Jane Lorentzen named 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” in Workers’ Compensation – Employers in Des Moines

Hopkins & Huebner is pleased to announce Jane Lorentzen was named 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” in Workers’ Compensation – Employers in Des Moines by The Best Lawyers in America©.

Jane Lorentzen has been a practicing attorney in Iowa since 1991. A graduate of the University of Iowa and Drake University Law School, Jane primarily practices in workers’ compensation defense. Jane received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and enjoys complicated medical issues in workers’ compensation litigation. She is a frequent conference speaker on workers’ compensation topics.

Jane has worked on complex medical cases including: COVID-19, death cases, heart attacks, intoxication defense, closed head injuries (traumatic brain injuries), mental claims involving depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), occupational hearing loss, toxic chemical exposure, mold exposure, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), infections, quadriplegia, and paraplegia.

Jane is a former President of the Iowa State Bar Association and the Iowa Association of Workers’ Compensation Advisory Committee. Currently, she serves as a State of Iowa delegate to the American Bar Association. Jane was also named “Lawyer of the Year” in 2017 for her work in Workers’ Compensation – Employers in Des Moines.

Only one attorney is recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" for each specialty and location. Additional recognitions are also awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region.

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