Current Employment Position(s)

Secretary/Shareholder

Lawyer Overview

Rick's practice includes business transactions, business entities and planning, real estate, estate planning, probate and commercial law. Rick has been involved extensively in the sale and acquisition of numerous businesses including cable television transactions.

Professionally, Rick is a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association and currently serves on the Supreme Court-appointed Advisory Committee. He has participated as a speaker and planning chairman for Nebraska Continuing Legal Education and Nebraska College of Law seminars in the areas of Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate and Banking. Rick is also a member of the Nebraska Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Rick's hometown is Aurora, Nebraska, and he graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1974 with a B.S. in Economics. Rick attended the University of Nebraska College of Law where he was a member of the Law Review and graduated in December 1976, with Distinction. He has been practicing law in Scottsbluff since April 1977. His wife, Patti is a teacher in the Gering Public Schools and they have 3 children.

Rick recently served on the Board of Governors of Western Nebraska Community College. Rick is involved in scouting having served as a Scoutmaster and District Roundtable Commissioner. In 1995, he received the District Award of Merit and was presented with the Silver Beaver Award in 1999. Rick serves as Secretary and Senior Teams Chairman of Gering Organized Baseball, and is active in his church. Rick is a past Campaign Co-Chairman of the Scottsbluff-Gering United Way, as well as a Past-President of the Scottsbluff Kiwanis Club and the Gering Jaycees. He also served as Legal Counsel for the Nebraska Jaycees. 

Areas of Practice

• Contracts
• Business Organizations
• Estate Planning & Probate
• Real Estate

West Practice Categories

Contracts, Secured Transactions, Closely Held Businesses, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Estate Administration, Probate & Estate Administration, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Conveyancing, Residential Real Estate, Estate & Gift Taxation

Bar Admissions

• Nebraska, 1977
• U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 1977

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Scotts Bluff County Bar Association ((President 1998-1999))
• Nebraska State Bar Association, 1977 - Present
• Nebraska Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Western Nebraska Community College Board of Governors, 1997 - 2006
• Scotts Bluff Kiwanis Club ((President 1986-1987))
• Gering, NE Boy Scout Troop 3 ((Scoutmaster 1992-1995))
• Wyo-Braska District Boy Scout ((Roundtable Commissioner 1994-1999))
• Gering, NE Jaycees (President 1979-1980)
• Nebraska Jaycees (Legal Counsel 1981-1987)

Honors and Awards

• National Moot Court Team, 1976
• Wyo-Braska, District Scoutmaster of the Year, 1994
• Wyo-Braska, District Award of Merit, 1995
• Boy Scout Silver Beaver, 1999

Classes and Seminars

• Planning Chairman, Western Nebraska Bar Association Annual Meetng and Seminar, Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1998
• Planning Chairman, Banking Law, Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., in Cooperation with Nebraska Association of Bank Attorneys, 1993
• Annual Institute on the Survey of Nebraska Law: Probate, Real and Personal Property, The Young Lawyer's Section of the Nebraska State Bar Association and the University of Nebraska College of Law, 1990 - 1994
• NCLE Annual Institute on Estate Planning, Gift Planning under ERTA, Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1982

Past Employment Positions

• Nebraska Department of Revenue, Law Clerk, 1975 - 1976

Education

• University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1976
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: With Distinction
  
  Law Review: Nebraska Law Review, Associate Editor, 1975 - 1976
• Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1974
  B.S., Bachelor of Science
  Major: Economics

Address

1502 2nd Avenue
Scottsbluff, NE 69361-3174

Phones

(308) 632-3811

Faxes

(308) 635-0907

Emails

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Websites

http://www.solawfirm.com