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Phil Garland & Carrie Rodriguez

Small-Town Attorneys Serving in a Legal Desert

Phil Garland and Carrie Rodriguez are not only lawyers in the Garner, Iowa community — they are lawyers for their community. For more than four decades, their firm has represented clients in real estate, bankruptcy, social security, personal injury, family law, estate planning, criminal law, and general litigation. Deeply committed to ensuring small towns have lawyers to serve them, Phil has chaired the Iowa State Bar Association's Rural Practice Committee for several years.

Aug. 3, 2023

Small-Town Attorneys Practicing in a Legal Desert

While nearly a quarter of the U.S. population lives in rural America, only 2% of attorneys practice there. Phil Garland has spent 50 years as a general practice lawyer in Garner, Iowa — population 3,000. He has been his town…