MEMBERS OF FIRM
Mark D. Fitzgerald (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, August 13, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Nebraska, South Dakota, U.S. District Court, Districts of Nebraska and South Dakota and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Black Hills State College (B.S., summa cum laude, 1981); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1984). Editor-in-Chief, South Dakota Law Review, 1983-1984. Appointed Member: Nebraska Supreme Court's Ethics Advisory Committee, 2000-2004; Nebraska State Bar Commission, 2007. Member: Nebraska State Bar Association (Member, Executive Council, 2003-2007); State Bar of South Dakota; Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys; Defense Research Institute; Nebraska Defense Counsel Association (State Board Member).. Fellow: Nebraska State Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Trial Practice; Insurance Law; Personal Injury Law; Commercial Law; Construction Law.Email: Mark D. Fitzgerald
Todd B. Vetter (Member) born Bassett, Nebraska, June 18, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Nebraska, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.S., 1990; J.D., 1993). Fellow, Nebraska State Bar Foundation. Member: Nebraska State Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Executive Committee; Chair, 1999-2000); Nebraska Defense Counsel Association (Treasurer; Secretary-Treasurer, 2004-2006); Defense Research Institute (State of Nebraska Representative, 2007). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Trial Practice; Insurance Law; Personal Injury Law.Email: Todd B. Vetter
Ronald E. Temple (Member) born Scottsbluff, Nebraska, November 2, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, South Dakota; 1995, Nebraska; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota. Education: University of Nebraska at Kearney (B.S., 1991); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1994). Psi Chi. Law Clerk to the Honorable Donald E. O'Brien, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, 1994-1996. Author: "Jacobson v. United States: When the Quest to Convict A Child Pornographer Goes Too Far" 38 South Dakota Law Review 147 (1993). Attorney, Dakota County Attorneys Office, 1996-1997. Member: Nebraska State Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Executive Committee; Treasurer, 2001-2002; Chair, 2003-2004); State Bar of South Dakota; Defense Research Institute. Reported Cases: Volquardson v. Hartford, 264 Neb. 337 (2002) (First impression case, recognizing innocent co-insured's right to recover under homeowner's insurance policy). State v. MINER, 273 Neb. 837 (2007) (Recognizing application of double jeopardy clause on certain type of theft case). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Criminal Defense; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation.Email: Ronald E. Temple