Tom Drew

Tom was born and raised in Hampton, Iowa and comes from a family of attorneys. Tom's father was a general practice attorney in Hampton, Iowa, for almost 50 years. Tom's older brother, Jim, was Governor Tom Vilsack's first appointment to the District Court bench. Tom has been married to Julie (Steidl) Drew since 1984. Julie is recently retired from fulltime work as a Chef instructor in the Culinary Arts Department of DMACC. Tom and Julie's son and daughter are graduates of the University of Iowa. Their daughter obtained her Master’s Degree from DePaul University while working fulltime, and currently works as a Corporate Trainer for a Retirement Financial Service Company in West Des Moines. Their son obtained his MBA from the University of Iowa while working fulltime, and currently brokers real estate development ground in central Iowa. When not working, Tom enjoys flying airplanes and is an Airline Transport Rated Pilot and a Certified Instrument Flight Instructor. He currently owns and flies a Beechcraft 58 Baron and a Piper Cherokee 140. Tom also enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, watching independent films and playing his bass guitar. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Tom Drew included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Order of the Barristers Other Sources of Feedback About Tom Drew 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 2019 Great Plains Super Lawyers list

• Attorney

• Iowa, 1988
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1988

• President, Iowa Trial Lawyers Association (Iowa Association for Justice) 2005
• President, Iowa Chapter American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA 2011)
• Chair, Litigation Section Iowa State Bar Association, 2007-2008
• President, American Inns of Court (C. Edwin Moore Chapter), 2004-2005
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• President, American Academy of ADR Attorneys (2014)
• Appointed by Iowa Supreme Court to the Civil Justice Reform Task Force Steering Committee, 2010
• Elected to Judicial Nominating Commission District 5C
• Executive Committee-Iowa Board of Medicine, 2007-2012
• Fellow, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers