Academy Member Inducted 2026
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- Practice Commenced2009
- # of MEDS (as of 23/3/26)
- # of ARBS (as of 23/3/26)
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
Biographical
Craig Nierman is a commercial mediator and arbitrator with extensive experience in healthcare, insurance, tort, and business disputes. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Iowa College of Law, where he teaches Insurance and Arbitration.
A retired AV-rated litigator, Craig has represented plaintiffs and defendants in complex cases across multiple sectors. He is a frequent speaker at judicial conferences, law schools, and professional gatherings hosted by the American Bar Association, the American Academy of ADR Attorneys, and the American Arbitration Association, addressing topics in ADR, ethics, and insurance.
The Business Law textbook he co-authored is in its third edition; the ABA has published several of his feature-length articles, including a study examining the psychological differences between in-person and online mediation.
Case Experience
- ADA Disability
- Agricultural
- Appellate
- Automotive
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy/Creditors
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Debt Collections
- Discrimination
- Divorce (High Asset)
- Education
- EEOC
- Elder Abuse
- Employment
- Engineering
- Entertainment Sector
- ERISA
- Family Businesses
- Franchise
- 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
- Railroad & Trucking
- Real Estate
- Religious Institutions
- Securities
- Sexual Harassment
- Shareholder Disputes
- Software
- Taxation
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Title Disputes
- Torts
- Trademarks/Patents
- 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 and Arbitrator
- 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
Rates Information
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