Kimberly H. Blankenship

Background

Kim regularly advises clients on compliance with federal, state and local employment laws and assists with administrative charges and investigations. She works with clients on development of personnel policies and procedures and works with health care providers on HIPAA and HITECH compliance. Her practice area also includes immigration law and she works with employers all over the U.S. in navigating the U.S. immigration system in order to obtain work authorization for professionals and their family members to live and work in the U.S.

Assistant: James
Assistant's phone: 319-861-8704
Assistant email: Jphan@bradleyriley.com

Bar Admissions

• Iowa State Courts
• United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Recognition

• Listed as a Rising Star in Super Lawyers ® 2013 – 2014
• Listed in Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Labor & Employment Law: Immigration

Community Awards

• 2011 recipient of the Corridor Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 Award
• 2010 Polk School Outstanding Volunteer, presented by Cedar Rapids Board of Education

Professional and Community Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• Iowa State Bar Association
• Linn County Bar Association
• American Immigration Lawyers Association
• National Trial Advocacy Skills Program presented by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 2005

Civic and Volunteer Involvement

• Young Parents Network, past Director
• Daybreak Rotary, past member and Director
• Graduate of Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership for Five Seasons Program, Class of 2008
• Big Brothers Big Sisters, former Big Sister
• Junior Achievement, Volunteer Classroom Teacher
• Volunteer Youth Soccer Coach
• Girl Scouts of the USA Volunteer
• Antioch Christian Church, Volunteer Kids Ministry Teacher
• Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre Board of Directors, past Director

Professional Experience

• Joined Bradley & Riley PC in 2001

Speeches and Publications

• “The Remote Workforce: Common Issues and Best Practices,” presented at Bradley & Riley PC’s client seminar, 05/16/2024
• “Reductions in Force:  OWBPA and WARN Implications,” presented to the Cedar Rapids HR Roundtable, 04/13-14/2023
• “Reductions in Force:  OWBPA and WARN Implications,” presented at Bradley & Riley PC’s client seminar, 04/06/2023
• Co-presenter:  “Restrictive Covenants:  Here Today and Gone Tomorrow?” ISBA, Iowa Association of Corporate Counsel lunch and learn, 03/30/2023
• “Keeping Current with Covid-19,” presented as part of Bradley & Riley PC’s Labor and Employment lunch and learn series, 02/23/2022
• “Employment Law Update,” presented at Iowa Optometric Association meeting, 10/15/2021
• “Current Issues:  Labor and Human Resources,” presented at the Master Builders of Iowa Cornerstone Academy on 11/04/2021

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• “Current Labor and Human Resource Issues,” presented at the Master Builders of Iowa Cornerstone Academy, 11/07/2019

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• Iowa Paralegal Association, Immigration Updates, presented at the Iowa Association of Paralegals Spring Conference, 04/20/2018
• “Immigration Update and Roadmap for 2018,” presented at Bradley & Riley PC’s client seminar, 02/01/2018

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• Iowa State Bar Association Annual Meeting, 06/19/2017:  “Immigration Law Update/Best Practices.”
• “Form I-9 Best Practices,” presented to the Cedar Rapids HR Roundtable, 04/20-21/2017
• “Employment Law Update 2016:  Recent Supreme Court and NLRB Decisions,” presented at Iowa Association of Corporate Counsel meeting, 08/11/2016
• “Immigration Update – What Employers Need to Know in 2016,” presented at Bradley & Riley PC’s client seminar, 02/11/2016
• “Employment Law Update 2015:  Recent Supreme Court and NLRB Decisions,” presented at Iowa Association of Corporate Counsel meeting, 08/20/2015
• “What Every HR Professional Needs to Know About Immigration Law,” presented at Iowa State Human Resource Management conference, 10/03/2014
• “Employment Law Update:  Recent Supreme Court and NLRB Decisions,” presented at Iowa Association of Corporate Counsel meeting, 09/25/2014
• “What Every Employer Needs to Know About Immigration Law in 2014,” presented at Sterling Educational Services Employment Law Seminar, 07/09/2014
• “ADR in the Employment Context,” and “Ready Set Go! ADA, FMLA, OWBPA, WARN and Other Misc. Employee Leave Issues” – presented at NBI Seminar, Employment Law Fundamentals, 05/07/2014
• “HIPAA Protected Health Information” – presented at Bradley & Riley Health Law Practice Group Seminar, September 5, 2013
• “Best Practices in Hiring Foreign Nationals,” presented at Lorman Educational Services’ Employment Law Update in Iowa, Davenport, Iowa, October 1, 2013
• “Avoiding Audits, Fines and Navigating the Complexities of Immigration Law”, presented in connection with Sterling Educational Services’ Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Cedar Rapids (July 2012), Dubuque (November 2012), and Davenport (December 2012)
• “Ethical Issues in Retainer Agreements”, presented at the Iowa Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting (November 2012)
• “Employer Compliance to Avoid Penalties”, Sterling Educational Services’ Employment Law in these Challenging Times (2009)
• “Stay Out of Jail, Immigration Compliance Issues for Employers”, Employment Law Update (2008)
• “Immigration Update”, Labor & Employment Law Section Seminar, Iowa State Bar Association (2007)
• “Immigration Issues in Employment Law: Avoiding Liability in Hiring and Terminating Foreign Nationals” (2007)
• “Immigration Issues in Employment Law, Employment Law Update” (2006)