Appellate Practice
Our firm’s skilled and experienced advocates provide the following: strategizing appeals, preparing certiorari petitions, preparing briefs on various civil and criminal matters, preparing amicus curiae briefs when appropriate, presenting oral arguments, preparing interlocutory appeal requests, mandamus petitions and writs, preparing motions to dismiss for lack of appellate jurisdiction, providing advice on appellate jurisdiction, providing advice on appellate rules and procedures, providing trial court-level advice on structuring and preserving issues for appeal & making and preserving the record on appeal, monitoring trial court proceedings for possible appealable errors, etc. For each of our clients, we tailor our approach to that client’s unique requirements.
Business and Commercial Law
We provide a wide variety of services to our business clients, including assisting in selecting the type of organizational entity under which to operate, preparation of agreements, sale and purchase of businesses, obtaining financing and funding for business operations, employee relations and dissolution.
Business Organizations
The form of business chosen for a business entity potentially affects every aspect of its operations. Our firm assists our clients in formation and business planning in deciding whether they want to operate as a closely held business, limited liability company, partnership or corporation. We advise our clients about directors' and officers' liability, dissolution, franchising, reorganization, trade association membership and activity, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, business successions, and shareholders' rights.
Collections
The firm’s process of debt collection starts with locating individuals or businesses that have been untraceable for a period of time. We send demand letters, call debtors asking them to pay, file lawsuits and issue garnishments and/or executions in an attempt to recover bad debt. Our firm takes control of situations and assures that each client’s case is held in a productive, precise, and timely manner.
Contract Disputes and Commercial Litigation
We aggressively negotiate and litigate our clients' contractual rights. Our clients range from private individuals to real estate organizations and area businesses. Regardless of the client, we believe our clients are entitled to the rights and benefits they agreed upon when entering their contract. Our firm devotes its litigation services to advocating for your contractual rights.
Criminal
Our firm has extensive experience defending the rights of people arrested and accused of criminal offenses. We handle all types of criminal cases, including traffic violations, minor infractions and misdemeanors, such as drunk driving (DUI/DWI), and the most serious felony indictments, such as drug possession, narcotics sales, theft and grand larceny, white-collar fraud, embezzlement, sex offenses, arson, and conspiracy.
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Entity Formation and Governance
Our firm provides services with respect to company formation that include: advising and drafting documents in connection with the formation of corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships, including general partnerships, limited partnerships and registered limited liability partnerships. We counsel with directors and officers of corporations, partnerships and other entities as to their fiduciary duties. In conjunction with the firm’s Litigation section, we work on fiduciary duty disputes. We also advise our clients regarding other corporate governance rules.
Estate Planning
Our firm handles a variety of estate planning matters, including planning for the distribution of an individual's property at his or her death and taking into account wills, taxes, insurance, property, and trusts so as to gain the maximum benefit of all laws, while, at the same time, carrying out the person's wishes.
Family Law
Our firm handles a full range of Family Law matters, including: divorce, separation, premarital agreements, paternity, custody, support, and adoption. We understand that your family is important to you, and we make every effort to handle your claim with as little personal aggravation as possible.
Insurance Defense
Our firm represents insurance companies in matters involving claims by or against an insured, disputes over coverage, and subrogation claims.
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Litigation and Appeals
Our firm represents and advises clients who are or might become involved in a lawsuit or appeal as a result of a dispute, including prevention and settlement, in such areas as personal injury, contract disputes, family law, and commercial matters. We litigate in State and Federal Courts.
Personal Injury
Our firm represents individuals involved in controversies alleging a wrong or damage to another's person, rights, reputation, or property resulting from events or activities such as automobile accidents, defective products, infliction of emotional distress, intentional misconduct, and negligence.
Probate & Estate Administration
Our firm specializes in Probate and Estate Administration. Probate is the legal process by which a person's debts are paid and assets are distributed upon her or his death. Estate Administration includes the probate process, as well as non-probate transfers of the deceased's assets. Individual state laws direct the probate court how to distribute the deceased's estate. State laws and procedures vary greatly, so, it is important to consult a firm with expertise in this area of the law to ensure that the deceased's assets are distributed correctly.
Real Estate
Our firm represents both commercial clients and individuals in all proceedings and transactions that deal with real property-land and the structures attached to it-including purchase and sale, construction, mortgages and foreclosures, leases, zoning, title examinations, quiet title actions, closings, and management.
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State, Local & Municipal Law
The attorneys in our firm who practice in the State, Local & Municipal Law areas have expertise and knowledge in the areas of powers and liabilities of state and local government and municipal corporations, including matters, such as: land use, zoning issues, municipal employment disputes, and injuries to personal or property by municipal employees.
Taxation
Our firm represents individuals and commercial clients in matters with tax implication, identifying and addressing state and federal tax issues, and structuring transactions in such a way as to minimize taxes and avoid future tax problems.
Zoning and Land Use
Our firm represents individuals and developers before local, county and state land use and regulatory agencies and in the Nebraska courts.
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