Iowa Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers

Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm, PLC

303 Locust Street, Suite 200 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 USA

 (525) 226-0500 or (877) 475-5297

www.iowacaraccident.com/
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Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm is Iowa's most progressive personal injury litigation law firm located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Founded by Attorney Cory Gourley, Attorney Robert Rehkemper & Attorney Matthew Lindholm to protect the rights of those injured in accidents, GRL Law has taken on cases involving the largest insurance companies in the state of Iowa, the most severe damages and injuries, and the strongest corporate insurance attorneys.

While some firms and personal injury lawyers prefer to focus only on personal injury cases that they can work-up from home or their offices without the need of going into court, at GRL Law we have made a conscious and calculated decision not to strictly limit our caseload to representation of individuals injured in car accidents or by the wrongful acts of others. We do this with a specific purpose in mind; keeping our trial and courtroom skills sharp. By representing clients charged with criminal offenses or in need of assistance in domestic relations or business ventures, our attorneys ensure that we are consistently in court, in front of judges and juries arguing both points of law and fact in the furtherance of our client’s best interest.

At GRL Law, we represent people. When a potential case comes through our doors, we see an injured person or family in need of our assistance not simply another pay-check. We view personal service and a commitment to our clients as people as our foremost responsibility. Our only concern is the best interest of our clients. We represent people not paychecks.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Closed & Open Head Injuries; Accidents & Injuries Caused by Drunk Drivers; Long-term Catastrophic Injury Care; Recovering Lost Income; Vehicular Homicide; Child Molestation; Criminal Appeals; Misdemeanors; Forgery; Illegal Search & Seizure; Pre and Post-Trial Motions and Appeals; Grandparent Rights; Orders for Protection; Fathers' Rights; Injuries To Children; Semi, Tractor Trailer and Big-Rig Accidents; Flood Damage.

Practice Areas Description

Our practice areas include:

- Catastrophic Injuries - Serious Accidents

Serious injuries suffered in car accidents require serious attention and assistance. T-Bone, head-on, multiple car pile-ups, semi truck accidents, and accidents involving pedestrians or bicycles will usually result in serious injuries if not death. The serious injuries not resulting in death will often-times leave the individual permanently disabled and incapable of caring for themselves. Individuals that once had a comfortable life, a good job and steady income, and wonderful family are at risk of seeing their dreams that they have worked so hard to attain unravel before their very eyes. Mounting medical expenses, inability to work and unpaid bills are a distinct reality adding unnecessary stress and turmoil to a situation that is already difficult enough.

Serious accidents and injuries require serious help. Here at Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm, we make it a point to help clients or potential clients take care of their own needs in fender-bender type situations so that we have the time and resources to spend on the cases and clients needing and deserving serious attention and assistance. We also take the time to notify hospitals and medical providers, and provide them with the information necessary to ease their otherwise aggressive collection practices.

- Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury is a head injury caused by any sudden physical damage to the brain. This usually occurs as a result of a sudden forceful blow to the head that can be caused by either the head hitting a nonmoving object such as the steering wheel of a car; a moving object hitting the head, such as would be seen in a violent assault; or something passing through the skull and piercing the brain. According to the National Institute of Health, the major cause of traumatic head injury in the United States is motor vehicle accidents.

- Closed & Open Head Injuries

The most recognized cause of a head injury resulting from an accident is the skull's sudden, if not immediate deceleration as a result of striking a blunt object such as a steering wheel, dashboard or even air bag. When the skull’s momentum is stopped, the brain’s momentum within the skull does not automatically stop at the same time. The brain can be compared with a piece of jello within a container. While the container may stop, the jello within carries the momentum and squishes against the hard walls of the container. This is precisely what happens with the brain in a closed head injury. While the skull’s momentum stops in an instance, the brain, a much softer and malleable organ, continues to carry momentum and is squished or pressed against the hard skull. This can then lead to one or more of three separate processes that work to injury the brain: bruising, tearing and/or swelling.

- Accidents Caused By Another's Negligence

“Negligence” means failure to use ordinary or reasonable care. Ordinary care which a reasonably careful person would use under similar circumstances. “Negligence” is doing something a reasonably careful person would not do under similar circumstances, or failing to do something a reasonably careful person would do under similar circumstances. Proving negligence is not as easy as may appear at first glance, yet the accident attorneys at Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm have successfully proven just such liability in accident cases, and held the negligent driver accountable for those actions. If you have been in an accident caused by the negligent conduct of another person, please contact us for help.

- Accidents Causing Death

If someone you care about has been taken from you by someone else's acts, please contact us so that we may help. The sudden death of a loved one often leaves us empty and in shock. The grieving, anger, loss and inevitable acceptance of their departure may be the process, and many people will remind you that it is, but it doesn't change the facts, nor ease the pain. Unfortunately, neither will a lawsuit for the wrongful death act; lawsuits aren't intended as revenge; rather, they are a means of compensating for the future to assist one monetarily by filling an income void and for the loss of the companionship. We financially plan for weddings and graduations, we emotionally plan for natural deaths, but we don't plan for sudden deaths in accidents. When someone makes that choice for us, the law holds them accountable to us, and their insurance compensates us. You'll find that the wrongful death attorneys at Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm are tough-minded trial lawyers, determined to obtain the best possible solution for you, while also compassionate caring and energetic people worthy of your trust.

- Medical Malpractice

The attorneys at Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm represent individuals who have been injured by the negligence or wrong-doing of medical professionals including, doctors, physicians, nurses, hospital, and nursing homes. These cases are inherently complicated and filled with traps for the unwary which is why it is imperative that individuals injured at the hands of medical professionals seek the advise and assistance of qualified and competent attorneys in the area of medical malpractice.

- Recovering Lost Income

A serious debilitating injury affects more then just the physical body of the individual it impacts their ability to make a living in both the short term and long term. In the short term, the inability to work and make a living cannot come at a worse time then when an injured person and their family are attempting to put their lives back together, recovering from the physical injuries and mounting financial pressures that are associated with those medical costs. Bills still come at the first of each month whether one is working or not. If you have been injured in an accident, please contact Attorney Cory Gourley, Attorney Robert Rehkemper or Attorney Matt Lindholm right away. They will take all of the steps possible and needed at this time to help you recover your lost wages.

- Drunk Driving

At Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm, PLC, we are well-qualified OWI lawyers who will fight for your rights and help you get back on the road. Our firm of tough drunk driving defense lawyers will leave no rock unturned as we fight to help you get results, save your driver's license and avoid jail time and fines. We will help you understand your rights. We will provide you with a drivers' rights card to keep you informed, and we'll work hard to make sure that police and prosecutors respect those rights.

- Criminal Defense

At Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm, our attorneys take an aggressive approach in defending you against criminal charges. We take on the toughest, most complicated cases. We painstakingly research every situation, looking for any way possible to obtain a dismissal of your case or a reduction of your sentence. If it's there, we'll find it. We also understand how to leverage the strengths of your case and the weaknesses in the prosecution's case when negotiating. Whether in court or in plea negotiations, you can count on us to ensure your interests and rights are protected.

- Business Law

The business law attorneys at Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm have helped many people turn their ideas into profitable business ventures. They can help you form your business, select the correct legal structure for your business given its product and processes, acquire a franchise, buy an existing business, sell a business, merge one or more businesses, write new contracts, negotiate contractual agreements or find the right solution to your business law issues.

- Family Law & Divorce

The family law attorneys at Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm have helped many spouses and parents with divorce, child custody, child visitation and child support, alimony, unmarried child custody rights, grandparent rights, adoption, stepparent adoption, fathers' rights, paternity actions, domestic violence and orders for protection.

Attorneys

	Mr. Cory Gourley Attorney Business and Industry, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Family Law, Motor Vehicle Accidents		Mr. Matt Lindholm Attorney Accident, Criminal Law, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death
	Mr. Robert G. Rehkemper Attorney Criminal Law, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death

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