Law Firm Overview

The law firm of Fuerste, Carew, Juergens & Sudmeier, P.C., is a general practice firm, located in Dubuque, Iowa, and serving clients throughout the tri-state area of northeast Iowa, southwest Wisconsin, and northeast Illinois. We have been located in our present location, on the second floor of the Security Building on the corner of 8th and Main Streets in downtown Dubuque, since 1981.

The historical roots of this law firm date to 1854 and the law firm of Cooley & Adams. The recent history of this firm starts with the formation of Fuerste & Carew by William C. Fuerste and Allan J. Carew in 1965. The firm and its predecessors have focused upon the needs of the people with and for whom it works, and to serve those needs, the firm has developed a broad range of practice areas, including litigation in the areas of personal injury, workers compensation, insurance, business, construction and architecture, sports and recreation, products liability, professional liability, real estate and condemnation, mediation and arbitration; commercial services to individuals and business entities in business planning, contract negotiation, media law, management, mergers and acquisitions, banking, employment, civil rights and discrimination, debtor-creditor relations and bankruptcy; family law; education law; health care; municipal and zoning law; probate, wills, trusts and estate planning; taxation; and real estate, the broad range of activities in which people engage throughout their lives.

Areas of Practice

• Business & Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Business Organizations
• Estate Planning
• Trusts
• Wills
• Family Law
• Adoption
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Real Estate Law
• Workers' Compensation Law

Representative Clients

• Anderson-Weber, Inc.
• Aquila Networks
• Art Pape Transfer, Inc.
• Bellevue Development Company, L.L.C.
• Bethany Home
• Catholic Charities
• Conlon Construction Company
• Cottingham & Butler, Inc.
• Dubuque Bank & Trust Company
• Dubuque Data Services
• Dubuque Stamping & Manufacturing, Inc.
• Dupaco Community Credit Union
• The Durrant Group, Inc.
• Eagle Point Software Corporation
• Eagle Window & Door, Inc.
• Edwards Cast Stone Company
• Edwards Pre-Cast Concrete Co.
• Family Beer East, Inc.
• First Community Trust
• First Gear, Inc.
• Flynn Company, Inc.
• Geisler Brothers Co.
• Giese Roofing Company
• Jim Giese Commercial Roofing, Inc.
• Heartland Financial USA. Inc.
• Kaiser's Contract Cleaning Specialists
• Kehl Family Group
• Kennedy Mall, L.T.D., L.L.C.
• Kirchhoff Distributing Company
• A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co.
• Martin Luther Home
• Mi-T-M Corporation
• Myers-Cox Co.
• Norby Farm Fleet Supply Stores
• Nordstrom
• Peosta Warehousing
• Portzen Construction Company
• Project Concern, Inc.
• River Pointe Development, L.L.C.
• Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, L.L.C.
• Roeder Bros., Inc.
• Royal Oaks Development Corporation
• Self Insured Services Company
• Spiegel Famly Realty Company, L.L.C.
• St. Mary's Home
• Stone Cliff Winery
• Trausch Distributing Company
• TFM Co.
• Union-Hoermann Press
• Unique Balance
• Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
• Woodward Communications, Inc.
• Zephyr Aluminum Products. Inc.
• Advantage Sheet Metal
• Packers' Chemical
• Grand Opera House
• East Dubuque Savings Bank
• Commercial Flooring Company
• Northeast Iowa Council of Boy Scouts of America
• Weber Paper Company

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Business Organizations, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills, Family Law, Adoption, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Mergers & Acquisitions, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, Workers' Compensation Law