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Lawyers in Des Moines, IA: 14 practice areas ranked (2026)

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14 practice areas have a ranked list for Des Moines, IA. Each list ranks the law firms that serve the city by LFR Score. The largest list by ranked law firms is general practice lawyers, with 167. Emergency lists with 24/7 law firms first cover 1 practice area.

Top 3 in each practice area in Des Moines

Ranked by LFR Score among the law firms that serve the city. Open a practice area for its full list.

Ranked by our published LFR Score from public data, not by payment; a rank is not an endorsement or a prediction of results.

More practice areas listed in Des Moines

Fewer than 5 law firms qualify to rank here. Linked practice areas open the Iowa list.

  • Workers’ compensation lawyers82 serving Des Moines
  • Medical malpractice lawyers60 serving Des Moines
  • Intellectual property lawyers in Iowa57 serving Des Moines
  • DUI and DWI lawyers47 serving Des Moines

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How Des Moines lawyers are ranked

Each practice area list scores every law firm that serves Des Moines on the same LFR Score, from 0 to 100.

Reputation, bar status, review volume, recency, availability, practice focus, proximity, claimed profile and law firms ranked reviews each carry a fixed weight.

Rankings can’t be bought. Attorney advertising law firms are labelled, never numbered and never change a rank.

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