My name is Laura Schultes. I grew up the daughter of a veterinarian and non-profit executive director in north central Iowa. My childhood was spent living in the country and attending small town schools. Then life took me to Iowa City, the southwest United States and even out of the country before I landed back in Cedar Rapids, which is now the city I call home.

I also see my work as an attorney extending far beyond each individual client. The law is not always fair. The “rules of the game” don’t always produce the right result. But from time to time while working on a single case for a single client, an opportunity arises to question the law as it is written or nudge the “rules of the game” towards greater fairness. It is motivating to me that I could play a role in making the system just a little bit fairer into the future.