In January of 2022 F. Montgomery Brown was awarded the John Adams Award for a career of service on behalf of criminal defendants by the Drake Law School Legal Clinic Defense Program.

In September of 2018 in New Orleans, LA F. Montgomery Brown was inducted into the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers. “The American College of Trial Lawyers is an invitation-only fellowship of exceptional trial lawyers of diverse backgrounds from the United States and Canada. The College thoroughly investigates each nominee for admission and selects only… Read more »

Troubled former Iowa state senator Kent Sorenson pleaded guilty on Tuesday to disorderly conduct, sidestepping a scheduled domestic abuse trial. Sorenson, a conservative Republican who resigned amid a public corruption investigation, was arrested in July after reportedly becoming aggressive with law enforcement officers who arrived at his rural Warren County home to intervene in an… Read more »

A first-degree murder trial for a Clive man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 20-month-old child abruptly ended on Wednesday when a judge declared a mistrial. Joe Anthony Lopez, 26, will face a new trial on May 2 for the Dec. 3, 2014, death of Ruby Alvarez, who prosecutors claim was fatally injured by Lopez when… Read more »

DES MOINES, Iowa — The trial for a man accused of killing his girlfriend’s toddler ended in a mistrial Wednesday. The mistrial was declared by the judge due to comments made by the child’s mother, Nissa Alvarez, during testimony Wednesday morning. Joe Lopez, 26, is accused of killing 20-month-old Ruby Alvarez. Alvarez was asked about… Read more »

Kevin And Stacey, You May Remember Sorenson Had To Step Down From The Iowa Senate 2 Years Ago After Breaking Federal Campaign Laws. I’ve Learned He Was Arrested Again Friday Night. Friday Night, Warren County Sheriff’s Office Received A Call From A Passerby. She Picked Up A Female Suspect Who Was Crying. Cynthia: Warren County… Read more »

Kent Sorenson, the former Iowa state senator who pleaded guilty last summer to criminal charges connected to his role in two presidential campaigns, violated his probation last month by failing a drug test. The failed drug test was reported Friday in federal court filings. Sorenson, a Republican from Milo, took the test on Sept. 30… Read more »

The federal probe that resulted in a guilty plea this week by a former Iowa state senator who was secretly paid to endorse two Republican presidential candidates in the 2012 campaign is ongoing — and could implicate the political operatives who were involved in routing payments to him, according to people familiar with the case…. Read more »

DES MOINES, Iowa — A former Iowa state senator has pleaded guilty in federal court to crimes related to accepting payment from a presidential campaign during Iowa’s 2012 presidential caucus campaign. Kent Sorenson of Milo concealed payments he received from then-Rep. Ron Paul’s presidential campaign and then obstructed the investigation into the incident, the U.S…. Read more »

Sholom Rubashkin, a prominent ultra-Orthodox Jewish businessman, has been aquitted of knowingly employing minors in his family’s now-defunct Agriprocessors kosher meat plant in Postville, Iowa. These were state misdemeanor charges, dwarfed by the possibility of a 25-year prison term for Rubashkin’s federal fraud conviction; that sentencing is scheduled for June 22. Nevertheless, this has significantly… Read more »