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| | Address | | 8712 West Dodge Road, Suite 300 | | Omaha, Nebraska 68114-3450 | | (Douglas Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 402-392-1250 | | Telecopier: 402-392-0816 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.akclaw.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Abrahams Kaslow & Cassman LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice. Commercial Transactions, Corporate, Probate, Real Estate, Franchising, Energy Law, Independent Power, Employee Benefits, Bankruptcy, Tax, Securities, Computer, Environmental, Municipal, Administrative, Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation, Estate Planning, Health Care, Worker's Compensation, Trademarks, Franchise Law. | | Year Established: 1944 | Firm Profile:
Abrahams Kaslow & Cassman LLP represents business enterprises engaged in a wide variety of industries and activities. The firm regularly handles complex commercial transactions, business acquisitions, securities matters, and all facets of real estate development, financing, sales and leasing; and its attorneys serve as counsel to both borrowers and lenders in connection with secured and unsecured financing.The firm's litigation department handles a variety of commercial litigation matters, including contract disputes, commercial claims, wrongful discharge and other employee matters, mortgage foreclosures, landlord-tenant matters, and environmental and land use controversies. The litigation department also has an active administrative law practice involving a variety of federal and state agencies and extensive experience in arbitration and mediation proceedings. The firm has an active estate planning, trust and probate practice.The firm is a member of Meritas, a select affiliation of independent, medium-sized law firms in over 250 cities in the United States and 67 countries worldwide. | | Firm Size: 17 | Law Firm Affiliations:
MERITAS | Representative Clients:
American National Bank; Apollo Building Corp.; Black Hills Corporation; Borsheim Jewelry Co., Inc.; Capital Express, Inc. (courier and logistics); Central Address Systems, Inc.; Consolidated Utility Services; Cox Communications; Cricket Communications (wireless communications); CSG Systems, Inc. (cable and satellite industry customer services); Dillon Companies; Farris Engineering Inc.; Fireman's Fund/Interstate Insurance Group; First National Bank of Omaha; Foundation First Corporation; Frontier Bag Company; Future Foam, Inc.; Godfather's Pizza, Inc.; Grace/Mayer Insurance Agency, Inc.; Grandmother's Inc. (restaurants); Great Plains Locating Services; Hands of Heartland, Inc.; Jewish Federation of Omaha; Kubat Pharmacy, Inc.; Kwik Shop, Inc.; Lozier Corporation (store fixture manufacturer); Metro Area Transit Authority for the City of Omaha; MidAmerica Bankcard Association; Miller Electric; N. Pitlor & Sons, Inc. (mechanical contractor); N.P. Dodge Company (real estate); NEI Global Relocation Company; National Indemnity Company; Nebraska Furniture Mart; Nilsson Bros., Inc. (packing plants); No Frills Supermarkets, Inc.; Norfolk Iron & Metal Co.; Omaha Fixture Manufacturing, Inc.; Omaha Paper Stock Co. Inc. (recycling); Omaha Steaks International, Inc.; PDM, Inc. (shopping center development and management); Pinnacle Telemarketing Services (telemarketing); Platinum Distribution LLC (confectionery sales); Quality Fence Company; Restaurants, Inc.; Senior Markets Sales, Inc. (insurance marketing); S.L. Jensen Construction; Sprint Nextel Corp. (wireless communications); Swartzbaugh Farber & Associates, Inc. (insurance broker); Tenaska, Inc. (cogeneration and independent power plants); Timmerman Feeding Corporation; Tufly Drywall Company; US Cellular (wireless communications). | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Milton R. Abrahams (1905-2000). | | Ben E. Kaslow (1907-1993). | | Howard J. Kaslow (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, February 19, 1939; admitted to bar, 1964, Nebraska. Education: Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1960; LL.B., cum laude, 1964). Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University, 1960-1961. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1962-1964. Member: Omaha, Nebraska State and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American Bar Foundation and Nebraska State Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Estate Planning. Email: Howard J. Kaslow | | Frank F. Pospishil (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, August 9, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Nebraska. Education: University of Nebraska at Omaha (B.A., magna cum laude, 1964); Creighton University (J.D., 1967). Member, Regional Moot Court Team, 1966-1967. Mediator for U.S. Arbitration and Mediation. Member: Omaha and Nebraska State Bar Associations; Nebraska Association of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, Nebraska State Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Administrative Law; Bankruptcy; Environmental Law; Mediation. Email: Frank F. Pospishil | | John W. Herdzina (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, March 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1972, Nebraska. Education: Creighton University (B.S.B.A., 1970; J.D., 1972). City Attorney, Bellevue, Nebraska, 1992-2007. Member: Omaha Bar (Member, Executive Council) and Nebraska State Bar Associations; International Municipal Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Independent Power Production; Energy Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Transactions; Franchises and Franchising. Email: John W. Herdzina | | Harvey B. Cooper (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 12, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Nebraska. Education: Temple University (B.A., 1969); Creighton University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1976). Member, Creighton Law Review, 1975-1976. Member, U.S. District Court, Federal Practice Committee, 1989-1992. Practitioner in Residence, Employment Law, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, 2003-2007. Member: Omaha and Nebraska State (Member, Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1988-1990) Bar Associations. [With USAF, 1968-1972]. Practice Areas: Wireless Communications; Employment Law; Litigation; Contract Law. Email: Harvey B. Cooper | | Randall C. Hanson (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, August 29, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Nebraska. Education: Midland Lutheran College (B.S., cum laude, 1969); University of Nebraska at Lincoln (J.D., with distinction, 1976). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Nebraska Law Review, 1974-1976. Member: Omaha and Nebraska State Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Nebraska Public Service Commission - Natural Gas. Practice Areas: Development and Construction of Electric Power Plants; Contracts; Computer Law; Business Acquisitions. Email: Randall C. Hanson | | R. Craig Fry (Member) born Neligh, Nebraska, August 26, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Nebraska. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.S., with high distinction, 1977; J.D., 1980). Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: Nebraska State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate Financing Law; Real Estate Transactions; Business Acquisitions. Email: R. Craig Fry | | Timothy M. Kenny (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, June 4, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Nebraska. Education: Creighton University (J.D., 1973). Assistant City Attorney, Omaha, Nebraska, 1975-1986. General Counsel to: Omaha Airport Authority, 1981-1986; Transit Authority of the City of Omaha, 1981—. Member: Nebraska State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Administrative Law; Energy; Business Transactions; Real Estate. Email: Timothy M. Kenny | | Eric H. Lindquist (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, March 6, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Nebraska. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.S., 1982; J.D., 1985). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Omaha, Nebraska State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Creditors Rights; Foreclosure Law; Bankruptcy; Corporate Law; Real Estate. Email: Eric H. Lindquist | | Sandra L. Maass (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, May 16, 1963; admitted to bar, 1987, Nebraska. Education: Creighton University (B.S.B.A., 1985; J.D., cum laude, 1987). Member, Moot Court Board, 1986-1987. Adjunct Faculty Member, Creighton University School of Law, 1989-1992. Member: Nebraska State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Estate Planning; Employment Law. Email: Sandra L. Maass | | Thomas J. Malicki (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, May 16, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Nebraska. Education: Creighton University (B.S.B.A., 1984; M.B.A., 1987; J.D., cum laude, 1987). Member: Omaha and Nebraska State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates; Probate; Retirement Benefit Plans. Email: Thomas J. Malicki | | Aaron D. Weiner (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, July 22, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Nebraska. Education: Colorado College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986) Phi Beta Kappa; University of Minnesota (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif; Gamma Eta Gamma (President, 1988-1989). University of Minnesota Law Review, Member of Staff, 1987-1989 and Associate Articles Editor, 1988-1989. Law Clerk to Honorable John T. Grant, Supreme Court of Nebraska, 1989-1990. Adjunct Professor, Legal Research and Writing, Creighton University Law School. Member, Robert Spire Inns of Court. Member: Omaha and Nebraska State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Landlord and Tenant Law; COBRA Compliance; Franchise Law; Franchise Litigation; Real Estate Errors and Omissions. Email: Aaron D. Weiner | | Jeffrey J. Blumel (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, December 4, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Nebraska; 2006, Kentucky. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.S., 1986; J.D., 1989). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Omaha, Nebraska State and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Workers Compensation; Estate Planning; Probate; Corporate Law. Email: Jeffrey J. Blumel | | Tyler P. McLeod (Member) born Charleston, South Carolina, July 29, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Kansas; 2000, Nebraska. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.A., 1993); University of Kansas (J.D., 1998). Member, University of Kansas Law Review, 1997-1998. Law Clerk to the Hon. J. Patrick Brazil, Chief Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals, 1999-2000. Member: Omaha and Nebraska State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Franchise Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Tyler P. McLeod | | Nicholas T. Dafney (Member) born Alliance, Nebraska, June 20, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Nebraska. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.S.B.A., 1998; J.D., with distinction, 2002). Member, Nebraska Moot Board, 2000-2002. Member: Omaha and Nebraska State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Creditors Rights; Estate Planning. Email: Nicholas T. Dafney | | ASSOCIATE | | James A. Tews (Associate) born Omaha, Nebraska, September 29, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska. Education: Mount Marty College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999); Creighton University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Alpha Sigma Nu; Phi Delta Phi. Tournament Director, International Moot Court Board, 2002-2003. Participant, Domestic Moot Court, 2001-2002. Member: Nebraska State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Medicaid Planning; Business Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate. Email: James A. Tews | | OF COUNSEL | | Frederick S. Cassman (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, September 26, 1925; admitted to bar, 1949, Illinois; 1950, Nebraska. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1947); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1949). President, Harvard Law School Association of Nebraska, 1964. Director, Omaha Airport Authority, 1975-1985. President, Anti-Defamation League Nebraska, 1988-1990. Member, Board of Directors, Appleseed of Nebraska. Member: Omaha, Nebraska State, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Frederick S. Cassman | | Christian R. Blunk (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1984, Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; 2002, Missouri. Education: University of Nebraska (B.S., with distinction, 1980; J.D., 1984). Fellow: Nebraska State Bar Foundation, 2006. Member: Omaha and Nebraska State Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate/Business; Creditors Rights; Real Estate; Probate; Estate Planning; Elder Law; Medicaid Planning; Social Security Disability; Workers Compensation. Email: Christian R. Blunk |
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