Katie M. Naset
About
Medical Malpractice in Des Moines
Katie practices in the firm’s medical malpractice group, assisting Iowans who have been injured or have sustained the death of a loved one as a result of the negligence of a medical provider.
A Des Moines native, Katie returned to Central Iowa to practice law in 2006 following her graduation from Grinnell College and the University of Iowa College of Law.
After graduating from law school, Katie was a judicial law clerk in Polk County for 2 years, assisting several district court judges with their cases. One of her proudest accomplishments was helping one of her first bosses, Judge Robert Hanson, author the district court’s decision in the landmark case of Varnum v. Brien. To this day, he enjoys mischievously blaming her for this decision at parties.
Katie was a successful family law litigator for nearly two decades before deciding she needed a new academic challenge, deciding to learn an entirely new area of law. Her years of intense one-on-one work with family law clients helps her connect with the individuals that she represents in medical negligence cases, and helps these clients tell their stories. Katie’s attention to detail in the discovery process of a case, honed after years of litigating high asset financial divisions, often leads her to find things that push cases to settlement that other lawyers would not find.
Katie also maintains an appellate practice and has prevailed in numerous appellate matters during her career. Each year, Katie accepts a limited number of family law appellate matters by referral from other family law attorneys. She’s fortunate to practice law with her brother, Adam Naset, who is able to take excellent care of Katie’s returning family law litigation clients.
In her free time, you will find Katie traveling with her husband and kids (to a beach most often) or, more recently, learning to play electric guitar with her teenage son.
