Born in Des Moines, Iowa.

• J.D., 1979, Drake University
• B.S., Economics, 1977, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
  • Certified Public Accountant, 1977 Iowa

• American Bar Association (Sections: Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law)
• Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
• Iowa State Bar Association (Taxation Section: Council, 1995-98; Probate and Trust Law Section: Council 2001-2004)
• Polk County Bar Association

• Iowa
• U.S. Tax Court

Mr. Langeness engages in a general practice including, but not limited to:

• Business Law
• Estate Planning
• Probate
• Taxation
• Trusts
• Wills

• 2002-2012 Best Lawyers in America in areas of Trusts and Estates
• Selected for inclusion in each year's Edition of "Great Plains Super Lawyers" in Estate Planning & Probate (Only 5 percent of all lawyers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa are named to the list)