Brent A. Cashatt

 


Contacting Brent A. Cashatt

Phone: 515.244.4300 (main)
Fax: 515.244.2650 (main)
E-mail: bcashatt@babichgoldman.com




“We strive to attain a just and equitable resolution for our clients as quickly as possible so that they can begin the healing and rebuilding process.”


Fellow in the AAML
Brent Cashatt is an experienced trial lawyer with a broad background. Brent focuses exclusively on matrimonial law, and he has negotiated settlements or litigated on behalf of numerous individuals in matters involving business valuations, complex estate plans, allocation of retirement plans and benefits, analysis of executive compensation, personal and corporate taxation issues, property division, maintenance/alimony and child support, custody, visitation and removal of children, and premarital, marital and separation agreements.

Brent is recognized as one of the leading domestic relations lawyers in this region. He is a frequent speaker and contributor to Continuing Education seminars and is trained in mediation and collaborative law.

Brent is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and serves on its Admissions Committee. To be represented by a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers is to be represented by a leading practitioner in the field of family law.		     The more than 1,600 AAML Fellows across the United States are generally recognized by judges and attorneys as preeminent family law practitioners with a high level of knowledge, skill and integrity. Brent is one of only six Fellows from the State of Iowa.

Brent also serves on the Governing Council of the Family and Juvenile Law Section of the Iowa State Bar Association, and served as the Chair of the section in 2010-2011.

Brent strives to give back to the community and has been duly recognized for his efforts, twice receiving the Polk County Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyer’s Project Pro Bono Award (2002, 2004) as well as the Iowa State Bar Association’s Pro Bono Award (2002).

Brent graduated from Grand View College, Des Moines, Iowa, with distinction in 1986 and received his J.D. degree from Drake University School of Law. He was admitted to practice law in the State of Iowa in 1989. He is a member of the Polk County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations. He has attended the ABA Family Law School Trial Advocacy Institute.

Areas of Practice

Family Law
Collaborative Law/Divorce
Mediation Services

Bar Admissions

State of Iowa (1989)

Education

Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, J.D. (1989)
Grandview University, Des Moines, Iowa, B.A. with distinction (1986)

Honors/Awards

AV® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Iowa Super Lawyers, Family Law, 2010
Polk County Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyers Project Pro Bono Award, 2002, 2004
Iowa State Bar Association’s Pro Bono Award, 2002

CLE Presentations

Mediation & Domestic Violence Seminar (Ethical Issues), 2006
Collaborative Law-It’s Not an Oxymoron, Iowa State Bar Association Family Law Seminar, 2004
The Relocation Case, 2001		  

Group/Organization Memberships

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow
Iowa Board of Law Examiners, Permanent Member (2005-present); Vice Chair (2008-present)
Polk County Bar Association
Iowa State Bar Association, Family & Juvenile Law Chair (2010-2011); Governing Council (2002-2011); Co-Chairperson of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (2000-2009).
American Bar Association, Family Law Section
Association for Conflict Resolution
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts,
Permanent member
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