Tammy Marie Westhoff Gentry

Tammy Marie Westhoff Gentry is a partner in the Des Moines law firm Parrish Kruidenier, where she practices in the areas of employment and labor law, personal injury and wrongful death, criminal law, civil rights, and family law.

Ms. Westhoff Gentry graduated magna cum laude in the top 15% of her class from Northern Illinois University College of Law in 1997.  While in law school, Ms. Westhoff Gentry served on the Northern Illinois University Law Review.  She is the co-author of "I'll Take it for What it's Worth," The Use of Hearsay Evidence by Labor Arbitrators: A Primer & Modest Proposal, J. Disp. Resol., Vol. No. 1, 1998, and "No Song Unsung, No Wine Untasted," Employee Addictions, Dependencies & Post-Discharge Rehabilitation: Another Look at the Victim Defense in Labor Arbitration, Drake L. Rev., Vol. 47, No. 3, 1999.  In 1999, Ms. Westhoff Gentry served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the State of Iowa Judicial Branch.

A member of the Junior League of Des Moines since 1999, Ms. Westhoff Gentry is proud to serve the community of Des Moines where she lives with her husband and two daughters.

Education:

• J.D., magna cum laude, Northern Illinois University College of Law (1997)
• B.A., magna cum laude, Simpson College (1994)

Admissions:

• Illinois State Courts (inactive)
• Iowa State Courts
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Professional Associations/Memberships:

• Iowa State Bar Association
• Polk County Bar Association
• American Inns of Court (Blackstone Inn of Court)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Representative Cases:

• Professional Licensing Board litigation, including representing Licensees before the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, and representation of nurses and nurse-midwives in contested cases before Iowa Board of Nursing.
• Representation of Claimants before Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commission. Includes settlement of large occupational disease claim, involving silicosis exposure.
• Love's Enterprises v. David Love, (2010) pending appeal defending Claimant's award of a permanent-total workers' compensation injury against appeal by employer.
• Iowa Judicial Branch v. Iowa Dist. Court for Polk County, (2010) pending Iowa Supreme Court appeal concerning the expungement of a dismissed or acquitted criminal charge from on-line court records.
• Estate of Butler v. Maharishi University of Management (S.D. Iowa 2008). The estate of a student who died of multiple stab wounds by another student was allowed to sue the University for negligent or fraudulent representation.
• Manke v. Fernandez, 2002 Iowa App. LEXIS 564. Client won judgment against doctor in medical negligence case. The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment.
• Wrongful death and personal injury settlements against United States Department of Agriculture, where college students were struck by Department of Agriculture vehicle, killing driver and injuring passenger.
• Criminal defense.