Languages

• French

Areas of Practice

• Insurance Law
• Litigation & Apeals
• Personal Injury (both defense and plaintiff)
• Products Liability Law
• Toxic Torts
• Workers' Compensation

Published Works

• "AMA Guidelines," Litigating Spinal Cord Injuries, Kosieradzki, ed. Wiley Law, 1995

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Opening Statement: The Wall Begins to Rise for the Defendant, Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys, Grand Island, NE, 1991
• Using AMA Guides to Impeach the Defense Orthopedist and Get a Fair Verdict, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Orleans, LA, 1993
• Deposing the Medical Psychological Expert, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, San Diego, CA, 1994
• Deposing the Medical Expert: Using the AMA Guides, Western Trial Lawyers Association, Sheridan, WY, 1994
• Rating Spinal Cord Injury Using the American Medical Association Guidelines, Professional Education Systems, Inc., Dallas, TX, 1996
• Cross Examination of Defense Reconstructionist, Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys, Omaha, NE, 1996
• Opening Statement for the Plaintiff, NATA, Lincoln, NE, 1998
• Cheap, Effective, Demonstrative Evidence, NATA, Omaha, NE, 1998
• Demonstrative Evidence, Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, Council Bluffs, IA, 1998
• Requests for Admissions, NATA, Omaha, NE, 2000
• Third Party Action Subrogation, NCLE, Omaha, NE, 2000
• Dealing with Non-Medical Experts, NATA, Ashland, NE, 2001
• Tort Actions with Worker's Comp Subrogation Issues, NATA, Omaha, NE, 2004
• Statute of Limitation and Exhaustion Issues in UIM Cases, NATA, Ashland, NE, 2005
• Advanced Discovery Techniques, WTLA, Cheyenne, WY, 2005
• Advanced Discovery Techniques, Part II, Cheyenne, WY, 2005
• Advanced Discovery Techniques III, Cody, WY, 2006

Representative Cases

• Rahmig v. Mosley Machinery Co., 226 Neb. 423, 412 NW 2d 56 (Supreme Ct. of NE 1987)
• Meisner v. Patton Electric Co., 781 F. Supp. 1432 (U.S. Dist. Ct. D. NE 1990)
• Benzel v. Keller Indus., 253 Neb. 20, 567 N.W.2d 552 (Supreme Ct. of NE 1997)
• Greenwalt v. Wal-Mart Stores, 253 Neb. 32, 567 N.W.2d 560 (Supreme Ct. of NE 1997)
• Snyder v. Case, 259 Neb. 621, 611 N.W.2d 409 (Supreme Ct. of NE 2000)
• Amateis v. Bridgeport, 2000 WL 868510 (Neb. App. 2000)
• Bailey v. Midamerica Realty Investment, Inc., 2000 WL 199327 (Neb. App. 2000)
• In Re Guardianship and Conservatorship of Amelia Hartwig v. John Hartwig, Neb. App. 526 N.W. 2d 526 (2003)
• The Security First Bank v. Lockwood, Westlaw 2003 10 5070 (Neb. App. 2003)
• Salazar v. Scotts Bluffs County, 266 Neb. 444, 665 N.W.2d 659 (Neb. 2003)
• The Security First Bank v. Lockwood, Westlaw 2003 1050 (Neb. App. 2003)
• Larreau v. Delara, 2004 WL 2339481 (Neb.App. 2004)
• Mooney v. Gordon Memorial Hospital Dist., 268 Neb. 273, 682 N.W.2d 253 (Neb. 2004)
• Bronsen v. Dawes County, 14 Neb. App. 82, 704 N.W.2d 273 (2005)
• Molina v. American Alternative Ins. Corp., 270 Neb. 218, 699 N.W.2d 415 (2005)
• Spear T Ranch, Inc. v. Melvin Knaub, et al, 269 Neb. 177, 691N.W.2d 116 (2005)
• Spear T Ranch, Inc. v. Melvin Knaub, et al, 271 Neb. 578, 713 N.W.2d 489 (2006)

West Practice Categories

Insurance Law, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff