Adam Zenor
partner
Adam Zenor focuses his practice on complex civil litigation, regulatory and white collar defense, and trial work. He has litigated all manner of cases and secured more than 25 trial verdicts for his clients in Iowa’s state and federal courts. Adam has also successfully litigated more than 25 appeals in Iowa’s appellate courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He is a Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Adam is a Fellow in the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers. He served a full term as a Board of Governor for the Iowa State Bar Association. He is now serving a second full term on the Board of Governors. He is the immediate past President of the Polk County Bar Association.
In his civil practice, Adam represents individuals and businesses in wide-ranging matters including bad faith, breach of contract, construction, coverage, dram shop, employment, false claims act, fire, health law, medical malpractice, professional negligence, products and premises liability, qui tam, semi-truck collisions, serious personal injury, and wrongful death. Where appropriate, he has successfully represented his clients in motion practice — often obtaining summary disposition — or otherwise trying cases to verdict. Recent examples include:
Successfully litigating a matter at the Iowa Supreme Court, where the Court affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment on behalf of his client, an Iowa business owner.
Securing a directed verdict in state court on behalf of a Des Moines business owner.
Winning a jury verdict in state court on behalf of an Iowa business owner.
Winning a jury verdict in federal court on behalf of an insurer that appropriately denied claimed benefits.
In his regulatory and white collar practice, Adam focuses primarily on assisting clients with issues presented in health care and finance, he also represents clients facing challenges in a host of other industries, including agriculture, gaming, government relations, immigration, information technology, and manufacturing. Recent examples include:
Winning full acquittals in state and federal jury trials.
Winning full dismissal in a federal suit alleging constitutional violations against a state actor.
Securing full dismissal on behalf of a healthcare provider for allegations of improper medical coding.
Adam publishes and presents on legal issues and developments across Iowa. He has co-authored two law review articles on the First Amendment. The first focuses on the evolution of protections as to speech in the digital realm. The second focuses on the free exercise portion of the religion clause. Adam also regularly gives presentations for the Iowa Bar Association on, among other things, legal ethics.
Adam is actively involved in the Polk County Bar Association and the Iowa State Bar Association.
EDUCATION
University of Iowa College of Law, 2008
Drake University, 2005
ADMISSIONS
Iowa
Missouri
Northern District of Iowa, Southern District of Iowa,
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
CONTACT
515.650.9010
PARALEGAL
Sara Pottebaum
515.650.9037
LEGAL ASSISTANT
Hannah King
515.650.9005
