About ELLARD LAW, PLLC
DANIEL P. ELLARD, J.D., LL.M.
Attorney At Law
Practicing In Iowa, Illinois & Georgia
WILLS, TRUSTS, PROBATE & ESTATE PLANNING
TAX & BUSINESS PLANNING & TRANSACTIONS
E-mail: ellardlaw@gmail.com
ELLARD LAW, PLLC
4300 East 53rd Street, Suite 103
Davenport, Iowa 52807
Tel (563) 344-1055
Cellular: (563) 505-4108
Also "Of Counsel" to law firm of BOZEMAN, NEIGHBOUR, PATTON & NOE (Moline, IL offices)
EDUCATION:
LL.M. (Taxation) NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW (New York, NY)
J.D. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW (Athens, GA)
B.S. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, TN) (Bus.Adm.&Accounting)(Varsity Tennis)
PROFESSIONAL: Member by Bar examination of three state bars: IOWA, ILLINOIS & GEORGIA.
Member: Iowa, Illinois, Georgia, American, Scott County (IA) & Rock Island County (IL) Bar Associations
IOWA ACADEMY OF TRUST & ESTATE COUNSEL: founding and current member
QUAD CITY ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL: past President (2006/2007); past Director, Secretary & Treasurer
IOWA BAR ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES: Appointed to serve on Iowa Bar Tax Section governing Tax Council: 2023 - 2026; 1994 - 1997; Spring 1998 Estate Planning Seminar planning committee;; reappointed to Tax Council 2023; Chairman of Estate Planning & Gift Tax Committee of Iowa Bar 1994/1995, 1995/1996; Co-Chairman 1996/1997; Tax Section member; 1995 December Tax School Speaker; Speaker 1995 Annual Bar Meeting; 1993 December Tax School Committee member and Speaker; 2002, 2004, 2005 Iowa Bar & Univ. Of Iowa Law School Spring Tax Institute Committee member & 2004 & 2005 Panel Member. 2007 IA Bar December Tax School (Des Moines) - Speaker. 2008 Co-Chair for May 2008 Iowa Bar & Univ. Of Iowa Law School (Iowa City) Spring Tax Institute. Speaker at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 2011 Cedar Rapids/Blackhawk County/Tri-State Estate Planning Councils' Joint Meeting. Author: The IOWA LAWYER (Feb. 2002) "Reconsider Use of Simple Wills'"; The IOWA LAWYER (Dec. 2004) "Using an LLC to avoid estate tax in Minnesota, Wisconsin on real, tangible personal property".
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS/SERVICE:
Davenport Quarterback Club - Past President (2017 - 2018); Director (2011 - 2019)
Quad City Community Foundation - member Board Of Trustees (2010 - 2015)
The Outing Club - Director (2012 - 2015)
Bettendorf Park Foundation Trustee (2009 - 2013)
Foundation of the First Presbyterian Church, Davenport, Iowa - Trustee (2003 - 2012)
Quad City Arts: past Director 2000 - 2008; past Secretary and member of Executive Committee member
Bettendorf Public Library Foundation - past Director (1997 - 2003)
Bettendorf Development Corporation - past member (2000 - 2002)
Bettendorf Community Schools Foundation - past Director & past Treasurer
Bettendorf Community School District BOARD OF EDUCATION- past Board Member
Bettendorf 1999/2000 Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee Member
312 Gillespie Historical Foundation, Rock Island Arsenal - founding attorney & past Director
MEMBERSHIPS: Outing Club (Davenport); Davenport Quarterback Club.
FAMILY: Originally from Gainesville, Georgia. Married to native of Davenport, Iowa; and we have two sons.