J. Russell Hixson

Russ Hixson was born in Des Moines, Iowa and has lived there all his life. After graduating from Hoover High School in 1981, he attended the University of Iowa, where he obtained his accounting degree in 1986. He then attended the University of Iowa College of Law and graduated in 1989. His fields of practice include medical negligence and personal injury. He has a deep conviction for helping individuals and families that are suffering financially, emotionally and physically from the effects of medical injuries or injuries caused by motor vehicle and truck accidents. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees J. Russell Hixson included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors "Top 10 Attorneys", American Jurist Institute "Top 25 Trial Lawyers" Medical Malpractice, The National Trial Lawyers "Top 100 Trial Lawyers", The National Trial Lawyers Lifetime Achievement Award, America’s Top 100 Attorneys "10 Best Attorneys", American Institute of Legal Counsel Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Member Other Sources of Feedback About J. Russell Hixson Included on the 2025Great Plains Super Lawyers list

• President

• Gamble & Davis, P.C., Partner, 1989 - 1994
• Dickenson Law Firm, Partner, 1994 - 2001

• Annual Convention, Presenter: "Medical Malpractice Tort Reform in Iowa, What You Need to Know", Iowa Association for Justice, 2017
• Annual Convention, Presenter: "Iowa’s New Candor Law", Iowa Association for Justice, 2015

• Houghton v. Sipco, Inc.
• Citation: 828 F.Supp. 631
• Court: S.D.Iowa
• Year: 1993
• Haupt v. Miller
• Citation: 514 N.W.2d 905
• Court: Iowa
• Year: 1994
• City of Johnston v. Christenson
• Citation: 822 N.W.2d 745, 2012 WL 4513865 (Table)
• Court: Iowa App.
• Year: 2012
• Serial Number: No. 11–1832
• Orgovanyi v. Henry County Health Center
• Citation: 797 N.W.2d 131 (Table) 2010 WL 5394785
• Year: 2010
• Citation: 771 N.W.2d 651 (Table) 2009 WL 1211868
• Year: 2009
• Shelter Mut. Ins. Co. v. Davis
• Citation: 753 N.W.2d 18 (Table) 2008 WL 2200082
• Year: 2008
• Featherstone v. Hy-Vee, Inc.
• Citation: 720 N.W.2d 191 (Table) 2006 WL 1231662
• Year: 2006
• Citation: 715 N.W.2d 769 (Table) 2006 WL 929239
• Citation: 718 N.W.2d 290
• Baker v. Board of Adjustment, City of Johnston
• Citation: 671 N.W.2d 405
• Year: 2003
• ACCO Unlimited Corp. v. City of Johnston
• Citation: 611 N.W.2d 506
• Year: 2000
• State ex rel. Goettsch v. Diacide Distributors, Inc.
• Citation: 596 N.W.2d 532
• Year: 1999
• Johnson v. Johnson
• Citation: 564 N.W.2d 414
• Year: 1997
• Citation: 561 N.W.2d 369
• United States, ex rel. Thayer v. Planned Parenthood of the Heartland
• Citation: 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 181100
• Court: S.D. IA
• Year: 2016
• Citation: 765 F.3d 914
• Court: 8th Cir.
• Year: 2014
• Citation: 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 191747
• United States, ex rel. Hixson v. Health Management Systems
• Citation: 613 F.3d 1186
• Davidson v. Countryman
• Citation: 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12943
• Court: S.D. Iowa
• Year: 2002
• Swanson v. Van Otterloo
• Citation: 177 F.R.D. 645
• Court: N.D. Iowa
• Year: 1998
• Citation: 993 F. Supp. 1224

• Iowa, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1989
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 1989
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 1989
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1994

• Polk County Bar Association, 1989 - Present (Member)
• Iowa State Bar Association, 1989 - Present (Member)
• Iowa Association for Justice, 1989 - Present (Member)
• American Association for Justice, 1989 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Norwalk Christian Academy, 2015 - Present (Board Member)
• Norwalk Christian Academy, 2018 - Present (Chairman of the Board)
• Iowa Trial Lawyers Association Board of Governors (Board Member, 3 years)
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Sigma Chi