Mary Rose Shelley

Attorney

Assistant
Lisa M. Starn
(319) 365-9461

Mary Rose Shelley is an attorney at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C., practicing primarily in the area of elder law. She advises clients in estate planning, including preserving assets when considering long-term care, Medicaid benefits, and special needs. Before joining Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, Mary Rose worked at a law firm in Waterloo, Iowa, where she maintained a general practice with an emphasis on elder law.

President-Elect of the Young Lawyers Division of the Iowa State Bar Association
Council Member for the Elder Law Section of the Iowa State Bar Association
President of Black Hawk County Bar Association
American Bar Association

Past President of the Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley
Past Board Member of the Waterloo Visiting Nurses Association
Graduate of the Cedar Valley Leadership Institute

Practice Areas

Estate Planning, Wills & Trusts

Education

University of Northern Iowa, Economics (2014)
- Wayne Davis Scholarship
- Economics Endowment Scholarship
- President of Orchesis Dance Company
Drake University Law School (2017)
- Order of the Coif, Highest Honors
- Online Deputy Editor of the Drake Law Review
- President of Drake Law Women
- Linda S. Weindruch Scholarship