Rick’s practice includes business transactions, business entities and planning, real estate, estate planning, probate and commercial law. Rick has been involved extensively in the sale and acquisition of numerous businesses including cable television transactions.
Professionally, Rick is a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association and currently serves on the Supreme Court-appointed Advisory Committee. He has participated as a speaker and planning chairman for Nebraska Continuing Legal Education and Nebraska College of Law seminars in the areas of Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate and Banking. Rick is also a member of the Nebraska Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Rick’s hometown is Aurora, Nebraska, and he graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1974 with a B.S. in Economics. Rick attended the University of Nebraska College of Law where he was a member of the Law Review and graduated in December 1976, with Distinction. He has been practicing law in Scottsbluff since April 1977. His wife, Patti is a teacher in the Gering Public Schools and they have 3 children.
Rick recently served on the Board of Governors of Western Nebraska Community College. Rick is involved in scouting having served as a Scoutmaster and District Roundtable Commissioner. In 1995, he received the District Award of Merit and was presented with the Silver Beaver Award in 1999. Rick serves as Secretary and Senior Teams Chairman of Gering Organized Baseball, and is active in his church. Rick is a past Campaign Co-Chairman of the Scottsbluff-Gering United Way, as well as a Past-President of the Scottsbluff Kiwanis Club and the Gering Jaycees. He also served as Legal Counsel for the Nebraska Jaycees.
Current Employment Position(s)
Secretary/Shareholder
Areas of Practice
Business Organizations
Estate Planning & Probate
Real Estate
Bar Admissions
Nebraska, 1977
U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 1977
Education
University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1976
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: With Distinction
Law Review: Nebraska Law Review, Associate Editor, 1975 – 1976
B.S., Bachelor of Science
Major: Economics
Classes/Seminars Taught
Planning Chairman, Western Nebraska Bar Association Annual Meeting and Seminar, Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1998
Planning Chairman, Banking Law, Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., in Cooperation with Nebraska Association of Bank Attorneys, 1993
Annual Institute on the Survey of Nebraska Law: Probate, Real and Personal Property, The Young Lawyer’s Section of the Nebraska State Bar Association and the University of Nebraska College of Law, 1990 – 1994
NCLE Annual Institute on Estate Planning, Gift Planning under ERTA, Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1982
Honors and Awards
National Moot Court Team, 1976
Wyo-Braska, District Scoutmaster of the Year, 1994
Wyo-Braska, District Award of Merit, 1995
Boy Scout Silver Beaver, 1999
Professional Associations and Memberships
Scotts Bluff County Bar Association, (President 1998-1999)
Nebraska State Bar Association, 1977 – Present
Nebraska Society of Certified Public Accountants
Western Nebraska Community College Board of Governors, 1997 – 2006
Scotts Bluff Kiwanis Club, (President 1986-1987)
Gering, NE Boy Scout Troop 3, (Scoutmaster 1992-1995)
Wyo-Braska District Boy Scout, (Roundtable Commissioner 1994-1999)
Gering, NE Jaycees (President 1979-1980)
Nebraska Jaycees (Legal Counsel 1981-1987)
Past Employment Positions
Nebraska Department of Revenue, Law Clerk, 1975 – 1976