Ethan Epley, Member of Dillon Law PC

Ethan D.

Ethan D. Epley grew up on his parents’ crop and livestock farm between Shell Rock and Waverly Iowa. He is a 1998 graduate of Waverly-Shell Rock High School. Currently Ethan resides with his family in Waverly and is still actively involved in the family’s farming business.   Legal Training: Mr. Epley attended Drake University Law School in Des Moines Iowa. While in law school he was elected Vice President of the Drake Agricultural Law Association and held a position as a research editor for the Drake Journal of Agricultural Law. During law school he worked at the Beginning Farmer’s Center located in Urbandale, Iowa where he worked on farm succession planning. Ethan graduated with honors from Drake University Law School in 2009 and was awarded a certificate in Food and Agricultural Law. Ethan practices primarily in Butler, Bremer, Floyd, and Franklin county courts.   Publications:

• Iowa Farmers Business and Transfer Plans, Iowa State University Extension, May 2009
• General Practitioner’s Guide to Livestock Production and Manure Management Plans in Iowa
• Manure Agreement Decision Making Tool, Drake University Law School Agricultural Law Center http://www.law.drake.edu/centers/agLaw/docs/manureAgreements.pdf

    Undergraduate Work: Mr. Epley graduated with distinction from Iowa State University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Studies and a minor in Agronomy. While at Iowa State he was actively involved in the Farm Operations Club as a member and officer. Mr. Epley was also a member and officer of the Collegiate Farm Bureau Organization.   Throughout his collegiate career he was employed by the ISU Forestry Department as a lab technician, and as a sales intern for Monsanto.