Iowa

Brian P. Galligan

Clive, IA

Brian is a trial lawyer born and raised in Iowa. Brian has dedicated his life to fighting for and giving voice to victims of medical malpractice, car crashes, defective products and other types of negligence or carelessness. Over the course of his career, Brian has recovered tens of millions of dollars for his clients through settlement and verdicts at trial. He is a past-president of IAJ and a member of the AAJ Board of Governors. He has also been recognized as a fellow in the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers. He has consistently received an AV Preeminent peer rating, the highest level of professional excellence from Martindale Hubbell. He was recently admitted to the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL).

George B. Jones

Lamoni, IA

Attorney George B. Jones has over 35 years of legal experience representing accident victims in Iowa, Missouri, Alabama, and Florida. His practice focuses on personal injury cases including auto, truck, and motorcycle accidents, medical negligence, slip and fall, and other injury cases. He is bilingual, fluent in English and Spanish, and provides competent, effective legal representation.

Nicholas C. Rowley

Decorah, IA

Nicholas C. Rowley is a nationally renowned trial lawyer with over $3.5 billion in jury verdicts and settlements. His background includes a challenging upbringing, service in the U.S. Air Force and Army as a medic, and earning multiple degrees by age 20. He is the founder of Trial Lawyers for Justice, a partner at Carpenter, Zuckerman, & Rowley, and co-founder of the Trial By Human program. He is recognized for his empathetic approach, extensive trial experience, and philanthropic work.

Tim Bottaro

Sioux City, IA

Attorney Tim Bottaro is a partner at Tigges, Bottaro & Lessmann, LLP, specializing in personal injury cases, insurance litigation, and general litigation. He is a graduate of Creighton University and the University of Iowa College of Law (1983). He is recognized as a Super Lawyer for Personal Injury for over 10 years and a Best Lawyer. He has held leadership roles in the Iowa Association for Justice and the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Roxanne Barton Conlin

Des Moines, IA

Roxanne Conlin has her own law firm in Des Moines, where she exclusively represents people who have been harmed by others, whether by discrimination, products, doctors or vehicles. She entered Drake University in 1961, when she was only 16, and graduated from law school with honors five years later at the age of 21. From 1969 to 1976, she was an Assistant Attorney General for Iowa, where she was head of the Iowa Civil Rights section and fought race and sex discrimination. She also rewrote Iowa's inheritance laws; toughened the state's assault laws and blocked a merger of two major utilities that would have hurt the average consumer. She left the Attorney General's Office to become a consultant to the United States Department of State for International Women's Year. In 1977, she became one of the first two women ever to be a United States Attorney. Roxanne put heroin dealers behind bars and prosecuted white-collar crimes and corruption in public office. She also served as President of the Federal Executive Council, which is composed of the heads of all seventy federal agencies. Roxanne has devoted much time to individual organizations and causes and community service. She founded and was the first chair of the Iowa Women's Political caucus, and was president and general counsel of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. She has been named by the National Law Journal as one of the fifty most influential women lawyers in America, one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America and one of the top 10 litigators. Her achievements have brought such honors as induction into the Iowa Woman's Hall of Fame and national attention such as selection in 1975 as one of the 44 Women Who Could Save America and in 1976 as one of 44 Women Qualified for Cabinet Position. In June of 1982, Roxanne won a three-way primary and became the Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa. She was narrowly defeated in her effort to become that state's first Democratic governor in 14 years, and its first woman governor. She has had many other firsts. She was the first woman president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, a 60,000 member organization of consumer attorneys. She was the first woman to chair the Roscoe Pound Foundation, a trial lawyers think tank. She was the founder and first chair of the Civil Justice Foundation, which provides direct support to grass roots organizations and disabled individuals. She was inducted in 1995 into the Inner Circle of Advocates, limited to only 100 of the best plaintiff trial lawyers nationwide. Recently, she was thrilled to have a law school scholarship named after her at the University of Missouri. She also received the Rosalie Wahl Award from the Minnesota Women Lawyers Association. She married her husband, James, on March 21, 1964. They have raised four children and have five grandchildren.

Peter Hansen

Burlington, IA

Peter Hansen has over 37 years of experience in criminal law/defense, bankruptcy, and personal injury. He is a former prosecutor with extensive jury trial knowledge and is the Attorney/Owner at Hansen Law Offices. He has earned numerous national awards and recognitions for his legal work.