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Smith Peterson Law Firm, LLP

2.6
3 reviews

133 West Broadway, P.O. Box 249, Council Bluffs, IA 51502-0249, U.S.A.

Litigation, Discrimination, Civil Rights and 21 more

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About Smith Peterson Law Firm, LLP

Smith Peterson Law Firm, LLP is a law firm established in 1908 with an office in Council Bluffs, IA. At this office location, there are 7 lawyers practicing litigation, discrimination, civil rights and 21 other areas of law.

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Communication
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3.0
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2.3
Value for Money
2.7
Taxation
Posted by anonymous
May 03, 2010
Hired Law Firm
Trusts and Estates
Posted by anonymous
July 29, 2013
Hired Attorney Marvin Kieckhafer

kept trying to extend time spent with clients, and on phone, to add time to billing.
brought in someone else to also advise

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Areas of Law

  • Litigation
  • Civil Rights 1
    • Discrimination
  • Workers Compensation
  • Appellate Practice
  • Insurance 2
    • Insurance Law
    • Insurance Defense
  • Administrative Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Bankruptcy
  • Environmental Law
  • Municipal Law 1
    • Municipal Bonds
  • Real Estate
  • Trusts and Estates 1
    • Estates
  • Wills and Probate 1
    • Probate
  • Banking Law
  • Commercial Law
  • Debtor and Creditor 1
    • Collections
  • Labor and Employment 2
    • Labor And Employment
    • Employment Law
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution 1
    • Mediation
  • Taxation
  • Other 1
    • Debt

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    Payment & Cost Features

    Fixed hourly rates
    Fixed fees available

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  • Firm History
    Year Established

    1908

  • State Bar Summary

    Five Attorneys are Members of the Pottawattamie County, Southwest Iowa, Iowa State and Nebraska State Bar Associations.

  • Representative Clients

    REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS: Acuity; Allied Group Insurance; Alegent Health; Allstate Insurance Co.; Amber Enterprises; American Family Ins. Co.; Bunge Corporation; Care Initiatives; City of Carter Lake; City of Treynor; Children's Square U.S.A.; Continental Western Insurance Co.; Council Bluffs Community School District; Council Bluffs Nonpareil Newspaper Group; Council Bluffs Water Works; Employers Mutual Insurance Co.; Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance; Bank Iowa; General Casualty Insurance Co.; Grinnell Mutual Insurance Co.; Iowa Western Community College; Lewis Central Community School District; Metropolitan Life Insurance; Mutual Fire and Auto Insurance; Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance; Peoples National Bank; Silverstone Group, Incorporated; Treynor Community School District; US Liability.

  • Additional Links

    http://www.smithpeterson.com

Smith Peterson Law Firm, LLP

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The Sawyer Building, 133 West BroadwayP.O. Box 249Council Bluffs, IA 51502-0249U.S.A.

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