Iowa Family Law with Forms

Andrew B. Howie is an attorney and shareholder with the firm of Shindler, Anderson, Goplerud & Weese, P.C., in West Des Moines, where his career has focused almost exclusively on family law in both trial and appellate courts. Andrew is a Fellow in two national academies, the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. As an Academy Fellow, Andrew is recognized as a leading practitioner in those fields. He is a highly skilled litigator representing individuals in all facets of domestic relations and appellate work.

Andrew earned his J.D. with distinction from the University of Iowa in 1996 after earning his Bachelor’s Degree from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, in 1993. He is licensed to practice law in Iowa, the Northern and Southern Districts of the U.S. District Court of Iowa, Eighth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

After graduating from law school, he served as a clerk for the Iowa District Court in Burlington for a year. He has primarily practiced in Polk County since 1997. He has been a member of the Iowa State Bar Association’s Family and Juvenile Law Section since 2002, having served as its Chair (2009-10), Vice-chair (2008-09), and chair of its Forms and Practice subcommittee (2004-08, 2010-present).