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Gene Summerlin 
Lincoln, Nebraska
phone (402) 434-8040
fax (402) 434-8044
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Areas of Practice:
Agricultural Litigation
Antitrust & Trade Regulation Litigation
Biotechnology Litigation
Business and Commercial Litigation
Class Action Litigation
Constitutional Litigation
Insurance Litigation
Litigation & Appeals
Bar Admissions:
Nebraska, 1991
U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 1991
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2004
U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2005
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1992
Education:
University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska, May, 1991
Juris Doctorate
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Advocacy
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award for Advanced Trial Advocacy
Honors: Thomas Stinson Allen Award for Oral Advocacy
Law Review: Nebraska Law Review, Executive Editor


Published Works:
Partner v Partner II: Fraud and the In Pari Delicto Defense, ATLA Business Torts Section Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 2., 2005


50 Things I Wish I Would Have Learned in Lawschool, The Docket, Vol. 25, Issue 5, 2003


Legal Implications of Animal Cloning, National Pedigreed Livestock Counsel, May, 2003


Practice Pointers: Law Firm Management, The Prairie Barrister, Vol. 7 No. 1, 2001


Blue Sky Laws and the Beef Industry, Beef Today, July, 1997


Strategic Alliance Agreements, Farm Journal Publications, April, 1996


Promises, Promises: A Contract Primer, Feedlot Today, May, 1992


Representative Cases:
American Simmental Assoc. v. St. Paul Ins. Co., 75 F.Supp. 2d 1023 (D. Neb. 1999)
Blue Dane Simmental Corp. v. American Simmental Assoc., 178 F.3d 1035 (8th Cir. 1999)
Olmer v. City of Lincoln, 192 F.3d 1176 (8th Cir. 1999)
Blue Dane Simmental Corp. v. American Simmental Assoc., 1998 MT 260N (Montana Supreme Court 1998)
Amoco Pipeline v. State Bd. of Equalization and Assessment, 242 Neb. 273 (Nebraska Supreme Court 1993)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Law in Nebraska, National Business Institute, May 21, 2004


Legal Implications of Animal Cloning: The Future is Now, National Pedigreed Livestock Counsel, May 13, 2003


Nebraska Rules of Civil Procedure - Notice Pleading Comes to Nebraska, Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys, October 18, 2002


A Commonsense Approach to Risk Management, Nebraska Parks and Recreation Association, September 20, 2000


Preparing Clients for Trial: From Discovery to Direct, Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys, October 8, 1999


Honors and Awards:
American Inns of Court - Master of the Bar, September 15, 2000 - Present




 

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