Attorney Profiles

Kirk E. Goettsch
Omaha, Nebraska


phone	(402) 504-1300
fax	(402) 504-1935
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Kirk Goettsch joins Parsonage Vandenack Williams LLC with an immense amount of legal knowledge and experience. Kirk has been practicing law for 23 years and is licensed in Nebraska and Iowa where he is well-versed in the areas of commercial litigation, business, tax and estate planning.

Kirk received his Bachelors Degree in Animal Science from Iowa State University in 1982 and attended Law School at Drake University where he obtained his Juris Doctorate in 1985. Kirk was admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa. He was also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, the United States Tax Court and the 8^th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Kirk is a member of the American Bar Association, Iowa State Bar Association, Nebraska State Bar Association; Story County Bar Association, Ida County Bar Association, Pottawattamie County Bar Association, Iowa County Attorney's Association, American Agriculture Law Association. Kirk also volunteers his time to many places to better the community

Year Joined Organization:: 2008

Areas of Practice:: Commercial Litigation; Business; Estate Planning; Tax

Litigation Percentage:: 45% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Iowa, 1985; U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 1985; U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 1985; Nebraska, 2002; U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 2002; U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit; U.S. Tax Court, 1985

Education:: Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa, May, 1985
Juris Doctorate
Honors: Founding member and 1st president of Drake Student Agricultural Law Assoc; Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States, May, 1982
Animal Science

Representative Cases:: In re Western Iowa Limestone, (8th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals 2008); McDermott v. Keenan, 13 Neb.App. 710, 700 N.W.2d 645 (Nebraska Court of Appeals 2005); In re Conservatorship of Trobough, Unpublished Memorandum Decision (Nebraska Supreme Court 2006); Deering v. State, (Iowa Court of Appeals 1999); State v. Peterson, 532 N.W.2d 813 (Iowa Court of Appeals 1995); State v. Peters, 525 N.W.2d 854 (Iowa Court of Appeals 1994); In re Marriage of Hornung, 480 N.W.2d 91 (Iowa Court of Appeals 1991); CHR Equipment Financing, Inc. v. C&K Transport, Inc., 448 N.W.2d 693 (Iowa Court of Appeals 1989)

Honors and Awards:: L.N. Hazel University Service Award; I.S.U. Agriculture Service Award; Outstanding I.S.U. Animal Science Senior and Freshman; Animal Science Curriculum Committee

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Iowa State Bar Association, 1985 - Present; Nebraska State Bar Association, 2002 - Present; Omaha Bar Association, 2002 - Present; Pottawattamie County Bar Association, 2005 - Present; Horn Memorial Hospital Foundation; Board of Directors; Story County Legal Aid Society; President, VP, member of the Board of Directors; Center for Personal Development, Ames, Iowa; Member of Board of Directors; American Cancer Society, Story County Chapter; Member of Board of Directors; Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce; member

Birth Information:: 1960