Academy Member Inducted 2026

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Craig Nierman, Mediator & Arbitrator, Iowa City, Iowa.

Craig Nierman

Nierman ADR
2007 Laurence Court NE
Iowa City, IA 52240
Tel: (319) 351-4900
Cell: (319) 400-0092
Website: www.NiermanADR.com
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Member of the Iowa Chapter for Mediation & Arbitration Other ADR Services: ADR Training/CME, Court-Appointed Neutral (Special Master), Discovery Referee, Early Neutral Evaluation, Facilitation & Systems Design, Fact Finding, Insurance Umpire, Med-Arb, Mini-Trial Judge
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  • Practice Commenced2009
  • # of MEDS (as of 8/2/26) 
  • # of ARBS (as of 8/2/26) 
Current Practice
Online / In-Person

Biographical

Commercial Mediator and Arbitrator

"AV"-rated litigation veteran. Additional experience teaching Arbitration and Insurance Law, managing claims for an international insurer, and publishing on business, insurance, and ADR topics.

Case Experience

  • Agricultural
  • Appellate
  • Automotive
  • Banking & Finance
  • Bankruptcy/Creditors
  • Business Dissolution
  • Civil Rights
  • Commercial/Business
  • Construction
  • Consumer Fraud
  • Contract Disputes
  • Debt Collections
  • Discrimination
  • Education
  • Elder Abuse
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • ERISA
  • Health Care
  • Industrial
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International
  • Internet
  • Labor/Unions
  • Landlord/Tenant
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Lemon Law
  • Libel & Slander
  • Local Govt./Municipalities
  • Medical Devices
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Natural Disasters
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • Nursing Homes
  • Partnerships
  • Personal Injury
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Police
  • Premises Liability
  • Probate
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Fees
  • Professional Liability
  • Professional Malpractice
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property Damage
  • Real Estate
  • Religious Institutions
  • Securities
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Shareholder Disputes
  • Software
  • Taxation
  • Technology
  • Telecommunications
  • Title Disputes
  • Torts
  • Transportation
  • Trusts / Estates
  • Utilities
  • Wage & Hour/FMLA
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Wrongful Death

Education

  • Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    • Negotiation Master Class, 2024
  • University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa
    • Juris Doctor, 1999, With High Distinction
  • University of California, Davis, California
    • Bachelor of Arts, 1990

Memberships & Affiliations

  • American Academy of ADR Attorneys President, Board Certified Mediator
  • American Bar Association
    • Business Law
    • Dispute Resolution
    • Health Law
    • Litigation as Tort
    • Trial, and Insurance Practice Sections
  • David R. Hansen Inn of Court President
  • Eighth Circuit Bar Association
  • International Academy of Dispute Resolution, Mediator of the Academy
  • Iowa State Bar Association
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution (Chair)
    • Business Law, Health Law, Labor and Employment, and Litigation Sections
    • Federal Practice Committee
    • Outstanding Section Chair Award
    • Pro Bono Honor Roll
  • Johnson, Linn, and Polk County Iowa Bar Associations
  • Martindale-Hubbell, “AV Preeminent”
  • National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
  • Order of the Coif
  • State of Iowa, Governor’s Volunteer Award

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