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Jennifer Meyer

Jennifer Meyer

Jennifer Meyer Law, PC
  • Divorce
  • Iowa
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Biography

Jennifer Meyer was raised in Primghar, Iowa and graduated from South O'Brien High School. She then attended the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) and graduated with honors with a major in Finance and minors in Business Communications and Coaching in 1999. She also was a full scholarship basketball player for UNI. During her undergraduate studies, she interned with the Black Hawk County Attorney's office working with their Witness and Victim's Assistance Division. After graduating from UNI, she then earned her Juris Doctor from Drake University Law School and was admitted to the Iowa Bar in 2002. While attending law school, Jennifer clerked for the Peterson Law Firm, which practiced in the area of workers compensation and personal injury. She additionally completed internships at the Polk County Attorney's Office and Jasper County Attorney's office while at Drake. During the summer of 2000, she was selected as one of 25 first-year law students nationwide to receive a Judge Advocate General (JAG) internship from the United States Army. She was placed at Fort Stewart Georgia and was later offered a commission upon graduation from law school. After law school, Jennifer began private practice with the firm of Grimes, Buck, Schoell, Beach and Hitchens in Marshalltown, Iowa and practiced in the areas of family law, criminal law, juvenile law, estate planning, civil litigation and tax. After three years, she joined with Kelly Bennett and Joanie Grife to form the firm Bennett, Steffens, & Grife, PC. Mr. Bennett left the firm to become a prosecutor and the firm was renamed Steffens & Grife, PC. In 2010, Jennifer began her own firm of Steffens Law Office, PC which was later renamed Jennifer Meyer Law, PC after she married Mark Meyer in 2011. Jennifer and her business partner, Joanie Grife, share an office located at 25 N. Center Street in Marshalltown, Iowa. In 2014, Jennifer opened her branch office in Ankeny, Iowa located at 121 NE 18th Street, Suite B. Jennifer is

Education
Drake University Law School
J.D. (2002) | Divorce, Family, Criminal and Juvenile Law
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University of Northern Iowa
B.A. (1999) | Finance
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Honors: Graduated with honors
Activities: Scholarship Athlete for the University of Northern Iowa Women's Basketball Team
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Professional Experience
Attorney
Jennifer Meyer Law, PC
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Attorney
Steffens & Grife, PC
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Attorney
Grimes, Buck, Schoell, Beach & Hitchens
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Intern - JAG
United States Army
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Chosen 1 of 25 first-year law students in the United States to be selected as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) Intern
Professional Associations
Iowa State Bar Association  # 17916
Member
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Polk County Volunteer Lawyers Association
Member
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Iowa State Bar Young Lawyers Division
Executive Board Member
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Marshalltown Youth & Shelter Services
Board Member
Current
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Iowa Bar Assocaition Family Law Division
Member
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Polk County Bar Association
Member
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Marshall County Bar Association
Member
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Jasper County Bar Association
Member
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Iowa
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Fees
  • Free Consultation
  • Credit Cards Accepted
Practice Area
    Divorce
    Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
Websites & Blogs
Website
Contact & Map
25 N. Center Street
Marshalltown, IA 50158
Telephone: (641) 352-4747
Fax: (641) 352-4749
121 NE 18th Street
Suite B
Ankeny, IA 50023
Telephone: (515) 707-5262