subject: Daniel Dekoter A Martindale-hubbell av Rated Lawyer [print this page] Daniel DeKoter is a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated lawyer, the highest rating that a lawyer can achieve from the leading attorney rating service in the nation. He has been serving as an attorney at Sibley, Iowa based DeKoter, Thole & Dawson, P.L.C., originally the Corcoran, Skiver & Zito law firm, since June 1980. The firm is a professional limited liability company and direct descendant of a firm founded in 1936. Daniel E. DeKoter along with other members of the firm, Michael E. Thole and Harold D. Dawson aims at satisfying the legal needs of the clients by providing them with legal services that indicate the clients as well as their own commitment to fairness and justice.
Daniel DeKoter is a well qualified attorney. He graduated in 1973, from Maurice-Orange City High School. He was a National Merit Finalist at high school, and was also conferred the William Randolph Hearst Foundation Senate Youth Program scholarship. In addition to this, he was a two-time Iowa High School Athletic Association State Track Meet gold medalist in the fourth or anchor leg on the 440 yard and 880 yard relays. After completing high school, he attended Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, for a year on full scholarship. He then attended Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and graduated with a degree in Philosophy and a minor in English, in 1977. At Calvin College, he was a member of the dormitory council and also wrote for the student newspaper, the Calvin Chimes.
From 1977 to 1980, Daniel DeKoter attended the University of Iowa Law School, where he graduated in the top 20% of his law school class, and also wrote for the Iowa Law Review. After graduating from the law school, he passed the Iowa bar examination in June 1980 and joined the Corcoran, Skiver and Zito law firm in Sibley, Iowa. He is an extensively experienced attorney and practices in personal injury and product liability litigation; business litigation; business law in general; and estate planning, wills and trusts.
