Jeana Goosmann is known as the CEO’s Attorney, serving as a trusted legal and business advisor to company presidents, CEOs, and executive leadership teams. As Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner of Goosmann Law Firm, she built the firm from the ground up and leads one of the largest women-owned law firms in the Midwest. She is listed in America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators and Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators, using proven methods like reptile theory and psychodrama in high stakes litigation. Her experience as both a lawyer and a business owner gives her a practical, executive-level perspective when guiding other leaders through high-stakes decisions and opportunities for growth.
Her clients range from Fortune 100 corporations to closely held companies and family-owned businesses, and she has represented executives, boards, and organizations facing complex investigations, high-value disputes, and sensitive business challenges. Jeana is also frequently called upon to assist out-of-state counsel and companies with transactions and litigation matters across Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
In 2021, Jeana won the Enterprising Women of the Year Award. She is also the Amazon bestselling author of Worth It: Business Leaders Ready. Execute. Deliver., where she shares her leadership philosophy and approach to helping organizations move forward with confidence. She is actively involved in the National Association or Minority and Women-Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF), remaining deeply engaged in advancing excellence and opportunity within the legal profession.
A sought-after national speaker and media legal commentator, Jeana has been featured across regional and national media outlets and presents at conferences and professional organizations throughout the country. In addition, she writes frequently on business and legal topics through the firm’s CEO Law Review and other professional publications.
As a business and trial attorney, Jeana loves to win. She looks for out-of-the-box solutions and keeps in mind the total landscape, not just the legal landscape. Over the years, Jeana has defied the risks of starting her own firm in 2009, leaving an established, century-old firm to make a bold leap forward. Jeana says, “I took a calculated risk when I started the Goosmann Law Firm. Like a lot of entrepreneurs, it was a difficult decision because my current situation was a good one and a safe one. I just knew I wanted more.”
When Jeana isn’t growing the Goosmann Law Firm, she enjoys spending time and traveling with her business owner husband Chadd and their two children. She is also passionate about giving back, supporting charitable and nonprofit initiatives throughout the Midwest as a member and leader.
Areas of Practice
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate and Business Law
- Real Estate
- Estate Planning
- Employment Disputes
- Litigation and Trial Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Fractional General Counsel
- Business Formation and Maintenance
- Divorce
- Industry Insights
- Bankruptcy and Restructuring
- Succession Planning
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Estate Administration
- Premarital Agreements
Education
- Harvard School of Business; Leading Business Transitions, 2023
- Dartmouth College; Tuck School of Business, 2016
- Creighton University School of Law; Juris Doctor, Summa Cum Laude
- G. Robert Muchemore Foundation Full Tuition Academic Excellence Scholarship Law Review, Editor
- Advanced Trial Practice Team
- International P.E.O. Academic Scholar
- Scholnik Award for Excellence
- University of Nebraska; Business Management, with highest distinction
- Mortar Board
- Alpha Omicron Pi, President
- Chancellor’s Leadership Scholar
Bar Admissions
- State: Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska; Iowa Supreme Court, South Dakota Supreme Court, and Nebraska Supreme Court
- Federal: United States Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and U.S. District Court for the Districts of:
- Iowa Northern District, Iowa Southern District & Iowa Bankruptcy
- South Dakota & South Dakota Bankruptcy
- Nebraska & Nebraska Bankruptcy
- Winnebago Tribal Court
Professional and Community Impact
- The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
- American Arbitration Association, Panel Arbitrator
- Federal Practice Committee for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, appointed by Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand
- Chair (2019–Present)
- American Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- Banking Law Committee
- Law Practice Division
- Business Development & Marketing, Chair
- Women Rainmakers Board and Author
- Litigation Section
- Women Advocates Council, Author
- American Delegate to Rededication of Magna Carta with the Barristers in London
- National Association of Minority and Women-Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF)
- Trials PAC
- Financial Services Litigation PAC
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Law Practice Management Committee (2015–17)
- Public Relations Committee (2011–13)
- Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Section Council, Vice Chair (2007–10)
- Annual Meeting Committee (2004–06, 2011–13); Board of Delegates (2007–10)
- YLD President (2010)
- Nebraska State Bar Association
- Fellow 2021
- South Dakota State Bar Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)
- Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute Advisory Board Member (2016–18)
- Midwestern Endowment Committee
- Outstanding Scholar (2002)
- Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, (Iowa State CALT)
- Board of Directors (2006–16)
- International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), International Board Member 2018-19
- Woodbury County Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association, 2002–2008
- National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2016–Present
- Omaha Vistage CEO Board Member 2015–Present
- American Agricultural Law Association
- 2025: Goosmann Law Firm voted #1 Law Firm in Omaha’s Choice Awards and recognized as Best Law Firm.
- #1 Best Seller for book Worth It on Amazon in the Legal Services Category
- Arbitrator- American Arbitration Association
- Selected as Enterprising Women of the Year- 2021
- Selected as a Lifetime Member of America’s Top 100 Attorneys by America’s Top 100
- Selected as a Member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel – 2016–21
- America’s Top 100 Bet-The-Company Litigators – 2021
- Martindale AV-Rated Attorney for Legal Excellence and Ethics
- Super Lawyer 2015–25; Super Lawyers Rising Star 2013–14
- KTIV Law Review Legal Correspondent
- KELOLAND Law Review Legal Correspondent
- Siouxland Top 10 Executive Under 40 – 2013
- Women Aware, Young Women of Excellence Award – 2012
- American Lawyer Outstanding Banking Lawyer Midwest – 2012
- Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys (I.O.W.A.), 2010 Recipient of the Arabella Mansfield Award for prompting & nurturing women in the legal profession
- American Bar Association Iowa Outstanding Young Lawyer Nominee – 2010
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Outstanding Scholar – 2002
- Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa, Board Member
- The Siouxland Chamber of Commerce, Board Member
- The Siouxland Initiative Economic Development Steering Committee
- Girls Inc., Past Board Member
- United Way of Siouxland, Women United, Past Chair and Executive Committee
- P.E.O., Member and International Scholar
- Sioux City Art Center Association, Board Member and Past President (2002–10)
- Western Iowa Tech Community College Foundation, Board Member, (2010–13)
- Creighton Alumni Board, 2012–2013
Locations
- Omaha Office 17838 Burke Street Omaha Nebraska 68118
- Sioux City Office 410 5th Street Sioux City Iowa 51101
- Sioux Falls Office 2101 West 69th Street Sioux Falls South Dakota 57108
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