Nyemaster Goode has earned recognition in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms® in 40 practice areas, including 28 “Tier 1” rankings in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines.
Firms included in the 2025 Best Law Firms list are recognized for professional excellence with consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and broad legal expertise.
Ranked firms, presented in tiers, are listed on a national and/or metropolitan scale. Receiving a tier designation reflects the high level of respect a firm has earned among other leading lawyers and clients in the same communities and the same practice areas for its abilities, professionalism and integrity.
Nyemaster Goode received the following rankings in the 2025 Best Law Firms edition:
Metropolitan Tier 1
Cedar Rapids
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Des Moines
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Immigration Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Personal Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
Metropolitan Tier 2
Cedar Rapids
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
Des Moines
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Employment Law – Management
- Family Law
- Franchise Law
- Insurance Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Litigation – ERISA
- Workers' Compensation Law – Employers
Metropolitan Tier 3
Des Moines
- Health Care Law