Alan Lance

Last updated

Alan Lance
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 30, 2017
Awards Army Commendation Medal ribbon.svg Army Commendation Medal

Alan George Lance Sr. [1] (born April 27, 1949) is an American attorney, politician, and jurist who serves as a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Lance previously served as the Idaho Attorney General and as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives.

Contents

Early life and education

Al Lance was born on April 27, 1949, in McComb, Ohio. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from South Dakota State University in 1971 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1973. [2] From 1974 to 1978, he served as a junior officer in the 172d Infantry Brigade and at Corpus Christi Army Depot, receiving the Army Commendation Medal in 1977.

Career

Lance began his legal career as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Fulton County, Ohio. In 1978, Lance moved with his family to Meridian, Idaho, where he became involved with his local chapter of the American Legion. [3]

Lance was elected to the Idaho House of Representatives in 1990 and served as Majority Caucus Chairman during his second term in office, from 1993 to 1995. He was elected Attorney General of Idaho in 1994, serving from 1995 to 2003, Idaho's longest-serving Attorney General at that time. While serving as Attorney General, he also served on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General and as the Chairman of the Conference of Western Attorneys General.

He joined the Court of Appeals on December 16, 2004, after being nominated by President George W. Bush. [4] Prior to that, Lance served as the National Commander of the American Legion from 1999 to 2000. He served as the 31st Attorney General of Idaho from 1995 to 2003 and was a member of the Idaho House of Representatives from 1990 to 1994.

Upon his retirement, Lance assumed senior status as a recall-eligible retired judge. [5]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr.</span> American politician

Anthony Joseph "Tony" Celebrezze Jr. was an American politician of the Democratic party, who served as Ohio Attorney General, Ohio Secretary of State and an Ohio State Senator. He was the son of Anthony J. Celebrezze, and part of the Celebrezze political dynasty, which was prominent in Cleveland in particular and statewide in Ohio throughout the second half of the 20th century and early 2000s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Noah Haynes Swayne</span> US Supreme Court justice from 1862 to 1881

Noah Haynes Swayne was an American jurist and politician. He was the first Republican appointed as a justice to the United States Supreme Court.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frazier Reams</span> American politician

Henry Frazier Reams Sr. was an American lawyer and politician of the United States Democratic Party from Toledo, Ohio. Reams served as a U.S. Congressman from Ohio from 1951 to 1955.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ken Kramer</span> American politician & judge (born 1942)

Kenneth Bentley Kramer is an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from Colorado. He is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, serving four consecutive terms from 1979 to 1987.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barbara Milano Keenan</span> Austrian-American judge (born 1950)

Barbara Louise Milano Keenan is a senior United States circuit judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a former justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert R. Cupp</span> Ohio legislator (born 1950)

Robert Richard Cupp is an American politician who served as the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2020 to 2022. He served in the House of Representatives from 2015, representing District 4 (Lima). He was elected as speaker on July 30, 2020, replacing Larry Householder who was removed from the position following his arrest on federal bribery charges. Cupp is a former justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel Webster Comstock</span> American politician

Daniel Webster Comstock was an American lawyer, jurist, and Civil War veteran who briefly served as a U.S. representative from Indiana in 1917.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Toledo College of Law</span> Public law school in Toledo, Ohio, US

The University of Toledo College of Law is the law school at the University of Toledo, and is located on the university's main campus in a residential neighborhood in western Toledo, Ohio. The school is fully accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.

William Albert Moorman is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frank Q. Nebeker</span> American judge (1930–2024)

Frank Quill Nebeker was an American jurist who served as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gregory A. Phillips</span> American judge (born 1960)

Gregory Alan Phillips is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and former Wyoming Attorney General.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Todd M. Hughes</span> American judge (born 1966)

Todd Michael Hughes is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael P. Allen</span> American judge (born 1967)

Michael Patrick Allen is an American lawyer and academic who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Prior to assuming his current role, he was a professor of law and director of the Veterans Law Institute at Stetson University College of Law.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amanda L. Meredith</span> American judge (born 1972)

Amanda Lee Meredith is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Prior to becoming a judge, she served as the deputy staff director and general counsel of the United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ryan D. Nelson</span> American judge (born 1973)

Ryan Douglas Nelson is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was previously nominated to become Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior, but was never confirmed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph L. Falvey Jr.</span> American judge (born 1959)

Joseph Leo Falvey Jr. is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

References

  1. ↑ "Questionnaire for Presidential Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. June 17, 2003.
  2. ↑ "Alan Lance, Sr". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ "- NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BRUCE E. KASOLD TO BE JUDGE, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS". www.congress.gov. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  4. ↑ "PN41 - Nomination of Alan G. Lance Sr. for The Judiciary, 108th Congress (2003-2004)". www.congress.gov. November 21, 2004. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  5. ↑ "US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims - Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr". www.uscourts.cavc.gov. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.