About Peter
Peter Ickes is an Iowa-trained lawyer who completed his undergraduate and legal studies in the state before entering practice. He earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Northern Iowa in 2015 and went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Drake University Law School in 2019. Those years in Iowa’s classrooms laid a practical foundation that he carried into the courtroom and client meetings that followed.
His time at the University of Northern Iowa and Drake Law School overlapped with a period of study that emphasized the core skills most lawyers rely on: research, writing and oral advocacy. Classes and clinics at Drake exposed him to the procedural realities of litigation and the drafting tasks that underpin transactional work. The combination of a public university undergraduate education and a professional law degree in Des Moines shaped his approach to the practice — steady and detail-oriented.
After completing law school in 2019, Ickes entered the legal profession in Iowa. He has handled matters for individuals and organizations in state venues. That work has required coordination with courts and other offices across the state, and it has involved preparation of pleadings, negotiations and courtroom appearances when necessary. His practice has been built around responding to concrete legal problems in predictable ways: identify the issues, develop options, and pursue the course clients choose.
Colleagues describe him as methodical in legal research and careful in client communication. He takes the time to explain options and likely outcomes in straightforward terms. He also spends effort on written work, knowing that the record often drives results. That emphasis on clarity and the record reflects his law school training and early professional experience.
Ickes is admitted to practice law in Iowa and conducts his work within the state’s legal system. He maintains the practical routines that sustain a small legal practice: managing client files, meeting deadlines and appearing when the matter demands. He continues to live and work in Iowa, handling matters for clients with attention to procedure and the particulars of state law. He currently practices law in Iowa, focusing his work on serving clients within the state legal system.
