Biography

Ian helps clients resolve disputes and solve complex challenges both before and during litigation. With more than 20 years experience in commercial litigation, medical malpractice defense, and personal injury, Ian’s work drives successful outcomes for businesses and individuals. He also counsels clients and provides analysis of issues involving media and first amendment law, election issues, and aviation matters. He represents clients in both Iowa and Illinois State and Federal courts. In 2025, he was elected to serve as Managing Partner of Lane & Waterman.

Ian is active in the legal community at a state and national level, serving as the President of the Iowa State Bar Association in 2023-24 and helping the ISBA celebrate its 150th anniversary during his leadership. Ten years earlier, he served as President of the Iowa State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (2013-14). He was inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates in 2024. Dedicated to excellence throughout his career, he was named a Super Lawyers Great Plains Rising Star in 2014 and in 2019 was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs. Ian maintains an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell.

A native Iowan, Ian calls the Quad Cities home and has worked with several community nonprofits as a board or committee member, including the Downtown Davenport Partnership, Family Resources, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, and Friends of the Davenport Library. He has also been active in politics, where he worked as the campaign treasurer for a United States Congressional Campaign and as a member of the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce Business Advocacy Council that lobbied on behalf of the Quad Cities on the local, state, and national level.

Practice Areas

• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate
• Medical Malpractice
• Municipalities
• Product Liability & Mass Torts