M. Leanne Tyler, born in Creston, Iowa, November 23, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Iowa; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth Circuits; U.S. District Courts, Southern District of Iowa and Central District of Illinois. Preparatory education, Northwest Missouri State University (B.S. Education, 1977); University of Iowa (M.B.A. 1987); legal education, University of Iowa College of Law J.D., 1980); Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College (1997). Member: Scott County and Iowa State Bar Associations; Iowa Trial Lawyers Association.