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Lance Hoskins is a Partner in the Billings office. He practices with the Taxation, Trusts, & Estates Practice Group. Lance is a tax attorney and represents clients in a variety of taxation matters, including high networth estate and succession planning. He received his B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Montana State University before pursuing his J.D. from the University of Montana School of Law. 

As a non-practicing CPA, and having been raised in a small business family himself, Lance has a firm understanding of the private company environment in the region. His income tax and transfer tax background has made him well-suited to assisting his clients through complex transactions and the succession and estate planning process. Lance has been practicing law for nearly four decades and his expertise, strategic approaches, and passion for his work have allowed him to build long-term, beneficial relationships with his clients. 

Lance has been named one of the Best Lawyers in America® for Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates annually since 1999. He belongs to the Montana Society of CPA’s and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. 

Lance is actively involved in Billings-area youth sports and enjoys coaching softball and baseball. In his free time, Lance loves spending time with his family, including his nine grandchildren, at his cabin. Lance and his wife are passionate about travel and have many more destinations to check off their list.

  • Billings Trust and Estates “Lawyer of the Year,” 2018
  • Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates, 1999-present
  • Best Lawyers in America® “Lawyer of the Year,” Trusts and Estates Law, 2011
  • AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers®, 2008

  • State Bar of Montana
  • American Bar Association
  • Montana Society of CPAs
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

  • Volunteer Assistant Softball Coach for Billings Central High School, Little League Baseball and Softball volunteer and coach, Coached various youth athletic teams in softball, baseball, basketball and soccer.
  • Past Board Member for several youth athletic organizations and other community organizations.

  • Tiers of the Sun: Montana Multi-Tier Pass-Through Entity Apportionment Developments, Tax Newsletter (Summer 2014)