I focus my practice on appeals and commercial trial litigation in state and federal courts in Nebraska, Iowa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. I have represented clients in commercial disputes at trial and on appeal in a wide range of disputes involving class actions, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate governance, agribusiness, tax appeals, product liability, and personal-injury defense, among others. My appellate practice has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America©. Some of my litigation successes include: defending favorable trial decisions when challenged on appeal in state and federal appeals courts; obtaining next-day emergency reversal of a trial court order denying a stay pending appeal; successfully presenting oral argument to a full federal appeals court sitting en banc; securing a writ of mandamus from federal appeals court reinstating a client’s demand for a jury trial; and engaging in complex motions practice at trial and on appeal, including obtaining pre-trial dismissal of agribusiness, corporate governance, and product liability lawsuits at pleading and summary judgment, and successfully reducing the bond required to stay adverse trial verdicts during appeal.Outside of my practice, I serve as President of the Board of Directors of MICAH House, a family emergency shelter providing temporary housing to members of the Omaha metro and western Iowa communities. I also serve on the Nebraska Supreme Court Committee on Practice and Procedure, as Chair of the Nebraska State Bar Association Practice and Procedure Committee, and I was recently elected to serve as President of the Virgin Islands Bar Association beginning in December 2022.
Listed skills include Legal Writing, Legal Research, Editing, Appeals, and 13 others.