MEMBERS OF FIRM
John R. Timmermier (Managing Partner) born Omaha, Nebraska, August 30, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska. Education: University of Nebraska (B.S., 1967; J.D., 1970). Chairman, Board of Directors, William Welsh, M.D. Memorial Foundation. Member: Omaha, Nebraska State and American Bar Associations; International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (Associate Member); Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Member, Committee on Worker's Compensation, 1980); Defense Research Institute; Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys; Nebraska Defense Council Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Products Liability Law; Workers' Compensation Law; Trial Practice.Email: John R. Timmermier
Joseph F. Gross, Jr. (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 19, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Missouri; 1976, Nebraska, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: St. Marys College (B.A., 1970); St. Louis University (J.D., 1973). Instructor: Legal Research and Writing, Creighton University School of Law, 1980-1984; Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, U.S. Department of Justice, 1984-1986. Appointments: Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Washington, D.C., 1974-1976; Counsel, Department of Justice Task Force Investigation, Martin Luther King, Jr., 1976-1977; Counsel, Attorney General's Office of Professional Responsibility, Washington, D.C., 1977-1980; Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Nebraska, 1980-1986. Member: Omaha Bar Association; Nebraska State Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; American Board of Trial Advocacy; Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Criminal Defense Attorneys Association; Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Civil Defense; Criminal Defense; Products Liability; Premises Liability.Email: Joseph F. Gross, Jr.
Paul F. Prentiss (Member) born Sweetwater, Texas, October 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1986, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1987, Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1995, Iowa; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa. Education: Trinity University (B.A., 1978); University of Nebraska (M.S., 1981); William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., 1986). Executive Editor, William Mitchell Environmental Law Journal, 1986. Judicial Law Clerk, Hon. Harriet Lansing, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1986-1987. President, William Mitchell Environmental Law Society, 1984-1985. Chairman and State Board Representative of William Mitchell Minnesota Public Interest Research Group Board, 1985-1986. President, Nebraska Wildlife Federation, 1990-1994. Member: Omaha, Nebraska State (Member and Former Chairman, Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section), Minnesota State, Iowa State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation; Products Liability; Workers' Compensation; Employment Law; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Real Estate.Email: Paul F. Prentiss
ASSOCIATES
William Maxwell Lamson, III (Associate) born Omaha, Nebraska, August 18, 1970; admitted to bar, 2002, Iowa; 2003, Nebraska. Education: University of Nebraska at Omaha (B.S., 1996); University of Nebraska (J.D., 2002). Member: Omaha, Nebraska State, Iowa State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense.
Jill K. Hamer Conway (Associate) born Omaha, Nebraska, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Nebraska and Iowa. Education: University of Nebraska at Omaha (B.S., magna cum laude, 2000); University of Nebraska at Lincoln (J.D., with distinction, 2005). Order of the Barrister. Member: Omaha, Nebraska State, and Iowa State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense.