Contact Information:
Direct Dial Office Phone: 515-237-1188
Mobile: 515-249-1706
Fax: 515-288-9409
Email: emcafee@bevinglaw.com
Education:
Iowa State University, B.S., Farm Operations, 1977
Drake University Law School, J.D., with honors and Order of the Coif, 1991
Experience:
Farmer, 1978 to 1988
Attorney with Beving, Swanson & Forrest, P.C., Des Moines, 1991 to present
Practice Areas:
Practicing primarily in agricultural law. In addition, general practice including, but not limited to, environmental law, business and commercial law, contracts, administrative law, appellate practice and zoning and land use.
Professional Memberships:
American Agricultural Law Association
Member of Board of Directors, 2005 to present
Polk County Bar Association
Iowa State Bar Association
Agricultural Law Section
- Chair 1996-97 and 2004-05
- Legislative Committee Chair 2007 and 2008
Environmental Law Section
American Bar Association
Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
Admissions:
Iowa Supreme Court
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Date of Birth:
March 23, 1955
Presentations and Publications:
2008
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Iowa Pork Congress, "Iowa Livestock Environmental Regulations
Update" and "Regulatory and Legal Issues Update"
Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers
Farming Matters Seminar, "Preparing For The Unexpected - Dealing With The Risk of
Nuisance Lawsuits
Iowa Pork Producers Association, World Pork Expo
"Legislative and Environmental Update"
National Pork Producers Council
Understanding The Pork Industry Profitability Challenge, Lenders Education Seminar,
"Exit Responsibilities"
Cargill Pork, Annual Production/Environmental Meeting
"Iowa Environmental Regulations" What You Don't Know But May Need To" and
"State and Federal Environmental Update - What is On The Horizon?"
Iowa Poultry Association
Fall Festival, "Current Regulatory Issues"
Iowa Pork Producer Magazine
March, "Selling Livestock Under Contract - Protecting the Seller's Rights to Payment"
and "Juries Return Verdicts Finding Livestock Producers Did Not Cause A Nuisance"
National Hog Farmer
September, "Manure Use Terms Revisited"
Pork Exec, Legal Briefs
September, "Buyer (and Seller) Beware"
2007
Drake University Law School
General Practice Review Seminar - "Agricultural Law Update"
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Iowa Pork Congress, "Iowa Livestock Environmental Regulations
Update" and "Contracts: Practical Legal Advice - Starting With 'Read It'"
Iowa State Association of Counties, County Supervisors Winter Meeting,
Panel discussion, "Animal Feeding Operations, Local Control vs. State Control"
Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers
Farming Matters Seminars, "Rules, Regulations, and the Future" and "So You
Want to Build a Livestock Barn?"
University of Iowa College of Law
Real Estate and Property Law Seminar - "Agricultural Issues Pertaining to Real Estate" Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company - Hog Confinement Expo
"Agricultural Law: Nuisance; Care, Custody and Control; Building Regulations; and
Contracts"
Iowa Pork Producers Association, World Pork Expo
"Legislative and Environmental Update - Why Should Contract Growers Be Involved"
Iowa Pork Producer Magazine
May, "Contracts: Practical Legal Advice - Starting With 'Read it'", Part I
July, "Contracts: Practical Legal Advice - Starting With 'Read it'", Part II, Manure
Application Agreements
November, "Contract Feeding," Part III of "Contracts: Practical Legal Advice - Starting
with 'Read It'"
2006
Drake University Law School
General Practice Review Seminar – “Agricultural Law Update”
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Iowa Pork Congress, “Regulatory Changes and Nuisance Update”
Environmental Seminars, “Iowa Environmental Regulations” and “Nuisance Update”
Iowa Cattlemen’s Association
Summer Meeting, Environmental Regulation
Plymouth County Pork Producers Association, “Livestock Regulations, Nuisance and Contract
Feeding Update”
Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers
March and August, Farming Matters Seminars, “Rules, Regulations, and the Future” and
“So You Want to Build a Livestock Barn?”
Land O’ Lakes Purina Feed
“Livestock Regulations and Nuisance Law”
Iowa Press on Iowa Public Television
Local control, DNR Director Discretion and other livestock regulation issues with DNR
Dir. Jeff Vonk
Iowa State University student chapter of the National Ag Marketing Association
Nuisance law and air quality regulation
Iowa State Dairy Association
“Livestock Regulations & Environmental Issues”
Iowa Cattleman Magazine
Sept., “Feedlot Producers Should Carefully Review NPDES Permits Within 30 Days” and
“DNR to Extend Nutrient Management Plan Deadline in NPDES Permits”
Oct., “ICA sends comments to EPA on CAFO’s”
Iowa Pork Producer Magazine
May, “Nuisance Lawsuits – Protecting Yourself from Nuisance Liability”, Part III of III
DPI Global Newsletter, September 2006, “Minimizing Air Quality Concerns from Livestock
Operations”
Manure Manager Magazine
Sept./Oct., “Manure Related Nuisance Lawsuits – Living with the Risk”, Part II of III
Community Activities:
Drake Neighborhood Association
Member of Board of Directors, 1993 to 2003 and 2006 to present
President, 1999-2000, Treasurer, 2001-2003
Neighborhood Development Corporation
Member of Board of Directors, 2007 to present