Kwesi Atta-Krah, Esq.

Delta Dental | Compliance Consultant

Alma Mater: University of Iowa College of Law

kwesiattakrah@gmail.com | 515.447.4727

Kwesi is a compliance consultant at Delta Dental of Iowa where he helps provide reasonable assurance of compliance with, among other areas, applicable federal and state healthcare related laws and standards. Prior to joining Delta Dental, Kwesi practiced as an attorney in the business litigation practice group at Faegre Drinker where he focused primarily on financial services and insurance litigation. Before Faegre, Kwesi practiced in the corporate litigation group at Potter Anderson, in Wilmington, Delaware where his practiced shareholder and board governance litigations, among other areas under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Prior to practice worked as a summer associate for Potter Anderson & Corroon and as a judicial intern to The Honorable Gladys Kessler (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia) and The Honorable James Gale (North Carolina Business Court).  A graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law, Kwesi was a Managing Editor of the Iowa Law Review.

Before law school, Kwesi held senior-level positions in auditing. In his last post, he supervised and managed risk assessments, internal controls testing and implementation, and audits involving corporate governance, corporate finance and accounting, and consumer credit solutions.

Get to Know Kwesi

Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give your 21-year old self? 

Build strong lasting relationships and friendships.

Trying to look handsome in my very young days by rocking a bow tie!

Aside from your academic and professional success, what is your proudest accomplishment?

Fathering my two sons.

Picture with my dormitory friends during boarding school at Adisadel in Cape Coast, Ghana

What is your favorite quote and what makes it so meaningful to you?

“My Richness is Life Forever” by Bob Marley. This quote was a response by Bob Marley to the question regarding whether he considered himself rich/wealthy. It is meaningful to me because it reminds me of the truth of life on earth and what really matters. The things that matter in this world are not the things of temporary nature, but rather, things that last forever.

If you weren’t in your current job, what would be your dream job?

Professional soccer player.

Name one song you listened to “on repeat” in the past 12 months and provide some insights about why couldn’t you get enough of it?

“Fall” by Nigerian artist Davido. I had to put it on repeat because my 2 year old son keep asking me to play that “banana song” over and over again. It is one of my favorite songs too, but not sure I would have otherwise have it on repeat.

Picture with some friends from Morning Star School (primary school) in Ghana.