Adam Bates

Adam Bates is an attorney with MSMC Injury Lawyers in Des Moines whose listed practice areas are insurance bad faith, motor vehicle accidents, and workers’ compensation. Bates represents injured clients and policyholders in claims involving crashes, workplace injuries, and insurance disputes. His broader experience has also included construction injuries and related disputes. He approaches these matters with knowledge gained from previously representing insurers and employers in defense litigation.

Bates earned a Bachelor of Arts from Drake University and a Juris Doctor with Distinction from the University of Nebraska College of Law. He is admitted to practice in Iowa and Nebraska and before the federal courts in Iowa. His legal training, combined with years on both the defense and claimant sides of injury disputes, supports his ability to evaluate liability, coverage, medical evidence, wage loss, and the litigation risks connected to contested claims.

Bates entered private practice in 2011 and spent part of his career at an insurance-defense firm, where he represented national insurers and employers. He later shifted his practice to representing injured people. That background gives him experience with how insurers investigate, value, and defend claims. His current work includes motor vehicle cases, workers’ compensation claims, insurance bad-faith matters, and other injury disputes that may require negotiation, expert evidence, depositions, or trial preparation.

Adam Bates uses experience from both sides of insurance and injury litigation to help clients understand the claims process and prepare for contested issues. Bates’s practice centers on disputes where insurance coverage, medical evidence, employment consequences, and financial losses can intersect. His trial background and familiarity with insurer decision-making support a practical approach to developing claims, responding to defenses, and pursuing compensation through settlement or litigation when necessary.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, MSMC Injury Lawyers, PLLC
• Member, Iowa State Bar Association
• Member, Nebraska State Bar Association
• Member, Polk County Bar Association
• Member, Iowa Association for Justice

Licensed State

• Iowa
• Nebraska

Education

• University of Nebraska College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Drake University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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