer and political action manager and administrator. Lifelong learner and exceptionally ethical leader. Conceived, designed, planned, and implemented a campaign, which saved a downtown Des Moines

Post Office branch from closure, thereby preserving a convenient and accessible location at which the large downtown commercial and residential population continues to transact business.

Supervised a raffle, which raised over $2,000.00, in approximately two months. Formed, strategized and arranged activities of, and chaired a subcommittee of a major political party

that had at least 25 members attending monthly meetings. Networked with principle decision makers in the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority to assist

in planning a fully accessible and user-friendly DART Central Station to serve all bus riders. Collaborated with City staff to produce a video broadcast on The Des Moines cable channel and

publically distributed that introduced the Access Advisory Board, raised disability awareness, and demonstrated how full program and facility accessible benefits all 200,000-plus owners of, users of, and visitors to the city.

Set Iowa Supreme Court precedent with respect to the procedural due process rights of people who have mental illness in the case of In The Matter of M.T., 625 N.W.2d 702 (Iowa 2001).

Composed an ethics code, onboarding program, and four policy and procedure manuals, when none existed previously, for a government agency with at least 98 employees and five managers.

Personal Strengths:

Adoptability Creativity Empathy FlexibilityGenerosity Honesty Initiative IntegrityIntelligence Persistence Promptness ReliabilityResilience Thoroughness

Areas of Expertise:

Analysis Accounting Active Listening AdministrationAdvocacy Budgeting Coaching CommunicationCompiling Compromising Counseling DelegatingDeveloping Diplomacy Drafting EditingEducating Fundraising Investigation JustificationLeadership Management Mediation Motivating OthersNegotiation Organization Persuasion PlanningPresentation Presiding Prioritization Problem SolvingProduction Publication Public Speaking ResearchStrategizing Teaching Technology UseTime Management Writing

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Professional Experience:Private Practice Attorney 1992-Present

Representing clients in primary areas of access, employment, gender, and race discrimination; civil rights; criminal law; plaintiff’s personal injury; mental health; and unemployment compensation.

Counseling clients about settlement negotiations, plea agreements, and other case outcomes. Conducted legal research and participated in continuing education to keep abreast of changes in the

law. Developed legal documents; drafting Motions and Briefs.

Policy Analyst, Iowa Department for the Blind 2014-2015

Analyzed administrative policies, policy proposals, and legislative policies. Responded to requests for data and information from the Director and management team. Conducted internal and external reviews, produced, edited, and published documents at the Iowa

Department for the Blind. Built and strengthened internal relationships and partnerships among the agency’s divisions.

Education:

Juris Doctor--Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, 1992Bachelor of Arts--Luther College (Psychology), Decorah, Iowa, 1976

Internships: Judicial Clerkship, Judge Glenn Pille, Iowa District Court for Polk County; Administrative Internship, Iowa Civil Rights Commission, Des

Moines, Iowa.

Community Involvement:

Iowa State Bar Association, #13694, 1992-Present Treasurer, Des Moines Chapter, NFB of Iowa, 2012-Present Treasurer, Iowa Diabetes Action Network, 2012-2015 Chair, Accessible Pedestrian Signal Committee, Des Moines Access Advisory Board, 2013-2014 Chair, Access Advisory Board of Des Moines, 2006-2014 Chair, Disabled Voters’ Committee, 2005-2008 Disability Caucus Chair, State Central Committee, Iowa Democratic Party, 2003-2008 Chair, Disability Activists for Dean, 2003-2004 Chair, Board of Directors, Central Iowa Center for Independent Living, 2002-2004

Formal Presentations:

NFBI: “Toward a Braille Literacy Bill for Iowa”; “Friendraising, Not Fundraising”; “Going Postal—Saving the Capitol Square Post Office with Organization, Demonstration, and Litigation”.

Democratic Party: “Candidate Report Card on Disability Issues” (video production); “Every Vote Counts—Making the Party Fully Accessible” (training session); “Every Vote Counts—Making Your Campaign Fully Accessible” (training session for Culver, Clinton, Biden, Richardson, and Obama campaigns).

Central Iowa Center for Independent Living: “Disability Rights Law—Making It Work for You”.

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