Rebecca first moved to Ames with her family in 1979, one day before starting kindergarten at Roosevelt Elementary School. After spending some years abroad with her family, Rebecca graduated from Ames High School and attended the University of Northern Iowa to major in political science. Rebecca graduated from UNI in 1996 and moved to Washington, D.C. She worked on Capitol Hill for more than five years in a variety of positions, the last of which was Health Policy Advisor for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. She graduated from George Mason University Law School in Arlington, Virginia in 2005 and immediately returned to Iowa to sit for the bar exam.
Rebecca began practicing law at the BrownWinick Law Firm in Des Moines and was involved in health care and lobbying work. She joined the Newbrough Law Firm as an associate in 2011 and later became a partner.
Rebecca advises clients primarily in the areas of estate planning, probate (post-death legal matters), trust administration, and real estate. When not drafting estate planning documents or handling probate matters, Rebecca loves spending time outdoors with her husband and two children.
Rebecca currently sits on the board of directors for Northcrest Community in Ames. She also spends a great deal of time serving BSA (formerly Boy Scouts of America) Troop 160G as Scoutmaster.
Rebecca previously served as a board member for Rehema Home U.S. Fundraising, Inc., a non-profit organization which supports a home for abandoned children in Nairobi, Kenya. She also served a full term on the board of directors for ACCESS, a non-profit serving those impacted by domestic and sexual violence.
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