Colby Merlound Lessmann
Attorney at Law
Attorney Colby M. Lessmann was born and raised in Sioux City, Iowa, and is a graduate of Sioux City North High School. Colby graduated from the University of South Dakota School of Business (B.S., 1996) and School of Law (J.D., 1999). During his law school education, he published a casenote in the South Dakota Law Review (1998) and was both the Managing Editor and the Production Editor for Volume 44 of the South Dakota Law Review (1998-1999). After graduating from Law School, Colby clerked for Justice Robert Amundson of the South Dakota Supreme Court in Pierre, South Dakota. In August 2000, upon completion of his clerkship, Colby returned to practice law in Sioux City, Iowa, where he practices in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota in the areas of General Litigation, Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Probate, Landlord Tenant Law, Collections, and Personal Injury, including but not limited to, car accidents, wrongful death, slips and falls, and dog bites.
Colby is a member of the State Bar Associations for Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. He is a member of the Probate Section for the Iowa Bar Association, the Woodbury County (Iowa) and Dakota County (Nebraska) Bar Associations, as well as a member of the Iowa Trust and Estate Council and the Iowa Association for Justice (formerly Iowa Trial Lawyers Association). He is also licensed to practice in the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Iowa, the District of Nebraska, the District of South Dakota, the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Supreme Court.
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Elder Law
- Landlord Tenant
- Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights
- Collections
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- General Litigation
- Guardianship/Conservatorship
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- Iowa
- Supreme Court of Iowa
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- Nebraska
- Nebraska State Bar Association
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- South Dakota
- State Bar of South Dakota
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- 8th Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- United States Court of Federal Claims
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- United States District Court - Nebraska
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- United States District Court - Northern District of Iowa
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- United States District Court - South Dakota
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Managing Partner
- Tigges, Bottaro, & Lessmann, LLP
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- Managing Partner
- Vriezelaar, Tigges, Edgington, Bottaro, Boden & Lessmann, L.L.P.
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- Associate
- Munger, Reinschmidt, & Denne, L.L.P.
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- Clerk
- South Dakota Supreme Court
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- University of South Dakota School of Law
- J.D. (1999)
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- University of South Dakota
- B.S. (1996) | Business Administration
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- Best Lawyer in America for Trusts and Estates
- BEST LAWYERS
- AV Preeminent
- Matindale-Hubbell
- The Best Lawyers in America for Trusts and Estates
- Best Lawyers
- Best Law Firms – Trusts & Estates Law (Metropolitan Tier 2)
- Best Lawyers
- Nebraska State Bar # 22298
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- Iowa State Bar
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- South Dakota State Bar
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- Iowa Trust & Estate Council
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- Iowa Association for Justice (formerly Iowa Trial Lawyers Association)
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- Iowa State Bar Association - Probate Section Committee
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- Woodbury County, Iowa Bar Association
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- Siouxland Estate Planning Counsel
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- Challenging a Will aka Will Contest
- Firm bLAWg
- Common Estate Planning Questions
- Firm bLAWg
- Third Party Bad Faith Refusals to Settle in Nielsen v. Boos
- South Dakota Law Review
- Iowa Middle School Mock Trials, Tournament, Sioux City, IA
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Mock trial is designed to introduce students to our legal system by providing a challenging, academic competition. The program offers students an opportunity for personal growth and achievement, emphasizing the importance of research, presentation and teamwork.
- Guardianship/Conservatorship Update: New Procedural Hurdles to Settling Cases For Minors and Incapacitated Clients, IAJ Personal Injury Seminar
- Iowa Association for Justice (formerly Iowa Trial Lawyers Association)
- New Procedural Hurdles to Settling Personal Injury Cases For Minors and Incapacitated Clients
- Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts & Wills, Siouxland Center for Aging, Sioux City, Iowa
- Elective Share in Iowa, Iowa State Bar Association Annual Meeting, Des Moines, Iowa
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Lessons Learned in Efiling In Iowa, Iowa Association for Justice Annual Meeting, Des Moines, Iowa
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Accredited Estate Planner
- National Association of Estate Planners & Councils
15-0334 Bass v. J.C. Penney Co., Inc., January 20, 2016
