Nicole Hughes

Nicole Hughes is the managing partner in the law firm of Telpner Peterson Law Firm, LLP. Her practice focuses on bankruptcy, commercial law, and debtor-creditor relations. She received her B.S. from Creighton University in 2000 and her Juris Doctorate from Creighton University School of Law in 2003. She has been admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Iowa and Nebraska as well as the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court. She is a member of various local, state and federal bar associations as well as the American Bankruptcy Institute. She was the Iowa State Chair for the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys from 2007 - 2014. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Nicole Hughes included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors "Preeminent" AV 5.0 Rated, Martindale-Hubbell Selected to Great Plains Super Lawyers, Since 2020 Recognized as 2017 Volunteer of the Year by the Council Bluffs Community School District Lawyer Monthly – Women in the Law 2018 Award Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America Other Sources of Feedback About Nicole Hughes Included on the 2025Great Plains Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Great Plains Super Lawyers list 2023 Great Plains Super Lawyers list 2022 Great Plains Super Lawyers list 2021 Great Plains Super Lawyers list 2020 Great Plains Super Lawyers list

• Managing Partner

• Council Bluffs Schools Foundation, Director, 2018 - 2024
• School Board Citizens Committee, 2018
• Community Foundation for Western Iowa, Scholarship Committee, 2022 - Present

• Iowa, 2003
• Nebraska, 2003
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 2003
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 2003
• U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2004
• Supreme Court of the United States of America, 2012

• Nebraska State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association, Iowa Chapter, 2014 - 2025 (Director)
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, 2007 - 2014 (Chair)
• Iowa State Bar Association
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Pottawattamie County Bar Association
• Bankruptcy Seminars, Inc., 2014 - Present (Director)
• Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Panel Trustee for the Northern District of Iowa, Southern District of Iowa, and District of South Dakota, 2022 - Present
• School Bond Citizens Committee, 2018