About Us

Comprehensive Legal Representation

Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts takes pride in offering a broad range of legal services to a diverse client base. Firm clients include individuals, private and public businesses, multi-national corporations, not-for-profit groups, the State and its agencies and political subdivisions, hospitals, and regulated industries. The firm's clients conduct business on a local, state, national and international basis.

History

Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts is one of Iowa's largest law firms with a rich tradition of legal service to clients.

The law firm began in 1929 when District Judge George Brammer left the bench and returned to the practice of law with his friend Joseph Brody. The firm grew even during the depths of the Great Depression, and by the end of the 1930s the firm had expanded to eight lawyers--a large firm for the time.

Upon the death of Judge Brammer in 1949, the firm became known as the Brody firm and was so known until 1965 when the firm changed its name to Thoma, Schoenthal, Davis, Hockenberg & Wine. Thus began the modern era of the firm and a period of steady growth. In 1974 the firm grew to 40 attorneys and moved to the Financial Center, which was Des Moines' first high-rise office building.

In the 1980s the firm's name was changed to Davis, Hockenberg, Wine, Brown, Koehn & Shors, P.C. and in the 1990s the firm's name was changed again to Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C.

In 2007, the Firm's name was changed to the Davis Brown Law Firm. In 2008, the Firm moved into the new Davis Brown Tower, Des Moines.