Lance W. Lange

Lance Lange is a shareholder in the firm's litigation group practicing primarily in the areas of complex commercial litigation, banking and lending litigation, antitrust litigation and compliance, corporate internal investigations, intellectual property litigation and defamation disputes.

Specifically, Mr. Lange has handled cases involving a wide variety of legal issues, including corporate internal investigations involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and antitrust compliance; antitrust litigation; litigation involving claims of trademark and patent infringement; litigation involving alleged misappropriation of trade secrets; defense of libel or defamation claims; defense of R.I.C.O. and other fraud claims; ERISA litigation; professional malpractice defense; fair debt collection matters; healthcare litigation; tort litigation; litigation involving breach of contract claims; litigation of claims of breach of fiduciary duties of corporate officers and directors; various types of real estate disputes; defense of corporations in various class actions; and other types of civil and criminal litigation.

Mr. Lange has represented clients in a number of trials and has briefed and argued numerous evidentiary matters.  In 2002-03, he was a member of the trial team that litigated the first consummated merger case in an administrative hearing before the Federal Trade Commission in over fifteen years — F.T.C. v. Chicago Bridge & Iron.  Mr. Lange was also part of the team of attorneys who obtained summary judgment against plaintiffs in Jefferson County, Mississippi, on behalf of a consumer finance company in a “mass joinder” fraud action.  Finally, Mr. Lange was part of a team of attorneys that represented Microsoft Corporation in a case involving the validity of the Windows® trademark.

Mr. Lange received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University with honors in 1996.  He earned a master's degree from the University of Iowa in 1998, while serving as a graduate teaching assistant in the University of Iowa's Department of German.  Mr. Lange completed his legal degree at Columbia University in 2001, after serving as the Production Editor (1999-2000) and Book Note Editor (2000-2001) for the Columbia Journal of European Law.  Mr. Lange previously practiced in the Chicago office of a large international law firm from 2001 to 2004.

Author, Book Note, 5.3 Columbia Journal of European Law 525 (1999) (reviewing, Heinz-Gerhard Haupt, Regional and National Identities in Europe in the XIXth and XXth Centuries (1998)).

Presenter, "Do's and Don'ts of Interviewing and Hiring," Belin Law Firm Employment Law Seminar, July 21, 2006.

Presenter (with David Nelmark), “False Advertising Primer and Pitfalls,” 2007 Trade Regulation and Corporate Counsel Seminar, September 12, 2007.

Presenter (with Mark Weinhardt), "The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: When to Push the Panic Button and What the Button Looks Like," 2009 Trade Regulation and Corporate Counsel Seminar, September 18, 2009.

Des Moines Business Record "Forty Under 40" Recognition (2009)

American Bar Association
      Antitrust Section (Member 2007-present; Appointed Young Lawyer 
          Representative to the Agriculture and Food Committee, 2010)
      Young Lawyers Division, Intellectual Property Committee, 2009
      Young Lawyers Division, Antitrust Committee, 2009
      Litigation Section, 2005-present
      Antitrust Litigation Committee, 2005-present

Iowa State Bar Association
      Chair, YLD Know Your Constitution Committee, 2007–present
      “Star of the Quarter” Award Winner, Young Lawyers Division, 2008
      Intellectual Property Section Council, 2006–present
      Trade Regulation Section Council, 2006–present (Chair, 2009-present)
      Litigation Section

Polk County Bar Association (Member, Public Relations Committee, 2008-2009)

Iowa State Board of Law Examiners, Temporary Bar Examiner (Appointed by Iowa Supreme Court), 2008, 2010

Walnut Creek YMCA Board of Managers
      Chair, Board of Managers, 2010-present

      Vice-Chair, Board of Managers, 2008–2010
      Chair, Partner With Youth Branch Campaign, 2007-2008
      Team Captain, PWY Campaigns, 2007-present
      Executive Committee, 2008–present
      Membership Committee, 2006-2007
      Building and Facilities Committee, 2007-present

YMCA of Greater Des Moines Metro Board (Member, 2008-present)
      Human Resources Committee (Member, 2008-2009)
      Audit and Finance Committees (Member, 2009-present)

Iowa Legal Aid (Intake Volunteer, 2006-2008)

United Way Emerging Leader's Initiative

Blackstone Inn of Court (Associate, 2006 to present)

Leadership Iowa, member of 2009-2010 class

Twenty-First Century Forum (Member, Executive Committee, 2006-2009)