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| | Address | | 2650 North 48th Street, P.O. Box 4554 | | Lincoln, Nebraska 68504 | | (Lancaster Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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(Main Office)
| Berry & Kelley practices in the following areas of law:
Criminal and Civil Trial Practice. State and Federal Felonies and Misdemeanors. Trials and Appeals. Veterans Benefits and Social Security Law, Probate, Workers Compensation, Family Law, Domestic Relations, Commercial Law, Real Estate. | | Year Established: 1965 | Firm Profile:
John Stevens Berry, Sr. has appeared in court in twenty-four states, and two foreign countries. Following his military service, he was, in 1970 and 1971, briefly associated with the Henry B. Rothblatt Offices in New York, where he tried a number of high-profile cases. He returned to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1971, and has continued to have a regional criminal trial practice. In 1986, he was Civilian Defense Counsel in the biggest drug bust in the history of Japan. He has conducted seminars for practicing lawyers in Kansas City, Missouri, and Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska, and has been invited to the Judge Advocate Generals School at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, to lecture on issues regarding criminal defense in the military. Currently Mr. Berry is counsel of record in cases before the United States Court of Veterans' Appeals representing clients from many states. James M. Kelley first began litigating cases as a certified law student in Washington, DC, in 1965. He has, since his graduation from the Law Center at Georgetown University, become an Assistant Attorney General for the state of Minnesota and has appeared in Federal and State courts, at all levels and virtually nation-wide, on behalf of the State of Minnesota and for private clients. He entered private practice in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1971 where he has conducted a general civil and criminal litigation practice. He has lectured at seminars conducted by the Bar Association of the States of Minnesota and Nebraska in the area of domestic relations and commercial litigation. | | Firm Size: 4 | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | John Stevens Berry (Managing Partner) born Sioux City, Iowa, October 28, 1938; admitted to bar, 1965, Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; 1970, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1973, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1975, U.S. Tax Court; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans' Claims. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1960); Northwestern University (J.D., 1965). Recipient: Bronze Star, Vietnamese Medal of Honor First Class (Gold); Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry (with Palm); FBI Award for Service in the Public Interest. Chief Defense Counsel, II Field Force, Vietnam, 1968-1969 and The Presidio, San Francisco, 1969-1970. Author: Those Gallant Men: On Trial in Vietnam, Presidio Press, 1984. Special Counsel, Franklin Committee of the Nebraska State Legislature, 1990. Member: Nebraska State and Federal (Member, Veterans' Law Section) Bar Associations; Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys; Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorney Association (President, 1991-1992; Chairman, Committee on Expert Witnesses and Forensic Sciences, 1985-1989); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; California Attorneys for Criminal Justice; American Academy of Forensic Science; National Organization of Veterans' Advocates. Fellow: American Board of Criminal Lawyers; Robert Van Pelt Chapter, Inns of Court (Member, Executive Board of Directors, 1990-1993; President, 1992-1993). [Capt., JAGC, 1968-1970]. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Drug Crimes; Driving While Intoxicated; White Collar Crime; State and Federal Felony Practice; Veterans Appeals. Email: John Stevens Berry | | John S. Berry, Jr. (Member) born Lincoln, Nebraska; admitted to bar, 2003, Nebraska, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1997); U.S. Army Ranger School, Airborne School; Creighton University (J.D., cum laude, 2003); National Criminal Defense College, Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Inns of Court. Advisor to the Board, Lincoln Independent Business Association. Member: Nebraska State Bar Association; Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorney's Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Organization of Veterans Advocates; Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys. [Company Commander, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; Infantry Platoon Leader, Bosnia]. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Criminal Law; Veterans Appeals; Veterans Benefits; Drug Crimes; Driving While Intoxicated; White Collar Crime. Email: John S. Berry, Jr. | | James M. Kelley (Member) born Le Mars, Iowa, March 7, 1941; admitted to bar, 1968, Minnesota; 1969, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1971, Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., B.S, 1963); Georgetown University (J.D., 1968). Assistant Attorney General, 1968-1971; Director of Criminal Division, 1969-1971, Office of Attorney General, State of Minnesota. Member, Lincoln/Lancaster County Goals and Policies Committee, 1974-1978. Member, City of Lincoln Procurement Appeals Panel. Member: Ramsey County (Minnesota), Lancaster County, Minnesota State, Nebraska State (Member: Committee on Ethics, 1978-1982; Public Relations Committee, 1982-1986) and American Bar Associations; Nebraska Association of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Commercial Law League of America. Practice Areas: Litigation; Domestic Relations Law; Commercial Law; Business Law; Civil and Criminal; Federal and State. Email: James M. Kelley | | Chad J. Wythers (Member) born Geneva, Nebraska, October 23, 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; U.S. Court of Appeals, Veterans Claims and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.A., 1996; J.D., 2002). Certified for DWI Detection and Standard Field Sobriety Testing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the International Association for Chiefs of Police. Member: Nebraska State Bar Association; Criminal Defense Attorneys Association; National Organization of Veterans Advocates. Practice Areas: Veterans Appeals; Family Law; Civil Litigation; Criminal Law; Driving While Intoxicated; Traffic Violations; State Criminal Law; Federal Criminal Law; Drug Crimes; White Collar Crime. Email: Chad J. Wythers | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | Margie Bailey (Chief Administrator and Non-Attorney Advocate) admitted to bar, United States Court of Appeals for Veterans' Claims. Education: University of Nebraska (B.S., summa cum laude, 1991). Phi Theta Kappa. Presenter, Spring Seminar for the National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, 2007. Non-attorney Veterans' Advocate. Member: National Organization of Veterans' Advocates (Member, Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Veterans Appeals. Email: Margie Bailey |
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