About Consumer Advocate Lanny Zieman

Lanny was appointed by Attorney General Brenna Bird and unanimously confirmed by the Iowa Senate in April of 2023. He has led the fifteen-person office since that time. He previously served as an attorney for the State of Iowa from September 2018 to March of 2023, first for the Iowa Insurance Division and then at the Iowa Division of Labor. 

Lanny has served in the armed forces for over twenty-five years including the Marine Corps Reserve, on active duty in the U.S. Air Force, and in the Iowa Air National Guard. He is a veteran of the Iraq war.

While serving as an active-duty Air Force JAG, he was assigned as a utility litigation attorney representing the Department of the Air Force before utility commissions across the country. He now serves as the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate at the 132d Wing legal office.

Lanny serves on the Financial Research Institute Advisory Board and on the Executive Council of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates. He grew up on his family’s farm in Luana, Iowa, and graduated from Postville High School, Mount Mercy College, and the University of Iowa College of Law.