Donna Renae Miller

Donna Renae Miller

4.0
Rating: 8.4

Licensed for 30 years

Divorce and separation Lawyer at Des Moines, IA
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Child Custody, Workers Compensation ... +2 more

550 SW 9th Street, Suite 9000, Des Moines, IA

About Donna

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Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 30 minutes


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

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Licenses

Licensed in Iowa for 30 years

State: Iowa

Acquired: 1995

Active

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Location

Miller, Zimmerman & Evans, PLC

550 SW 9th Street, Suite 9000, Des Moines, IA, 50309

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Donna Renae Miller's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

4.0 /5.0

4 Client Reviews

5 star (3)
4 star (0)
3 star (0)
2 star (0)
1 star (1)

Posted by anonymous | September 29, 2025 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Fails Marginalized Families

If you come from a marginalized identity, don’t expect Donna to advocate for you—or even pretend to understand your struggles with bias. In our case, she sided with opposing counsel instead of fighting for us.

Posted by anonymous | May 31, 2015

Helped me through a difficult time

After 28 years of marriage, I found out my spouse was unfaithful and led a secret life for several years. I was blind-sided by it all and as the word "divorce" wasn't in my vocabulary, I had no clue where to start or what to do. Donna was the perfect person to help me through the divorce. She list...ened, allowed me to cry as I found out more things my former husband had done, provided counsel as I tried to figure out splitting our assets.. I didn't want my divorce to be ugly/messy/full of hate...she helped me achieve that while making sure that my well-being and future was secured. Most importantly, I knew she actually cared! This was my first "encounter" with a lawyer for anything and Donna was professional, caring, helpful and made the very difficult time of my life just a little easier.

Posted by Claudia | February 12, 2015

Appreciated Donna's work

We were very pleased with Donna's work on our workers comp case. She was very thorough in the research she did and explaining details in terms that we could understand. She's very professional and also made us feel comfortable with what ever questions and concerns we had. She was very good to follow ...up and check with us if we needed additional help and further explanation on medical tests and terminology. We greatly appreciated all of Donna's help and can't thank her enough.

Posted by David | February 11, 2015

Very detailed, and very helpful

Donna Miller was very good about responding quickly if I had questions or concerns, and she was very honest and straight forward with me about what to expect....I would reccomend her to anyone who is in a fight workman's comp claims. She was able to get in touch with workmans comp, when I could n...ot....She faught for me in a very professional manner and did what she said she was going to do!

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Donna Renae Miller's Lawyer Endorsements

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Charles Showalter

Workers compensation lawyer | Feb 21

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. She was opposing counsel on a workers' compensation case. She was diligent, thorough, and ethical in representing her clients."

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Marlon Mormann

Divorce and separation lawyer | Oct 13

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. She is smart, personable and well respected in the legal community. It will be hard to find better to represent you in a domestic case."

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Siobhan Schneider

Workers compensation lawyer | Jan 05

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"I have worked with Donna as opposing counsel on workers' compensation matters. She is incredibly knowledgeable and well versed about the law. But Donna stands apart because of her professionalism and courtesy. She has mastered being a strong advocate for her clients while still being great to work with as opposing counsel."

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Charles Showalter

Workers compensation lawyer

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Marlon Mormann

Workers compensation lawyer

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Kimberly Stamatelos

Mediation lawyer

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Siobhan Schneider

Workers compensation lawyer

Experience

Rating:  8.4 (Excellent)

Work Experience

1997 - Present

Partner/Attorney, Grefe & Sidney

Associations

2015 - Present

National Association Of Women Business Owners

Member

2005 - Present

Iowa Association of Workers Compensation Lawyers

Member

1997 - Present

Polk County Bar Association

Member

1995 - Present

American Bar Association

Member

1995 - Present

Iowa State Bar Association

Member

1995 - Present

Order of the Coif (top 10% of law class)

Member

Education

2011

Drake University

Masters of Public Administration

1995

University of Iowa College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1992

Northeast Missouri State University

BS - Bachelor of Science

Languages

English

Activity

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