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Omaha
Largest Omaha Law Firms
BOOKof LISTS
2006
(Ranked by Number of Omaha Attorneys)
Company Name
Address
800 #
Phone #
Fax #
# Lawyers
in Omaha/
Elsewhere
# Full-time
staff Omaha/
Elsewhere
# Offices
Omaha/
Elsewhere
# Local Partners/
# Local Assoc./
# Local PLs
New
Hires
2005
# Counsel
Headquarters/
Managing Partner/
Web Page Address
Year
founded
Locally
Areas of Specialty
1.1
Kutak Rock LLP
1650 Farnam Street
Omaha, NE 68102-2186
N/A
(402) 346-6000
(402) 346-1148
122
218
158
233
1
15
80
34
12
16
8
Omaha
David Jacobson
www.kutakrock.com
1965
Corporate, corporate finance, employment law, litigation, public finance,
real estate and commercial practice, structured finance, tax credits
2.2
McGrath North Mulling & Kratz, PC LLO
1601 Dodge Street, Suite 3700
Omaha, NE 68102-1627
N/A
(402) 341-3070
(402) 341-0216
78
0
91
0
1
0
60
15
20
4
3
Omaha
David L. Hefflinger
www.mcgrathnorth.com
1959
General practice, corporate & corporate financing, insurance,
international business, securities, antitrust, environmental, litigation &
appellate practice in all state and federal courts
3.3
Baird Holm LLP
1500 Woodmen Tower
Omaha, NE 68102-2068
N/A
(402) 344-0500
(402) 344-0588
69
0
67
0
1
0
40
25
12
20
4
Omaha
John Holdenried
www.bairdholm.com
1873
Corporate & business, banking & finance, bankruptcy/creditor's rights, construction, education,
employee benefits, environmental, fair housing, government relations, health care, immigration,
intellectual property, labor & employment, litigation, real estate, securities, tax, trust & estates,
technology
4.4
Fraser Stryker
500 Energy Plaza, 409 South 17th Street
Omaha, NE 68102-2663
800-544-6041
(402) 341-6000
(402) 341-8290
46
0
55
0
1
0
28
17
11
14
1
Omaha
John K. Boyer
www.fraserstryker.com
1898
Business transactions, telecommunications, commercial litigations,
personal injury defense, employment law, corporate counseling, real
estate, public utilities, health care, estate planning, taxation
5.5
Koley Jessen P.C.
1125 South 103rd Street, Suite 800
Omaha, NE 68124
N/A
(402) 390-9500
(402) 390-9005
43
0
79
0
1
0
21
22
11
6
2
Omaha
Paul C. Jessen
www.koleyjessen.com
1988
Corporate, mergers & acquisitions, securities, real estate, banking &
finance, environmental, estate planning, intellectual property, litigation,
employment, employee benefits, creditors' rights, health care, media
6.6
Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP
1620 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68102-1504
800-711-9912
(402) 964-5000
(402) 964-5050
39
271
27
329
1
6
21
18
5
5
DND
Kansas City, MO
Thomas H. Dahlk (Omaha)
www.blackwellsanders.com
1995
Corporate, commercial litigation, real estate, labor & employment,
securities, mergers & acquisitions, tax, energy, estate planning,
franchise, intellectual property
7.8
Lamson Dugan and Murray LLP
10306 Regency Parkway Drive
Omaha, NE 68114-3743
N/A
(402) 397-7300
(402) 397-7824
34
DND
25
DND
1
DND
15
14
11
7
5
DND
Patrick G. Vipond
www.ldmlaw.com
1998
Litigation, business law, insurance acquisitions, mergers, probate,
trusts, estates, business counseling, taxation, professional liability
defense
8.7
Erickson & Sederstrom
10330 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 100
Omaha, NE 76114
800-279-3756
(402) 397-2200
(402) 390-7137
28
6
24
4
1
1
18
7
3
1
2
Omaha
Virgil K. Johnson
www.eslaw.com
1967
Litigation, banking, corporate & corporate finance, securities, real
estate, tax, bankruptcy, estate planning & probate, labor, health,
computer
9.16
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
1299 Farnam Street, 15th Floor
Omaha, NE 68102
800-846-1201
(402) 342-1700
(402) 930-1701
24
295
15
370
1
7
13
6
3
5
4
Kansas City, MO
Mark Foster
www.stinsonmoheck.com
1998
Corporate law, litigation, health care, real estate, taxation, labor and employment,
employee benefits, estate planning, banking, environmental law, intellectual property,
non-profit organization, insurance and reinsurance, franchise, products liability, workers
compensation, securities and mergers and acquisitions
10.8
Gross & Welch P.C. LLO
1500 Omaha Tower, 2120 South 72nd Street
Omaha, NE 68124
N/A
(402) 392-1500
(402) 392-8101
23
DND
DND
DND
1
DND
DND
DND
DND
DND
DND
Omaha
Christopher J. Tjaden, President
www.grosswelch.com
1927
Litigation, bankruptcy & creditor rights, corporate & business law,
employment law, real estate, estate planning & probate
11.11
Fitzgerald Schorr Barmettler & Brennan P.C. LLO
13220 California Street, Suite 400
Omaha, NE 68154-5228
N/A
(402) 342-1000
(402) 342-1025
22
0
17
0
1
0
15
5
4
1
2
Omaha
Bruce Vosberg
www.fitzlaw.com
1888
Corporate law and business transactions, litigation, real estate,
municipal, public bodies and zoning, taxation, business and estate
planning, intellectual property
12.8
Abrahams Kaslow & Cassman LLP
8712 West Dodge Road, Suite 300
Omaha, NE 68114-3419
N/A
(402) 392-1250
(402) 392-0816
20
0
9
0
1
0
16
4
3
1
1
Omaha
Howard J. Kaslow
www.akclaw.com
1944
Corporate & business transactions, commercial litigation, estate
planning & probate, power project development, employment law,
municipal law, health care law, real estate, banking
13.13
Cassem Tierney Adams Gotch & Douglas
8805 Indian Hills Drive, Suite 300
Omaha, NE 68114-4070
N/A
(402) 390-0300
(402) 390-9676
18
0
11
0
1
0
14
4
4
0
0
Omaha
Charles F. Gotch
www.ctagd.com
1956
Insurance defense/product liability, insurance, professional liability,
hospital law, estate & trust, workers' compensation, taxation, business
planning
13.13
Dwyer Smith Gardner Lazer Pohren Rogers & Forrest
8712 West Dodge Road
Omaha, NE 68114
N/A
(402) 392-0101
(402) 392-1011
18
N/A
10
N/A
1
N/A
13
5
1
DND
DND
Omaha
Paul J. Gardner
www.dwyersmith.com
1983
Business transactions, business planning taxation, estate planning,
probate, employment law, banking, litigation, health care & hospital law
15.12
Locher Pavelka Dostal Braddy & Hammes LLC
200 The Omaha Club, 2002 Douglas Street
Omaha, NE 68102
N/A
(402) 898-7000
(402) 898-7130
16
0
11
DND
1
1
5
11
6
DND
DND
Omaha
Thomas M. Locher
www.lpdbhlaw.com
1999
Insurance defense litigation, insurance policy interpretation, negligence,
personal injury, product liability, insurance fraud, admiralty & maritime,
commercial fraud, banking, creditor's rights
15.16
McGill Gotsdiner Workman & Lepp P.C. LLC
11404 West Dodge Road, Suite 500
Omaha, NE 68154-2584
N/A
(402) 492-9200
(402) 492-9222
16
0
14
0
1
0
8
3
0
DND
5
Omaha
R. Thomas Workman
www.mgwl.com
1975
Corporate and commercial practice including banking, bankruptcy,
business, environmental, estate planning and probate, health care,
labor & employment, litigation, non profit and tax exempt, real estate
17.NR
Engles Ketcham Olson & Keith P.C.
1350 Woodmen Tower
Omaha, NE 68102-2002
N/A
(402) 348-0900
(402) 348-0904
15
DND
8
DND
1
1
5
10
2
DND
DND
Omaha
1999
Insurance defense
17.18
Sodoro Daly & Sodoro P.C.
7000 Spring Street
Omaha, NE 68106-3575
888-476-3676
(402) 397-6200
(402) 397-6290
15
0
33
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
Omaha
Emil F. Sodoro
www.sodorolaw.com
1965
Litigation, insurance defense, medical malpractice defense, real estate,
worker's compensation, negligence, estate planning, probate, civil
litigation, criminal law, personal injury
17.21
Walentine O'Toole McQuillan & Gordon
11240 Davenport Street
Omaha, NE 68154-0125
N/A
(402) 330-6300
(402) 330-6303
15
0
9
0
1
1
11
4
3
2
1
Omaha
Michael F. Kivett
www.womglaw.com
DND
General civil practice, business transactions, corporate law, banking,
insurance defense, estate planning, criminal law, domestic, probate,
real estate, personal injury
20.18
Marks Clare & Richards LLC
11605 Miracle Hills Drive, Suite 300
Omaha, NE 68154-8005
800-889-9801
(402) 492-9800
(402) 492-9336
14
0
15
0
1
0
12
1
3
DND
1
Omaha
Dirk V. Block
www.mcrlawyers.com
1951
Plaintiff attorneys, domestic, mediation, corporate, banking, trusts
& estates, estate planning, employment law, real estate, workers'
compensation
21.13
Berens & Tate P.C. LLO
10050 Regency Circle, Suite 400
Omaha, NE 68114
N/A
(402) 391-1991
(402) 391-7363
13
0
31
0
1
0
5
7
4
6
1
Omaha
Kelvin C. Berens
www.berenstate.com
1979
Labor and employment law, human resource management, workers'
compensation, wage & hour, OSHA
21.21
Brashear LLP
711 North 108th Court
Omaha, NE 68154
888-232-1000
(402) 348-1000
(402) 348-1111
13
N/A
5
N/A
1
N/A
5
6
3
0
2
Omaha
Kermit A. Brashear
www.brashearlaw.com
1990
Corporate, commercial transactions, insurance, litigation, estate
planning, non-profit, real estate
21.21
Croker Huck Kasher DeWitt Anderson & Gonderinger LLC
2120 South 72nd Street, Suite 1200
Omaha, NE 68124
N/A
(402) 391-6777
(402) 390-9221
13
DND
12
DND
1
DND
7
4
3
DND
2
Omaha
Robert Huck & Robert Gonderinger
www.crokerlaw.com
1986
Banking & finance, business & commercial law, bankruptcy, business organizations,
mergers & acquisitions, estate planning, litigation, probate, taxation (including tax
foreclosures), real estate, sanitary & improvement districts
21.20
Pansing Hogan Ernst & Bachman LLP
10250 Regency Circle #300
Omaha, NE 68114
N/A
(402) 397-5500
(402) 397-4853
13
DND
22
DND
1
DND
9
4
DND
DND
DND
Omaha
DND
www.pheblaw.com
1894
Commercial law, pension & profit sharing, taxation, wills & trusts, estate
& probate, municipal (S.I.D.), commercial litigation, insurance defense,
personal injury, product liability
25.25
Gallup & Schaefer
1001 Farnam Street
Omaha, NE 68102-1820
800-878-2007
(402) 341-0700
(402) 341-3380
10
0
7
0
1
0
6
4
1
1
0
Omaha
James E. Riha
www.gallupschaefer.com
1982
Criminal defense, personal injury, trial and appellate litigation, real
estate, probate, F.E.L.A.
Rank/
2003
This list is based upon responses compiled from mailed surveys we have
received by our deadline. When tied, firms were listed alphabetically.
NA - Not Available
NR - Not Ranked 2003
DND - Did not disclose
Albert M. Engles, Stephen D. Olson II,
Robert S. Keith, Dan H. Ketcham
www.lawyers.com/ekok
Researched and compiled by Brent Dahmke