About Nick Cooling

Nick Cooling is a partner at Mueller Schmidt Mulholland & Cooling, PLLC in Iowa. His practice covers insurance bad faith, personal injury, and workers' compensation cases.

Before joining the firm, Cooling spent nearly 8 years in private practice at a previous firm doing defense work.

He earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business and his Juris Doctor from Drake University Law School.

He is admitted to the Iowa State Bar and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa.

Cooling is a member of the Iowa Bar Association, the Polk County Bar Association, the Iowa Association for Justice, the Iowa Association of Workers' Compensation Lawyers (Board Member), the Polk County Juvenile Drug Court Collaborative Board, and the SFM Foundation Kids' Chance Board. He is a Trial Lawyer College graduate.

He has received the Super Lawyers Rising Stars designation and Avvo Client's Choice Award.

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.

$79,896Verdict

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.

Dallas County District Court, Iowa · 2019Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$6,000Verdict

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.

Warren County District Court, Iowa · 2024Car AccidentsRead the full story →
Verdict

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.

Dubuque County District Court, Iowa · 2021Car AccidentsRead the full story →
Verdict

The Iowa Supreme Court reversed the dismissal of state common law claims brought by the estate of Brent Boggess, a man fatally shot by a Waterloo police officer in November 2021, and remanded the case for further proceedings in district court.

Iowa Supreme Court (remanded to district court) · 2026Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Iowa
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Iowa
Iowa Bar Association
Polk County Bar Association
Iowa Association for Justice
Iowa Association of Workers' Compensation Lawyers (Board Member)
Polk County Juvenile Drug Court Collaborative Board
SFM Foundation Kids' Chance Board

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers Rising Stars
Trial Lawyer College Graduate
Avvo Client's Choice Award

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