Matthew J. Haindfield, Esq.
Phone: 515.442.7329
Email: haindfield.matt@bradshawlaw.com
Practice Areas: Litigation and Trial Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Transportation Law and Litigation, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation Law, Construction Law, Insurance Law, Litigation Law, Personal Injury Law, Personal Injury Defense Law, Transportation Law, Trucking Law, Insurance Litigation Law
Background
Born, Onawa, Iowa, 1971
Professional Achievements A sample of some of the matters successfully litigated by this attorney include:
- A defense verdict following a jury trial in a case involving a traumatic brain injury and cervical fusion surgery
- A defense verdict following a jury trial in a case involving property damage and damaged grain
- A directed verdict following a jury trial in a case involving a plaintiff requiring cervical fusion surgery
- A defense verdict following a jury trial in a case of stipulated negligence involving a Plaintiff having pre-accident cervical fusion surgery
- Summary judgment for a municipality in a personal injury/wrongful death action involving a fire and explosion
- A defense verdict following a jury trial in a case involving a plaintiff’s $3.1 million claim for damages
Practice Areas
General practice including, but not limited to Commercial Litigation, Construction Law and Litigation, Insurance Law and Litigation, Litigation and Trial Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Transportation Law and Litigation
Education
- Iowa State University (B.S., 1994)
- Drake University Law School (J.D., with honors, 1999)
- National Mock Trial Team, 1998-1999
- National Moot Court Team, 1998-1999
- Order of the Barristers
- Supreme Court Day Competition Finalist, 1998, 1999
- Winner, Rodney L. Hudson Appellate Advocacy Award, 1998
State Bar Admissions
Iowa, 1999
Federal Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Memberships and Admissions
- American Bar Association
- C. Edwin Moore American Inn of Court
- Iowa Defense Counsel Association
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Polk County Bar Association
Sample of Reported Cases
- Strange v. Glascock (Iowa Ct. App. 2005)
- Thompson v. Mary Greeley Med. Ctr. (Iowa Ct. App. 2003)
- Virden v. Betts & Beer Constr. Co., Inc. (Iowa 2003)
