Top 100 Trial Lawyers as selected by The American Trial Lawyers Association

  Nebraska State Bar Association Fellow
 

  One of Only 50 Lawyers in the Nation Selected for the 2003 Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College
 

  American Board of Trial Attorneys Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy
 

  World Universities Debating Championships, Oxford England, Semi-Finalist, 1993
 

  World Universities Debating Championships, Melbourne, Australia, Octo-Finalist, 1994
 

  National Champion Lincoln-Douglas Debate
 

  National Champion Parliamentary (Impromptu) Debate
 

  National Champion Best Speaker
 

  Ranked Second in the Nation – Legal Client Counseling Competition
 

  First Place, Regional Mock Trial Competition
 

  International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award for Distinguished Achievement in the

  Art and Science of Trial Advocacy
 

  First Place, Regional Client Counseling Competition
 

  First Place, Allan Moot Court Competition
 

  First Place, Best Appellate Brief, Allan Moot Court Competition
 

  United States Debate Team – One of only two debaters selected nationally to represent the
  United States during a two month tour of England, Scotland and Wales.
 

  Lifetime Fellow of the Nebraska State Bar Association
 

  America's Top 100 Attorneys

  The Nebraska State Bar Foundation - Lifetime Fellow awarded in 2017
 

  The National Pound Civil Justice Institute Fellow - 2017
 

  America's Top One Hundred Attorneys - Lifetime Achievement Member - 2017

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