Christine Conover

Christine L. Conover

Member
Tonya Dicus

Legal Assistant

Tonya Dicus

Bar Admission

  • State of Iowa, 1998

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, 2000
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 2000

Education

  • University of Iowa College of Law, JD, with high distinction, 1998
    • University of Iowa National Moot Court Team, 1997–1998
    • Senior Note and Comment Editor, Journal of Gender, Race, and Justice, 1997–1998
    • Van Oosterhout Moot Court Competition, 1997
  • Iowa State University, BA, with distinction, 1995
    • Phi Beta Kappa

Clerkship

  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Jerry L. Larson, Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, 1998–1999

Christine Conover is a medical malpractice attorney with extensive trial and litigation experience defending claims against physicians, medical providers, clinics, and hospitals throughout Iowa. She also represents licensed medical professionals on licensing and disciplinary issues.

Christine is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. She has served on the Iowa State Judicial Nominating Commission and is a member of the Simmons Perrine PLC board of directors.

Christine graduated with distinction from Iowa State University in 1995 and earned her JD with high distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1998. After clerking for Justice Jerry L. Larson of the Iowa Supreme Court, she practiced in Iowa City before joining Simmons Perrine PLC in 2000.

She is a past president of the Iowa Defense Counsel Association, the Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys, and the board of directors of Waypoint Services for Women and Children. Born in North Platte, Nebraska, Christine was raised on a farm in Mapleton, Iowa, before relocating to Cedar Rapids.

  • American Bar Association
    • Center for Professional Responsibility Section
  • Iowa State Bar Association
    • Litigation Section
  • Linn County Bar Association
  • Iowa Defense Counsel Association (member and former board member)
    • President, 2014–2015
    • Past President, 2015–2016
    • President-Elect, 2013–2014
    • Secretary, 2012–2013
    • Trial Academy Committee Chair, 2007, 2009
    • Board Member, 2003–Present
  • Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys (member and former board member)
    • President, 2002–2003
    • President-Elect, 2001–2002
    • Sixth District Representative, 1999–2002
  • American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • State Judicial Nominating Commission, 2011–2021
  • AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®
  • Included in the Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” list in Cedar Rapids — Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, 2015, 2018–2020, 2022, 2025; Litigation – Health Care, 2023, 2025
  • Included in the Best Lawyers in America® list, 2026 — Litigation: Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Included in Great Plains Super Lawyers list, 2014–2025 — Professional Liability Defense

Presentations

  • Ethics Update for a Changing Legal Environment, ACC Corporate Counsel Forum, 2021
  • The Dangers of the Disappearing Jury Trial, ACC Corporate Counsel Forum, 2018

Publication

“The Violence Against Women Act: Stabilizing Commerce Through a Civil Rights Remedy,” 1 Journal of Gender, Race, and Justice 269 (1997)