Personal Injury

Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Product Liability, Class Action, and Consumer Fraud

IA, Jun 1978
Bar Number: AT0001138

Admitted to practice before the Federal District Courts for Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. I have also been admitted by court order and/or appeared pro hac vice in cases in The United States District Court for:
• The Northern District of Alabama
• The Eastern District of Arkansas
• The Southern District of California
• The District of Colorado
• The Middle District of North Carolina
• The Western District of Oklahoma Superior Court
• Arizona Superior Court
• California Superior Court
• Connecticut Superior Court
• Florida Circuit Court
• Illinois Superior Court
• Indiana Superior Court
• Minnesota Superior Court
• Nebraska District Court

Member of the American Bar Association, and member of the ABA's Litigation Section and former member of the Attorneys Information Exchange Group, member of the Iowa State Bar Association and the Linn County Bar Association.
As a member of the American Association for Justice, I am active in the:
• Business Torts Section
• Employment Rights Law Section
• Insurance Section
• Products Liability Section
• Professional Negligence
• Lead Paint Litigation

I attend and occasionally teach at continuing legal education seminars on topics of Litigation, Personal Injury, Class Actions, and Consumer Fraud.

Civil RICO: Overview & Developments
Intentional Interference with Employment
Chapter 714H Private Right of Action for Consumer Fraud Plaintiff's Perspective

• Rieff v Allied- class action for national group of policyholders to recover for corporate fraud and mismanagement, recovered $240 million.

• Gutierrez v Givens class action against financial advisor, jury award of approximately $18 million.

• See more results at my website.

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Iowa

Brady & O'Shea was founded in 1997. Brady & O'Shea has a reputation for providing experienced, skillful and diligent advocacy in litigation. This reputation is reflected in the firm's exemplary "AV" Martindale-Hubbell® professional peer review rating.

Brady & O'Shea represents people seeking recovery for personal injury, wrongful death, class actions, consumer or financial fraud and commercial litigation. Our primary focus is litigation, including complex personal injury and wrongful death cases. We take great pleasure in challenging ourselves professionally. Above all, we strive to find justice for our clients.

Brad J. Brady - Partner

Robert J. O'Shea - Partner

Matthew L. Preston - Partner

Ann E. Brown-Graff - Partner

Ann Gronlund - Associate

Before starting Brady & O'Shea, I was a partner at Crawford, Sullivan, Read, Roemerman and Brady from 1978 until 1997.

• Recipient of an AV rating, the highest peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell®.

• Inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers, an organization devoted to trial practice and limited to approximately 1% of practicing Iowa attorneys.

• Inducted into the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, an organization devoted to trial practice and limited to approximately 3% of Iowa attorneys.

• Selected as a "Super Lawyer" in the area of personal injury for the Great Plains region, a peer-reviewed selection process limited to 5% of the lawyers in a state.

•Rated 10/10 (superb) with Avvo highest possible marks.

• Member & former chair of the Litigation Legislation Committee of the Iowa State Bar Association

• Member of the Jury Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers

• Member of the Litigation Legislation committee of the Iowa Association for Justice

• Former member of the Justice For All Group

Peggy Patters

(319) 866-9280

Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

No

Most work at my office is on a one-third contingency fee basis. I do not receive fees unless and until I recover money for my clients.

My current hourly rate is $275.

Yes, especially for personal injury cases, wrongful death and a number of other claims. The consult can range from an initial telephone conference to a lengthy office conference, depending on the case.

In hourly rate cases, the retainer varies with the expected work.