Nebraska Civil Litigation Lawyers

Civil Litigation

3555 Farnam Street, Suite 1000, Omaha, NE 68131

Anne Marie O’Brien is an Omaha attorney affiliated with Smith Pauley whose practice includes civil litigation, mediation and arbitration. Her litigation background includes acting as lead trial counsel in state and federal courts in a national practice representing plaintiffs and Fortune 500 companies. She has handled transportation, construction and contract litigation, as well as employment, sexual abuse and harassment matters. Her experience also encompasses business and corporate disputes, insurance, product liability, asbestos and toxic tort litigation, and complex civil disputes involving multiple states. O’Brien’s dispute-resolution work includes training as both a mediator and an arbitrator. Her firm profile identifies her as a FINRA arbitrator and describes service on the board of the Werner Institute for Alternative Dispute Resolution at Creighton University Law School. It also describes her teaching commitment at a national trial college: 40 hours of instruction every two years. She holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s University and a J.D. from Creighton University School of Law. Her listed bar admissions are Nebraska and Missouri. A past president of the Omaha Bar Association, she also contributed Nebraska material to the annual Product Liability Desk Reference, A Fifty State Compendium, with her profile listing editions from 2014 through 2022. In an article published by Smith Pauley, she discussed corporate personal jurisdiction and the implications of Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company.

Civil Litigation

2425 S 144th St, Omaha, NE 68144, USA

Brian E. Jorde is Domina Law Group’s managing lawyer in Omaha, Nebraska, where his practice includes trial work. Before joining the firm, he spent several years working in commercial real estate. In Little Rock, Arkansas, he took part in negotiations to sell the property now occupied by the Clinton Presidential Library. His other projects included property acquisitions associated with the Ambassador Bridge and the cleanup of an orphan oil well in Michigan. Land disputes also figure in his legal work. Jorde represented landowners resisting eminent domain for private gain in connection with the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline. His courtroom experience extends to contract claims, construction defects and constitutional challenges, with cases tried before judges and juries in both state and federal courts. In a separate matter, Jorde represented Alicia Rea’s family in a case involving the City of Omaha and the State of Nebraska. He negotiated payments of $20,000 from the state and $280,000 from the city. The settlement also included the city’s agreement to employee training, retrofitting regulations and procedures intended to prevent similar accidents. Raised in Wayne and Omaha, Jorde studied philosophy at Vanderbilt University, where he earned his undergraduate degree. He went on to study law at Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. His firm biography also lists trial experience in estate and trust administration disputes, as well as challenges to wills and trusts involving mental capacity, undue influence, duress and fraud.