Merna Real Estate Lawyers

I practice primarily in the areas of real estate law, landlord law, probate and estate planning, in Douglas County, Nebraska and Sarpy County, Nebraska. Our office is conveniently located in mid-town Omaha. I am a 1995 graduate of Creighton Law School, Cum Laude, and have been primarily in solo practice most of the time since, working in the state courts in Omaha and Sarpy County, and doing appellate work at the Nebraska Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. I previously served in the United States Marine Corps and managed computer facilities for McDonnell Douglas, prior to my legal career. I am always...

An experienced business attorney, Michael assists clients in a broad array of business matters involving numerous industries and various substantive legal issues, including: • Counseling on form of business and tax ramifications of each selection; drafting organizational documents; corporate, tax and other federal, state and local filings and compliance measures; and business qualification in other states; • Structuring and negotiating domestic real estate, business and asset transactions; • General estate planning matters including wills, trusts and probate proceedings; • Representing government entities and business in cross boarder regulatory and antirust matters Japanese language litigation discovery and due...

Mary E. Vandenack is founding and managing partner of Vandenack Williams LLC in Omaha, Nebraska. Mary practices in the areas of tax, trusts and estates, asset protection planning, business succession planning, and tax-exempt entities. Mary is a member of the American Bar Association Real Property Trust and Estate Section (currently Vice Chair of the Small Firms Committee), Taxation Section, and Business Section. Mary regularly writes and speaks on tax, asset protection planning, and estate planning topics as well as on law practice technology, management, and the future of the profession. Mary is a member of the American Bar Association Law...

I grew up on a dairy farm 30 miles northwest of Fremont, Nebraska. I am married and have two children and six grandchildren. At my church, I am the Treasurer, a member of the church council and its executive board, and I sing in the choir. I enjoy reading, traveling and people. I am a current member of the Nebraska State Bar Association (#11529) and a current member of the following sections of the Nebraska State Bar Association: Family Law, Agriculture Law, Real Estate, Estate Planning and Probate; and the Solo & small Firm Management section. I have...

Thomas E. (Tom) Whitmore was educated at Creighton University in Omaha. He began his career in 1969 as an associate at a prominent Omaha business law firm. In 1970, he accepted an opportunity to enter corporate practice, first with Fairmont Foods Company, then a New York Stock Exchange listed Company and later with the Foods Division of The Coca Cola Company. He resumed private law practice when he joined McGrath, North, O’Malley & Kratz, the law firm that represented ConAgra, Inc. and Valmont Industries, Inc. as well as a number of prominent Omaha business interests. In 1979, he left that...

My law practice is devoted to handling complex commercial real estate matters throughout the United States. I represent both national lending institutions and borrowers in negotiating, documenting and closing mortgage loan and mezzanine loan transactions. I am experienced in representing clients in connection with distressed commercial real estate loans including negotiating forbearance agreements, workouts, restructurings, property acquisitions and dispositions. I also actively represent clients in commercial real estate acquisition, development, leasing, disposition, sale-leaseback and tenant in common transactions.

Nathan Jaggers, Attorney at Law, provides legal representation to clients involved in family, business, and estate disputes and helps small business owners create, operate and grow their businesses. Located in Alliance, Nebraska, his law firm furnishes a full menu of legal services to the Nebraska panhandle.