Dean D. Carrington
Dean D. Carrington
319.354.3962 f
carrington@phelantuckerlaw.com
Lauren Lynn, Legal Assistant
lynn@phelantuckerlaw.com
Dean grew up on a grain and livestock farm near Iowa City, passed the Certified Public Accountant exam, and focuses on pre-death estate planning and post-death trust/estate administration. His practice includes:
- Establishing revocable (living) trusts to avoid probate and facilitate privacy
- Creating wills, trusts and retirement-account beneficiary designations with customized provisions to accomplish family-specific goals, such as delaying inheritances for immature beneficiaries
- Implementing powers of attorney for finances and for healthcare/medical directives (living wills)
- Administering probate estates and trusts and filing the necessary tax returns
Date and Place of Admission to State Bar and Federal Courts
1993, Iowa
Education (Undergrad, law school, etc)
- B.B.A., University of Iowa, (Finance), 1981
- M.A., University of Iowa, (Accounting), 1983
- J.D., University of Iowa, 1993 (with High Distinction)
Memberships in Bar and Professional Associations
- Johnson County Bar Association
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Probate Property and Trust Law Section
- American Bar Association
- Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
- Iowa Academy of Trust and Estate Counsel
Memberships in Community Associations
- Iowa City Hospice
- Past Board of Directors, Treasurer
- Iowa City A.M. Rotary
- Past Board of Directors, Treasurer
- Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce
- Past Chair, Local Government Affairs Committee
- Community Leadership Program Graduate
- Parkview Evangelical Free Church
- Past Corporate Secretary
- Past Legal Advisor to the Board
- Past Member Flood Task Force
- Past Elder/Director
- Past Member Bylaws Committee
- Past Building Committee Secretary
- Past Adult Sunday School Teacher
- Past Personnel Committee Chair
- Lutheran Family Service
- Past Board Member
- Senior Center, Inc.
- Past Member Accreditation Task Force
- Iowa City Community School District Foundation
- Past Board Secretary
- Heritage Area Agency on Aging
- Past Board Member and Seminar Presenter
- Boy Scouts
- Past Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 211
321 East Market Street
P. O. Box 2150
Iowa City, Iowa 52244
319.354.1104
319.354.6962 f
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