• Born LeMars, Iowa 1951
• B.A. 1973 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Iowa
• J.D. 1976 Cum Laude, University of Iowa College of Law
• Practiced law with Beving, Swanson & Forrest, P.C. since 1976
• Practice Areas:  General practice including, but not limited to, non-profit law, contracts and business law.
• Member, Polk County Bar Association, Iowa State Bar Association, and American Bar Association.
  • Chair, Iowa State Bar Association Section, Environmental Law, 1990-1992
  • Member, Nonprofit Corporations Committee, Business Law Sections, Both ISBA and ABA.
  • Member, ISBA Administrative, Agriculture, Business and Environmental Law Sections
• Member,American Society of Association Executives Legal Section
  • Member, ASAE Legal Section Council, 1998-2004
  • Chair, ASAE Legal Section Liaison Committee, 2002-2004
  • Member, “Ask the Legal Section” Committee, 2004-present
• Legal Authorships:
  • Legal Guide, Iowa Lodging Association (1995)
  • “Clarifying Proxy Voting,” Association Management magazine (June, 2003)
  • “Iowa’s 2004 Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act: What an Association Executive Should Know,” Iowa Society of Association Executives (2004)(Co-Author)
  • “Deducting Convention Expenses,” Association Management magazine (July, 2004)
  • “Structuring Licensing Agreements,” Association Management magazine (April, 2005)
  • “RDIQQR: Types of Tax-Exempt Income to a Nonprofit,” Association Management magazine (November, 2005)
  • “Improving Board Meeting Attendance,” Association Management magazine (July, 2006)
  • "The Association Lawyer's Client is the Association," Associations Now Magazine (January, 2007)
  • "Charitable Donation Changes," Association Now Magazine (May, 2007)
  • "Lessons From Iowa's Nonprofit Law," Iowa Society of CPA's (October, 2007)
  • "Grassley/Baucus Senate Finance Committee 501(c)(3) Reform 2004-2007," Iowa Society of CPA's (October, 2007)
  • "Employee Harassment by Members or Volunteer Leaders," Associations Now magazine (December, 2007) 
  • Mr. Truesdell has since 2002 contributed a regular column to the ISAE Newsletter, “Common Myths in Association Law.”
  
  Mr. Truesdell and his wife, Dr. Catherine Truesdell, have three grown children and reside in Des Moines.
  
  Contact Information
  Phone: 515-237-1180
  FAX: 515-288-9409
  Email: mtruesdell@bevinglaw.com

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