Lance Ehmcke’s general practice includes, but is not limited to, transactional matters and related dispute resolution. He advises clients in the areas of agricultural law, corporate formation and business transactions, estate planning, real estate, tax issues, and probate law.
Lance served as an attorney Law Clerk for The Honorable Ronald E. Longstaff in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
Earlier, Lance served as a U.S. Navy Supply Corps Officer. He is a Vietnam veteran. Lance retired as a Captain in the Naval Reserve in 2002.
ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Bar Association
Active state and local bar association membership in Iowa and Nebraska
Chair – Iowa State Bar Association Ag-Law Section (2005-09)
President – Dakota County, Nebraska Bar Association (1991-93)
Fellow – Nebraska State Bar Foundation (Class of 1994)
ACTIVE COURT LICENSES
State trial and appellate courts in Iowa and Nebraska
Federal courts in Iowa, the 8th Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States
EDUCATION
Drake University Law School, Juris Doctor, 1980
Iowa State University, Bachelor of Science (Economics & History) 1972
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Director, West Iowa Banc Corp
Director, Taxpayers Research Council (President 1994-96)
Director, St. Luke’s Health Foundation of Sioux City, Iowa (Chairman 2004-07)
Director, Siouxland Mental Health, Inc.
Siouxland Estate Planning Council (President 2007-08)
Former director, Siouxland Chamber of Commerce (Executive Board 1997-98)
Volunteer, legislative advocate and government liaison for community organizations
Registered USA Swimming stroke and turn judge
SPECIAL INTEREST
Family farm owner-operator, with his brother, near Cleghorn, Iowa
Member, Grace United Methodist Church in Morningside
Member, Iowa Temp. Redistricting Advisory Commission (2001)
Author – Note, 29 Drake L. Rev. 113
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