When you get hurt at work, you have only one opportunity to obtain the most favorable outcome for your claim. Many lawyers handle a few workers’ compensation cases as a part of their overall practice. The attorneys at Wertz & Dake specialize in representing injured workers. It is a complicated system, with many hidden issues that an injured worker is not likely familiar with, but which can produce major differences in an outcome and the extent of compensation. You take no risk by having an experienced and knowledgeable workers’ compensation specialist review your claim. You need an attorney who understands the system and will fight to make sure the insurance company provides you with everything you are entitled to.
Experience matters. Workers’ compensation claims are complex. It will take an experienced and committed workers’ compensation specialist to guide you through the problems you will face obtaining medical care, returning to work, and obtaining a fair amount of compensation in resolving your claim. The attorneys at Wertz & Dake have a combined 40 years of experience exclusively representing injured workers. We do not work for employers or their insurance companies. We are leaders in the field. When founding partner Tom Wertz established his practice, he was the first attorney in the area to devote his practice exclusively to representing injured workers. Tom was one of the founding members of the IAJ Workers’ Compensation Section, which is devoted to advancing the rights of injured workers across the state of Iowa. Knowledge is power. Our attorneys frequently present to others on workers’ compensation issues. We routinely receive inquiries from other attorneys for advice on how to handle workers’ compensation claims.
Many attorneys will take a workers’ compensation claim without the knowledge and experience Wertz & Dake brings to the fight. We will help you make knowing and intelligent decisions on issues that will often effect the rest of your life. You need an attorney who has the knowledge and skills to properly represent you and who is willing to guide you through all stages of the system until you obtain the benefits that you deserve.
- More than 40 years of combined experience
- More than 1,000 cases handled
- More than 350 cases taken to hearing
- More than 40 Supreme Court or Court of Appeals cases
- Past IAJ President
- 10 years as chair of the IAJ workers’ compensation section
- Founding member of the IAJ workers’ compensation section
- Frequent presenters to other attorneys on cutting edge issues in workers’ compensation
- Involved in precedent setting cases which have created new rights for injured workers
- Instrumental in shaping legislation to assist injured workers
- Contingency fee available
- No fee for initial consultation
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(319)861-3001
1500 Center St. NE Cedar Rapid, IA 52402