Harold Widdison – Sioux City Criminal Defense Lawyer

HAROLD K. WIDDISON

Law Office of Harold K. Widdison, P.C.
505 Fifth Street, Suite 603
Sioux City, Iowa 51101

Education

University of South Dakota School of Law, JD 1994
Northern Arizona University, BS 1990

Professional Background

• Legal Research, Pleadings, Briefs, Motions, Due Diligence
• Trial Work, Litigation Management
• Mediation Practice (Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation, Construction Litigation)
• Criminal Law (Adult, Juvenile)
• Juvenile Law (GAL, CINA, TPR)
• Personal Injury Law (Investigation, Settlement Negotiations, Salvage Value Negotiation, Litigation)
• Workers’ Compensation Law
• Family Law (Dissolution, Child Custody, Child Support, Paternity, Adoption, etc.)
• Real Estate/Construction Litigation
• Business Law (Corporate/Partnership Formation and Collections)
• Appellate Practice
• Administrative Law Practice – Child Support – Child Support Recovery Unit)
• Iowa Association for Justice (IAJ, formerly ITLA) – Board of Governors (2010-2012)
• Iowa State Bar Association (ISBA) – Member
• ISBA Workers’ Compensation Section Council Member
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA or AAJ) – Past Member
• Woodbury County Bar Association (WCBA) – Member
• Courts Committee (WCBA) – Member
• Chairman – YLD/ISBA Summer Seminar Committee (2001-2007)
• Member – YLD/ISBA Summer Seminar Committee (1996-2001)
• District 3B Representative – YLD/ISBA (1999-2007)
• Volunteer Lawyer’s Project (VLP) – Participant (1996-Present)
• State Public Defender’s Office – Contract Attorney (Present)
• State Bar of lowa (1995)
• Federal Court – Northern District of Iowa (1996)