Attorney Profiles

Gary G. Mattson was born on July 30, 1962, in Osceola, Iowa. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Luther College in 1985 and his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Drake University School of Law in 1988. He was admitted to practice law in Iowa in 1988. Mr. Mattson is licensed and practices before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals (Eighth Circuit) and the United States District Courts (Northern and Southern Districts) of Iowa. He is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association, the Polk County Bar Association, the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association For Justice (Sections on: Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway and Premises Liability) and the Iowa Association of Workers Compensation Lawyers. Mr. Mattson is practicing primarily in Worker's Compensation Law and personal injury. Mr. Mattson frequently lectures on subjects including Iowa Workers' Compensation law and Iowa Personal Injury law.

Areas of Practice

• Workers' Compensation
• Personal Injury

Bar Admissions

• Iowa, 1988

Education

• Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa, 1988
  J.D.
  Honors: BNA Law Student Award 1988
  
  
• Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1985
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Fundamentals of Workers' Compensation, Sterling Educational Services, 2007
• Workers' Compensation in Iowa, Lorman, 2006
• Fundamentals of Workers' Compensation, Sterling Educational Services, 2005
• Proving Damages and Dealing with Affirmative Defenses, Iowa Association of Legal Assistants, 2003
• Auto Insurance Law and Accident Litigation in Iowa Proving Damages and Dealing with Affirmative Defenses, Lorman, 2003
• Defending Failure to Mitigate, Iowa Trial Lawyers Association - Rapid Fire Seminar, 2003
• Malpractice in Dissolution of Marriage: What it is and how to avoid it, Iowa Trial Lawyers Association - Family Law Seminar, 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Polk County Bar Association
  
  
• Iowa State Bar Association
  
  
• Iowa Trial Lawyers Association
  
  
• American Association For Justice
  
  
• Iowa Association of Workers Compensation Lawyers
  
  

Fraternities/Sororities

• Delta Theta Phi

Birth Information

• July 30, 1962, Osceola, Iowa, United States of America