Lawyers in Iowa: 40 cities with ranked practice areas (2026)
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40 Iowa cities have at least one ranked practice area list. Council Bluffs has the most ranked practice areas in the state, with 15. General practice lawyers are ranked in the most Iowa cities: 40.
Iowa cities with the most ranked practice areas
Ordered by the number of practice areas with a ranked list. Each city page shows the top 3 in every practice area.
| City | Ranked practice areas | Law firms listed |
|---|---|---|
| Council Bluffs | 15 | 76 |
| Des Moines | 14 | 317 |
| West Des Moines | 14 | 173 |
| Urbandale | 14 | 38 |
| Clive | 14 | 19 |
| Ankeny | 14 | 17 |
| Waukee | 14 | 15 |
| Johnston | 14 | 13 |
| Altoona | 14 | 10 |
| Indianola | 14 | 8 |
| Grimes | 14 | 4 |
| Norwalk | 14 | 2 |
| Ames | 13 | 29 |
| Muscatine | 12 | 24 |
| Cedar Rapids | 11 | 252 |
| Davenport | 11 | 116 |
| Iowa City | 11 | 96 |
| Bettendorf | 11 | 28 |
| Coralville | 11 | 24 |
| Marion | 11 | 5 |
Lawyers in Iowa by practice area
Each state list ranks the top law firms and links every city list for the practice area.
- General practice lawyers40 cities
- Personal injury lawyers36 cities
- Bankruptcy lawyers28 cities
- Criminal defense lawyers27 cities
- Divorce and family lawyers27 cities
- Estate planning and probate lawyers27 cities
- Employment lawyers25 cities
- Social Security disability lawyers24 cities
- Immigration lawyers24 cities
- Mediators22 cities
- Real estate lawyers22 cities
- Insurance lawyers21 cities
- Tax lawyers16 cities
- Business lawyers12 cities
- Intellectual property lawyers1 city
All 40 Iowa cities with ranked practice areas
A to Z, with the number of ranked practice areas in each.
B
- Bettendorf 11
- Boone 10
- Burlington 4
C
- Cedar Falls 4
- Cedar Rapids 11
- Clinton 8
- Clive 14
- Coralville 11
- Council Bluffs 15
D
- Davenport 11
- Des Moines 14
- Dubuque 3
G
- Grimes 14
J
- Johnston 14
K
- Keokuk 3
M
- Marion 11
- Marshalltown 3
- Mason City 3
- Muscatine 12
N
- Newton 10
- North Liberty 11
- Norwalk 14
P
- Pella 7
S
U
- Urbandale 14
W
- Waterloo 4
- Waukee 14
- Waverly 4
- West Des Moines 14
How Iowa lawyers are ranked
Every city list scores the law firms that serve that city on one LFR Score, from 0 to 100.
A city appears here once at least one practice area has 5 or more law firms that qualify to rank.
Rankings can’t be bought. Attorney advertising law firms are labelled, never numbered and never change a rank.