Grace Tobin joined Lane & Waterman as an associate in 2023. She previously worked as a summer clerk associate at L&W during the summer of 2022. Her practice focuses on litigation. She received her B.S. from Iowa State University in 2020 and her J.D. from The University of Iowa College of Law in 2023. During her time as an undergraduate at Iowa State University, Grace was a member of the Student Alumni Leadership Council and a student admissions representative. While at Iowa Law, Grace was worked as a research assistant for Dean Emily Hughes; volunteered for the Citizen Lawyer Program Access to Justice Initiative; worked as an extern at the Linn County Attorney’s Office in the Spring semester of 2023; and served as a student writer and executive board member of the Iowa Journal of Gender, Race & Justice. Grace is an Iowa native and loves living in the Quad Cities — halfway between a sister and brother-in-law in Chicago and her parents in Des Moines.
BS from Iowa State University, 2020 (Magna Cum Laude)
J.D. from Univeristy of Iowa College of Law, 2023
Iowa – 2023
Member, Dillon Inn of Court
Member, Iowa State Bar Association
Member, Scott County Bar Association
Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Externship Student Award
Last week Lane & Waterman attorneys Nicolas Yost, Victoria Biggerstaff, Jessica Kirkpatrick, and Grace Tobin volunteered at an Expungement Clinic organized by Iowa Legal Aid.
Grace Tobin joined Lane & Waterman as an associate in 2023. We sat down with Grace to learn more about her path to L&W.