Member Bio
Education University of Nebraska at Lincoln, J.D., with high distinction, 1992, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, B.S., 1989 Admitted 1992, Nebraska, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth, Eighth and Sixth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court Partner, Rembolt Ludtke LLP, Lincoln, NE (Jan. 2001 to present); Special Assistant Nebraska Attorney General (2005 to present); Adjunct Professor (Employment Law), University of Nebraska College of Law (2001 to present); Associate, Rembolt Ludtke & Berger LLP, Lincoln, NE (Oct. 1997 to Jan. 2001); Chief-of-Staff, U.S. Rep. Jon Christensen, Washington, D.C. (May 1995 to Oct. 1997); Legislative Director, U.S. Rep. Jon Christensen Washington, D.C. (Nov. 1994 to May 1995); Associate, Berens & Tate, P.C., Omaha, NE (Aug. 1993 to Nov. 1994); Judicial Clerk, Hon. D. Nick Caporale, Nebraska Supreme Court, Lincoln, NE (Aug. 1992 to Aug. 1993) Memberships Lincoln and Nebraska State (Chair, Labor Relations and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute (Member, Employment Law Committee); Nebraska Defense Counsel Association. Born Kansas City, Missouri, January 26, 1967 Order of the Coif. Listed, Chambers USA, Labor and Employment. Editor in Chief, Nebraska Law Review. Author: “Workplace Privacy–The Emerging Frontier,” For the Defense (2006); “Workplace Privacy: Balancing Employer and Employee Rights and Obligations,” The Nebraska Lawyer (Feb. 2002); “Attention Practitioners: Employment Noncompetition Provisions are Enforceable in Nebraska–Sort of,” The Nebraska Lawyer (Oct. 2000); “The Public Policy Exception to Employment at Will–When Should Courts Defer to the Legislature?,” Nebraska Law Review, Vol. 72, No. 4 (1994) Testimony: Technical Witness, H.R. 2015–The Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions (Sept. 5, 2007)