Firm Overview



In 1951, James Brown, Howard Dresser, and Robert Kinsey formed the partnership of Brown, Dresser & Kinsey.

In 1968, the firm hired University of Iowa Law School graduate, David Funkhouser, and the firm name changed to Brown, Kinsey & Funkhouser, P.L.C. Robert Kinsey’s son, Robert Kinsey III (“Chip”), graduated from the University of Iowa Law School in the early 1970s, and was the next attorney brought to the firm.

Then, in 1982, James Brown’s son, Scott Brown, graduated from Drake Law School and opted to come to Mason City to practice with the firm.

These gentlemen established a standard for the legal practice, committed to continuing a rich tradition which began at the time of the firm’s inception in 1951.





In 1995, the firm hired another Drake Law School graduate, John Lander, and the name was changed in 2004 to Brown, Kinsey, Funkhouser & Lander, P.L.C.

As his colleagues entered retirement, John took an interest in the transactional practice of the firm.

In 2025, John Lander’s son, Jack Lander, graduated from Drake Law School and chose to return to Mason City to work with the firm.

Jack’s primary practice with the firm is in litigation.