Gordon R. Fischer, Shareholder

Email: fischer.gordon@bradshawlaw.com
Phone: 515.246.5895

Personal Background

Admitted to bar, 1994, Iowa.

Education

University of Iowa (B.A., 1991)
Southern Illinois University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1994)
Law Clerk, Honorable Maynard J.V. Hayden, Iowa Court of Appeals, 1994-1995

Memberships and Admissions

• Polk County Bar Association
  – Member, Ethics Committee
• Iowa State Bar Association
  – Co-Chair, Elder Law Committee, 1994-1996
• American Bar Association
  – Member, Tort and Insurance Law Section, 1994-Present
  – Chair, Criminal and Juvenile Justice Committee, 1994-1996
• Iowa Defense Counsel Association;
  – Boardmember
• Iowa Trial Lawyers Association
  – Amicus Curiae Committee, Member
• Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service
  – Vice Chair
• Iowa Society for Human Resources Management
• Monthly Columnist, The Iowa Lawyer Magazine, 1996-Present
• Quarterly Columnist, In Brief Magazine, 1997-Present
• Recognized in Chambers USA Client's Guide to America's Leading Lawyers

Legal Authorships

• “Get Thee To An Attorney!”: Shakespeare's Hamlet as an Example of a Person 'Being Regarded' as Having a Disability under the ADA, THE IOWA LAWYER (January 1998).
• Liar, Liar - Polygraph Examinations in Employment, THE IOWA LAWYER (December 1997).
• Impairments Limiting an Individual's Ability to Work as Analyzed Under the ADA, IN BRIEF (November 1997).
• Effect of Mitigating Measures on Determination of “Disability” Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, IN BRIEF (September - October 1997).
• Immunity Available Upon Request-New Iowa Statute Provides Immunity From Civil Liability for Employers Providing References and Other Work Related Information, THE IOWA LAWYER (September 1997).
• We Can't Work It Out: Retaliatory Discharge & the Family and Medical Leave Act, IN BRIEF (July-August 1997).
• Knocking The Corporate Opportunity Doctrine—ALI Means Business With New Test; Four Jurisdictions Took Opportunity To Employ; Should Iowa Accompany Them?, THE IOWA LAWYER (July 1997).
• Admissions by Party-Opponents Under Iowa Rule of Evidence 801(D)(2)(d), IN BRIEF (March-April 1997).
• Employer Liability for an Independent Contractor's Injuries: Robinson v. Poured Walls of Iowa, Inc., THE IOWA LAWYER (February 1997).
• A,B,Cs of the ADA: Iowa Supreme Court Addresses Employment Discrimination Claims Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Cole v. Staff Temps, THE IOWA LAWYER (January 1997).
• Working It Out: Iowa Supreme Court Plasters Proposed Cause of Action, Anderson Plasterers v. Meinecke, THE IOWA LAWYER (May 1996).
• United States v. National Treasury Employees Union: United States Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Honoraria for Federal Workers, IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION GOVERNMENT PRACTICE SECTION NEWSLETTER (May 1995).

Practice Areas

General practice including, but not limited to Employment Law.