Dean Stowers, Member of Stowers Law Firm

Dean was born in Madison, Wisconsin on March 5, 1964 and grew up in northern Wisconsin.  After completing college at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and attending law school at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Dean studied for, took, and passed the Iowa bar exam, moved to Washington, D.C., and then studied for, took and passed the Pennsylvania bar exam in Philadelphia. From 1989-1990 Dean worked in the Office of General Counsel as a counselor to the United States Sentencing Commission, the agency that promulgates the Federal Sentencing Guidelines used in all federal sentencing proceedings.

In 1990 Dean returned to work in criminal defense at The Rosenberg Law Firm where he had clerked during law school and developed an interest in criminal defense.  Since then Dean has tried alone or participated in trying with others dozens of criminal jury trials, including roughly half of those in federal court. Dean has secured not guilty verdicts in more than 70% of those trials, including one streak of four consecutive federal jury trial acquittals. Dean has tried some of the longest and most complex criminal jury trials in the history of Iowa federal courts.

Although Dean greatly enjoys jury trials, he is also a believer in the value of effective pretrial strategy. For every favorable jury verdict that Dean has secured for his clients, there are many more cases that have been dismissed or disposed of quietly as a result of successful pretrial motions and advocacy.

Dean is a fighter who stands by his clients against some of the longest odds, including through appellate review. Dean takes pride in handling appeals from his own unsuccessful trial or sentencing outcomes and has attained numerous reversals in noteworthy and precedent-setting cases.

In addition to criminal practice, Dean is frequently sought out for strategic advice and representation in complex civil and personal matters, including situations of personal or professional sensitivity. Guiding clients through such situations is something that requires both a legal advisor and counselor capable of trying the case if necessary.