The Firm's Practice Areas
Coppola, McConville, Coppola, Hockenberg & Scalise, P.C., brings to each individual client and their case more than 40 years' experience in providing solutions. Solutions for the men and women, families and businesses, and public policy institutions and interest groups who seek our guidance and let us earn their trust in Des Moines, throughout the state of Iowa, and nationwide.
Our commitment is to make the law work for clients while providing personalized and respectful client service.
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Our legal practice areas include, but are not limited to:
- Trial litigation and appeals matters, including consumer fraud and other civil matters — Former attorney general and independent counsel Larry Scalise is among the litigators at the Firm. Whether you are dealing with a consumer fraud, a contractual dispute, or any other civil dispute, we can help.
- Personal injury and wrongful death and medical malpractice and workers' compensation — Our results for clients include multiple six and seven figure settlements and awards for wrongdoing. Firm founder Charles Coppola has considerable experience handling difficult matters for injured workers, injured accident and malpractice victims, and the families of loved ones in wrongful death matters.
- Wills, estate planning, and probate — As longstanding participants and leaders in the West Des Moines community, we are sensitive to the concerns of our clients and seek to fulfill their wishes and address their needs and goals through careful, comprehensive estate planning services and thorough, communicative probate resolution.
- Public policy strategy — Former Board Chair of Mercy State Hospital and independent counsel Harlan (Bud) D. Hockenberg has more than four decades' experience handling matters of public policy and helping institutions and individuals strategize on and address public policy matters.
- Divorce and family law — We have the depth and the resources to handle virtually all divorce and family law matters, from the most simple uncontested divorces to complex property division matters and contentious child custody dispute.
- Business and corporate law/real estate law — A significant amount of our practice is based in the area of corporate law and real estate law, including business formation, buy-sell agreements, acquisitions and mergers, contracts, governance, disputes, dissolutions, and transfers. Many of our clients have turned to us for their business legal needs for decades.
- Criminal defense, including white collar crime — We provide clients with knowledgeable, responsive criminal defense in criminal law matters that range from white collar crime, embezzlement, and fraud to drug defense, DUI, and traffic ticket defense.
- Mediation and business dispute solutions — Our team of attorneys brings its collaborative nature and ability to negotiate solutions that work for all parties involved while protecting our clients' interests to each alternative dispute resolution legal matter.
- Social security
- OWI
Please call our West Des Moines law office at The firm offers free initial consultations in personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and workers' compensation cases.
