About Howard E.
Howard E. Zimmerle is admitted to practice law in each Iowa and Illinois and keeps his practice thru Zimmerle Law. He works throughout state lines routinely, carrying cases thru state court systems and dealing with procedural work in each jurisdictions. Colleagues and opposing counsel know him as a lawyer who navigates trial dockets and court schedules without fanfare.
Zimmerle’s expert life is marked by steady engagement in prepared bar exercise. He holds memberships within the State Bar of Illinois and the Iowa State Bar Association. He is also a member of countrywide and regional trial groups, including the American Association for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Iowa Association for Justice. His participation extends to the Illinois Bar Association Solo and Small Firm Practice Institute, a signal that much of his work is rooted in a smaller company environment.
Over the years Zimmerle has built a practice that involves legal proceedings and court work. The associations he belongs to emphasize trial advocacy and civil justice, and his caseload displays that emphasis. He handles contested things that require formal pleadings, evidence-gathering process and motion practice. He documents and defends complaints, prepares for depositions and looks in proceedings and trials when cases advance that far. He is comfortable taking cases through the complete cycle of legal proceedings when necessary.
Clients who come to Zimmerle Law discover a practitioner acquainted with the practical demands of cases that ought to be moved ahead on a steady timetable. At a small firm, daily tasks range from client counseling and negotiation to drafting substantive courtroom documents. Zimmerle balances the ones duties whilst keeping up with ongoing legal training and expert meetings tied to his memberships. That engagement keeps him current on developments in trial procedure and state practice rules in each Iowa and Illinois.
Zimmerle maintains a lively practice thru Zimmerle Law, representing clients in civil litigation in state courts across Iowa and Illinois. His current practice facilities on civil legal proceedings across Iowa and Illinois.