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PROGRAM OVERVIEWAs the only state-wide organization for health care attorneys, the Iowa Society of Healthcare Attorneys (ISHA) is excited to invite you to its 2026 Spring Conference. This is an in-person conference. There is not a virtual option, nor will there be a recording. PROGRAM AGENDA7:30 a.m. Registration 8 a.m. Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Business Meeting; Becki Brommel, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Des Moines; Abhay M. Nadipuram, Chief Legal Officer, Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines8:15 a.m. Federal and State Legislative Update; Sandi Conlin, Contract Lobbyist, Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines; Clare Kelly, Chief Government & External Affairs Officer, Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines9:15 a.m. Keynote Panel: The United States Attorneys of the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, Sponsored by Taft; Moderator: Pete Deegan, Partner, Taft, and Former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Iowa, Chicago; Panelists: Leif Olson, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, Cedar Rapids; David Waterman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, Des Moines10:15 a.m. Break, Sponsored by Dentons Davis Brown 10:30 a.m. Case Law Update, Sponsored by Finley Law Firm; Erik Bergeland and Stacie Codr, Finley Law Firm, Des Moines11:30 a.m. Lunch Noon General Counsel Panel, Sponsored by Dorsey; Moderator: Alissa Smith, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, Des Moines; Panelists: Panelists; Todd Chelf, Executive Vice-President & General Counsel, Great River Health, West Burlington; Ashley Kleemeier, Chief Legal Officer, UnityPoint Health, West Des Moines; Shari Flowers, General Counsel and Vice President of Compliance, Methodist Health System, Omaha 1 p.m. Immigration Policy in Flux: Legal and Operational Impacts on Hospitals and Health Systems; Beth Carlson, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Minneapolis2 p.m. Break, Sponsored by Husch Blackwell 2:15 p.m. AI Session; Chris Porter, Director, Artificial Intelligence Program, Associate Professor and Co-chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Drake University, Des Moines; Chris Snider, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Drake University, Des Moines3:15 p.m. Legal Ethics: A Review of This Term’s Supreme Court Ethics Opinions; Maggie Hanson, Shareholder and Spencer Willems, Associate, Dentons Davis Brown, Des Moines4:15 p.m. Adjourn CONTINUING EDUCATION IHA has submitted this program for state continuing legal education credits for Iowa and Nebraska.ISHA RECEPTION ISHA will continue the networking at Judges, 208 3rd St., Des Moines after the education for a reception that is open to all registered attendees.View full conference details. Coupon code: ISHA200726 for ISHA members that do not work at a hospital to receive the $50 member rate. Contact Autumn McGill for questions regarding this event.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
As the only state-wide organization for health care attorneys, the Iowa Society of Healthcare Attorneys (ISHA) is excited to invite you to its 2026 Spring Conference.
This is an in-person conference. There is not a virtual option, nor will there be a recording.
PROGRAM AGENDA
7:30 a.m. Registration
8 a.m. Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Business Meeting; Becki Brommel, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Des Moines; Abhay M. Nadipuram, Chief Legal Officer, Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines
8:15 a.m. Federal and State Legislative Update; Sandi Conlin, Contract Lobbyist, Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines; Clare Kelly, Chief Government & External Affairs Officer, Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines
9:15 a.m. Keynote Panel: The United States Attorneys of the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, Sponsored by Taft; Moderator: Pete Deegan, Partner, Taft, and Former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Iowa, Chicago; Panelists: Leif Olson, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, Cedar Rapids; David Waterman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, Des Moines
10:15 a.m. Break, Sponsored by Dentons Davis Brown
10:30 a.m. Case Law Update, Sponsored by Finley Law Firm; Erik Bergeland and Stacie Codr, Finley Law Firm, Des Moines
11:30 a.m. Lunch
Noon General Counsel Panel, Sponsored by Dorsey; Moderator: Alissa Smith, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, Des Moines; Panelists: Panelists; Todd Chelf, Executive Vice-President & General Counsel, Great River Health, West Burlington; Ashley Kleemeier, Chief Legal Officer, UnityPoint Health, West Des Moines; Shari Flowers, General Counsel and Vice President of Compliance, Methodist Health System, Omaha
1 p.m. Immigration Policy in Flux: Legal and Operational Impacts on Hospitals and Health Systems; Beth Carlson, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Minneapolis
2 p.m. Break, Sponsored by Husch Blackwell
2:15 p.m. AI Session; Chris Porter, Director, Artificial Intelligence Program, Associate Professor and Co-chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Drake University, Des Moines; Chris Snider, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Drake University, Des Moines
3:15 p.m. Legal Ethics: A Review of This Term’s Supreme Court Ethics Opinions; Maggie Hanson, Shareholder and Spencer Willems, Associate, Dentons Davis Brown, Des Moines
4:15 p.m. Adjourn
CONTINUING EDUCATION IHA has submitted this program for state continuing legal education credits for Iowa and Nebraska.
ISHA RECEPTION ISHA will continue the networking at Judges, 208 3rd St., Des Moines after the education for a reception that is open to all registered attendees.
View full conference details.
Coupon code: ISHA200726 for ISHA members that do not work at a hospital to receive the $50 member rate.
Contact Autumn McGill for questions regarding this event.