Location: Davenport, Iowa
Phone: 563-355-6478
Fax: 563-355-1354
Email: E-mail Me
Ryan Gerdes joined McDonald, Woodward & Carlson in 2014. Ryan has experience representing clients in a variety of matters, including personal injury, automobile accidents, workers compensation, business and contractual disputes, insurance coverage disputes, and wrongful death. He is licensed to practice in Iowa State and Federal Courts.
Ryan received his Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa and his Juris Doctorate from Drake University Law School, where he graduated with honors. While on the law review staff at Drake, Ryan’s student note on the Communications Decency Act was selected for publication in the Drake Law Review. Ryan is also a native of the Quad Cities area, having graduated from Central Community High School in DeWitt in 2004.
Areas of Practice
- Insurance Law
- Employment Law
- Workers Compensation
- Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
- Personal Injury – Defense
- Medical Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Construction Law
- Industrial and Workplace Accidents
Bar Admissions
- Iowa, 2011
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 2014
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 2014
- Illinois, 2015
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2015
Education
- Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa
- J.D. – 2011
- Honors: With Honors
- Loras College
- B.A. magna cum laude – 2008
- Major: Economics and Finance
Published Works
- Scaling Back Section 230 Immunity: Why the CDA Should Take a Page From the DMCA’s Service Provider Immunity Playbook, Student Note, Drake Law Review, Volume 60, No. 2
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Iowa State Bar Association, Member
- Scott County Bar Association, Member
- Iowa Defense Counsel Association
- Defense Research Institute