Lance was born in 1971 in Royal Oak, Michigan. Lance graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1993, and the University of Southern California Law School in 1996. Lance was admitted to the Colorado bar in October of 1996. Lance served as an extern for the Honorable Alan M. Ahart of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California; and worked as a law clerk for the personal injury law firm of Jensen & McIntosh in Los Angeles, California. Lance's practice focuses on litigation, including personal injury, bankruptcy and probate matters. Lance is an experienced and successful trial lawyer.

Lance is married, a father of two, and he enjoys fly fishing, mountain climbing and downhill skiing.

Lance is a member of the Boulder County Bar Association, the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, and the The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.