Nicole Hughes - a Council Bluffs, Iowa (IA) Bankruptcy Lawyer

Council Bluffs Bankruptcy Lawyer

Updated: 03/20/2026

Areas of Practice

Bankruptcy
Commercial Law
Debtor-Creditor

Attorney Information

Overview

Nicole Hughes is the managing partner in the law firm of Telpner Peterson Law Firm, LLP. Her practice focuses on bankruptcy, commercial law, and debtor-creditor relations. She received her B.S. from Creighton University in 2000 and her Juris Doctorate from Creighton University School of Law in 2003. She has been admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Iowa and Nebraska as well as the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court. She is a member of various local, state and federal bar associations as well as the American Bankruptcy Institute. She was the Iowa State Chair for the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys from 2007 - 2014.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

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Honors

"Preeminent" AV 5.0 Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Selected to Great Plains Super Lawyers, Since 2020
Recognized as 2017 Volunteer of the Year by the Council Bluffs Community School District
Lawyer Monthly – Women in the Law 2018 Award
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America

Other Sources of Feedback About Nicole Hughes

Included on the 2026 Great Plains Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2025 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
2024 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
2023 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
2022 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
2021 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
2020 Great Plains Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, May, 2003
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- Creighton University, 2000
  B.S.
  Honors: summa cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

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Managing Partner
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Pro Bono Activities

Council Bluffs Schools Foundation, Director, 2018 - 2024
School Board Citizens Committee, 2018
Community Foundation for Western Iowa, Scholarship Committee, 2022 - Present

Bar Admissions

Iowa, 2003
Nebraska, 2003
U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 2003
U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 2003
U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 2003
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2004
Supreme Court of the United States of America, 2012

Other Affiliations

Nebraska State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association, Iowa Chapter, 2014 - 2025 (Director)
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, 2007 - 2014 (Chair)
Iowa State Bar Association
American Bankruptcy Institute
Pottawattamie County Bar Association
Bankruptcy Seminars, Inc., 2014 - Present (Director)
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Panel Trustee for the Northern District of Iowa, Southern District of Iowa, and District of South Dakota, 2022 - Present
School Bond Citizens Committee, 2018

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Council Bluffs, IA

25 Main Place
Suite 200
Council Bluffs, IA 51503

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Phone: 712-309-3738

Fax: 712-328-1946

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