Steve Lombardi was born and raised in New England and in 1975 moved to the Midwest to obtain his undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa. In 1981, he graduated from Drake University Law School. During law school he worked as a private investigator in a five state region of the Midwest and has testified in court. Working his way through law school as a P.I. taught essential skills for gathering and preserving evidence. After law school, Mr. Lombardi chose to make Iowa his home—a choice he continues to make although North and South Carolina’s weather is looking better and better.

Mr. Lombardi is a person driven to complete what he starts. He prides himself on telling his clients and readers what they need to hear, not what they want to hear. He doesn't believe in awards; he believes in achievement. He doesn't concern himself with recognition of his accomplishments but focuses on winning the task at hand. His personality makes him the kind of a lawyer that hates to lose. His style is to begin to size up and prepare his clients from the first conversation through the trial. All people that become his clients are important to him. After more than 30 years of practicing personal injury law, many former clients and attorneys from rural Iowa refer family members, friends and personal injury clients to his office for consideration and representation, or just to ask a question. His wife hates that he tries to answer all of them, but that’s life.

Practice Areas

• Personal injury related to car, truck, tractor-trailer, motorcycle, ATV and other vehicular traffic accidents with an emphasis on the interstate highway system.
• Work related injuries that result in lost time and wages and end with a workers’ compensation claim.
• Injury caused on property by a defect or human behavior that negligently causes injury to other people.
• Legal commentary and pointing out inconsistencies in the way people think about other people’s rights versus how they are going to be treated.

Professional Associations

• American Bar Association
• Iowa Bar Association

Education

• 1978, University of Iowa, Bachelor of Science with a major in psychology
• 1981 Drake University School of Law, Juris Doctorate

Bar Admissions

• June 1981, Iowa State Bar Association
• June 1986, Florida State Bar Association
• 1981, United States District Courts in Iowa