Hurley, Kristen M.

Miranda L. Hughes is a member of BrownWinick and serves as the Chair of the firm's Recruiting Committee. Miranda is actively involved with the firm's Business and Corporate Law, Securities and Renewable Fuels practice groups.

Miranda assists clients in obtaining equity through private placements, state registrations and publicly registered offerings with simultaneous multi-state registrations. She supervises and oversees all aspects of various renewable fuels project development from inception through start-up of plant operations. This includes guiding clients on issues related to debt financing, construction, and marketing and procurement. In addition, she advises several public companies on matters relating to Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and regulation, corporate governance and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

In addition, Miranda's experience includes representing the interests of both secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy matters and various state court proceedings. Before joining BrownWinick, she served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Russell J. Hill of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

Miranda received her B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1989. She received her J.D., with distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law and was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1992. Miranda is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa.