Adam Bates
About Adam Bates
Adam Bates is an attorney at Mueller Schmidt Mulholland & Cooling, PLLC in Iowa, with 15+ years of private practice since 2011. His practice covers personal injury, motor vehicle accidents, workers' compensation, construction injuries and disputes, and insurance bad faith litigation.
Before transitioning to plaintiff representation, Bates was a partner at an insurance defense firm representing major national insurance companies and employers, bringing unique insight into defense strategies.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Drake University and his Juris Doctor with Distinction from the University of Nebraska College of Law.
He is admitted to the Iowa and Nebraska state bars and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa.
Bates is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association, the Nebraska State Bar Association, the Polk County Bar Association, and the Iowa Association for Justice.
His recognitions include Martindale-Hubbell AV-Preeminent Rated and Best Lawyers in Personal Injury. During law school, he won the Client Counseling competition at both the national and international levels.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Mueller Schmidt Mulholland & Cooling, PLLC
These results are credited to Mueller Schmidt Mulholland & Cooling, PLLC. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A Dallas County jury returned a $79,895.55 plaintiff verdict in December 2019 in a motor vehicle personal injury case, with Richard Schmidt and Dustin Mueller of Mueller Schmidt Mulholland and Cooling, PLLC, representing passenger Lorene Arbuckle against defendant Jocelyn Anne Kirchner.
A Warren County jury returned a $6,000 verdict for plaintiffs Jonna Audino and Trenton Shever following a motor vehicle collision, with Hannah Moreland and Dustin Mueller of Mueller Schmidt Mulholland and Cooling trying the case to verdict in April 2024.
A Dubuque County jury determined damages for an injured plaintiff in a November 2021 underinsured motorist trial against Allstate Property and Casualty, with Allstate having already admitted liability before the case went to the jury, and Connor Mulholland of Mueller Schmidt Mulholland and Cooling, PLLC representing the plaintiff.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
