Kimberly K. Hardeman was admitted to the Iowa Bar after earning her J.D. from Drake University and her bachelor’s degree from St. Cloud State University, where she was also a letter winning four-year student athlete.  She practices in the areas of automobile and trucking liability, personal injury litigation, civil litigation, insurance defense, products liability, commercial litigation, and professional liability.

Hardeman has been and continues to serve as a member and leader in many professional groups.  She is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow in the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, Past President of the Iowa Chapter of ABOTA, Past President of the Iowa County Bar Association, a member of the Iowa State Bar Association, Iowa Defense Counsel Association, Linn County Bar Association and a member and leader within the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), where she was selected to serve as an instructor of the IADC Trial Academy in 2013 at Stanford University and went on to serve as the Director of the IADC Trial Academy at Stanford University in 2025.

Hardeman has also received additional training and education through the Mediation Skills Training programs at Northwestern University School of Professional Studies in October of 2015.  She has been involved in local community boards including the Grant Wood Area Chapter of the American Red Cross.  She has been selected as a Great Plains Super Lawyer from 2012-2025.