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Our mission is to make public information about personal injury law firms easier to find, understand, and verify. We organize factual directory records, practical legal education, and links to official sources so people can begin their research with greater clarity.
Our philosophy is accuracy before promotion, clarity before complexity, and corrections whenever reliable evidence shows that a listing has changed. Directory inclusion is informational and is never presented as a legal recommendation.
Use local context to organize evidence and questions, review the live directory partway through the guide, then continue with incident-specific and state-law research.
Des Moines had an estimated population of 212,086 in 2025, according to the Census-based geography used by this directory. The directory currently returns 43 operational listings for the city search. That count describes this database—not every lawyer who may serve the area—and it can change as public business information changes.
Des Moines functions as a substantial regional search in this dataset. Confirm whether records belong to the city, county, school district, private property owner, employer, or another organization.
A productive first pass separates four questions: what happened, where it happened, who controlled the relevant place or activity, and which records may still exist. In Des Moines, that may mean distinguishing a city street from private property, a public school from a private program, an employee’s vehicle from a commercial fleet, or a dog owner from another person who had custody. Those details can affect whom a lawyer investigates and which legal rules need to be checked.
In a hypothetical Des Moines collision, useful records may include the crash report number, photographs showing lanes and signals, vehicle damage, witness contacts, medical transport information, rideshare trip details, and insurer messages. For a commercial or delivery vehicle, ask who owned, operated, maintained, dispatched, or loaded it and what electronic records may exist. Do not assume the ticket decision resolves civil responsibility.
A hypothetical fall at a grocery store, restaurant, hotel, gym, salon, apartment property, or parking area requires more than the address. Note the exact condition, lighting, weather, footwear, warning signs, employees notified, witnesses, and whether cameras may cover the area. Being hurt at a business does not by itself establish that the business was legally responsible.
If the city inventory is not a fit, the nearest same-state directory markets by approximate listing-address centroid are West Des Moines (about 6 mi), Urbandale (about 6 mi), Clive (about 7 mi). These are additional research leads, not proof that a listed lawyer serves Des Moines; verify jurisdiction, service area, and availability directly.
Confirm the individual lawyer, jurisdiction, current services, relevant experience, and availability directly.
699 Walnut St Suite 415, Des Moines, IA 50309
General practice attorney · Attorney · Legal services
838 5th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309
Attorney
2801 Hubbell Ave, Des Moines, IA 50317
Personal injury attorney · Estate planning attorney · Family law attorney
505 5th Ave #810, Des Moines, IA 50309
Personal injury attorney · Criminal justice attorney · Family law attorney
4300 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312
Attorney · Legal services · Trial attorney
801 Grand, Grand Ave Suite 3700, Des Moines, IA 50309
Personal injury attorney · Bankruptcy attorney · Estate planning attorney
1217 Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA 50315
Personal injury attorney · Criminal justice attorney · Divorce lawyer
2910 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312
303 Locust St STE 400, Des Moines, IA 50309
Personal injury attorney · Estate planning attorney · Family law attorney
300 Walnut St # 270, Des Moines, IA 50309
309 Court Avenue, Suite 811, Des Moines, IA, 50309
535 40th St, Des Moines, IA 50312
700 2nd Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309
Personal injury attorney · Civil law attorney · Divorce lawyer
First Floor, 2501 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312
Personal injury attorney · Civil law attorney · Employment attorney
Des Moines, IA 50309
2454 SW 9th St, Des Moines, IA 50315
Personal injury attorney · Employment attorney · Legal services
699 Walnut St, Des Moines, IA 50309
Capital Square, 400 Locust St # 380, Des Moines, IA 50309
Personal injury attorney · Insurance attorney · Attorney
Identify the animal, owner, keeper, property, and witnesses. Photograph injuries and the setting, retain damaged clothing, and record animal-control or police reference numbers. Ownership, lawful presence, knowledge, warnings, and conduct may matter under current law; avoid confronting an owner or posting assumptions online.
Parks, playgrounds, sidewalks, libraries, transit facilities, and public buildings can involve several entities. Preserve the precise location, condition, time, photographs, witnesses, maintenance clues, and any report. A contractor may be involved even when a place appears public, and special procedures may require early investigation.
Ask for the incident record and preserve enrollment, activity, permission, supervision, equipment, and communication documents. Identify whether the institution is public or private and who ran the program. A school injury does not automatically establish negligence, and public-school involvement can raise distinct procedural questions.
Report the event through the appropriate workplace process and keep the report, photographs, witness details, training and task information, medical restrictions, schedule, and wage records. Employment benefits and a potential claim involving another company are different questions that may overlap.
Preserve provider names, records, instructions, medication and device details, packaging, receipts, serial or lot information, and communications. Do not alter or discard a product that may be relevant. Medical and product matters often require specialized review; ask who evaluates technical issues and how costs are handled.
For a visitor incident, keep reservations, receipts, transport details, property reports, photographs, witness contacts, and the home and event locations. The place of injury, parties, agreement terms, and forum can matter more than where the traveler lives.
A court-filing period is not always the only clock. The identity of a defendant, a government notice process, a contractual provision, a minor’s age, or a legally defined discovery or repose rule may change the analysis. Preserve every date and ask a lawyer to identify the controlling text and calculation; this page does not calculate a deadline.
Responsibility can turn on conduct, control of a location or vehicle, causation, defenses, and the way current Iowa law allocates fault. A police or incident report may be useful evidence, but it does not by itself decide civil responsibility.
Questions can include where the incident occurred, who owned or controlled the animal, whether the person was lawfully present, prior behavior, warnings, provocation, local animal-control records, and the relationship between statutes and other legal theories. The governing rule must be checked in current Iowa law.
A city, county, transit body, public school, or other government-connected organization may involve different parties, immunities, notice requirements, procedures, or shorter practical response times. First identify who controlled the property, employee, program, or vehicle; do not assume every school or public-place incident follows the same process.
Primary-law starting point: Iowa Code ↗. Statutes must be read with current court rules and decisions; the linked code is a research source, not a deadline calculator.
Use the same core questions with each firm. A directory category or nearby office is a research lead, not proof that a lawyer accepts a particular matter.
No. Listings are alphabetical research leads. Placement does not measure legal skill, relevant experience, availability, or likely results.
Preserve original photographs and video, the report or event number, witness details, vehicle and insurance information, medical transport and treatment records, rideshare or delivery-app records, and every message about the incident.
Record the exact Des Moines location, the owner or keeper if known, witness names, photographs, medical care, animal-control or police contacts, and any reliable information about warnings or prior behavior. Ask counsel which current Iowa rules apply.
They can be. Control of the location and the identity of a city, county, district, contractor, or other entity may affect notices, procedures, defenses, and timing. Report the condition through an appropriate channel and preserve the submission without assuming it replaces legal notice.
Keep the incident report, handbook or activity documents, communications, witness names, photographs, medical records, and information identifying the school, district, program, coaches, contractors, and location. Public and private institutions may raise different questions.
Possibly. Office location is not the same as authority or ability to serve a jurisdiction. Ask whether the individual lawyer is licensed where needed, handles the relevant type of matter, can investigate locally, and is accepting inquiries.
This page cannot calculate that. The event, parties, claim type, government involvement, age, and other facts may affect filing and notice rules. Ask a qualified lawyer promptly and provide every known date.
Request the written agreement. Ask about the percentage or other calculation, litigation-stage changes, expenses, responsibility if there is no recovery, liens or bills, termination, and the final accounting.
Population context comes from the Census-based geography dataset. Directory counts come from live operational listing data for Des Moines and Iowa. Approximate distances use the great-circle distance between the average coordinates of operational listing addresses in each city; they are not driving distances or municipal centroids. Named businesses are not used as accident examples because a location alone would not establish fault or a history of claims.
General information only, not legal advice. A hypothetical example is not an allegation about any real business, school, public body, or property. Verify deadlines and current law with qualified counsel.