Areas of Practice

• Business Organizations
• Business Successions
• Closely Held Businesses
• Condemnation
• Condominiums & Cooperatives
• Conveyancing
• Corporate Governance
• Dissolution
• Elder Law
• Estate & Gift Taxation
• Estate Administration
• Estate Planning
• Ethics
• Ethics & Professional Responsibility
• Government Agencies & Programs
• Guardianships & Conservatorships
• Health & Health Care Law
• Limited Liability Companies
• Living Wills
• Medicare & Medicaid
• Nursing Home
• Partnerships
• Powers of Attorney and Appointment
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Professional Responsibility
• State & Local Agencies
• State Trial Practice
• Trusts
• Wills

Litigation Percentage

• 40% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Nebraska, 1982
• U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 1982

Education

• Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, 1982
  J.D.
  
  
• Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A, 1978
  B.A.
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Planning Opportunities With Living Trusts In Nebraska, National Business Institute, 1993
• Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies in Nebraska, National Business Institute, 2003
• Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies in Nebraska, National Business Institute, 2001
• Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies in Nebraska, National Business Institute, 1994
• Asset Protection Planning In Nebraska, National Business Institute, 1994
• Estate Financial and Health Care Planning for Elder Clients, National Business Institute, 2006
• Elder Law Essentials in Nebraska; From Estate Planning to Estate Recovery, National Business Institute, 2004
• How to Draft Effective Wills and Trusts for Your Clients In Nebraska, National Business Institute, 2006
• Fundamentals of Estate Planning, Sterling Educational Services, 2003
• Understanding and Drafting Trusts, Sterling Educational Services, 2004
• Nebraska Elder Law, Professional Education Systems Institute, 2004
• Probate Process from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, 2007 - 2009

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Nebraska Bar Association, 1982 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Omaho Bar Association, 1982 - Present
  Member
  
  
• American Bar Association, 1982 - Present
  Member
  
  

Pro Bono Activities

• Nebraska Advocates for Nursing Home Residents, 1990 - Present
• Midlands Alzheimer's Association, 1990 - Present
• Omaha Downtown Rotary
• A-Rousers Toastmasters Club

Birth Information

• March 5, 1953, Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America