Attorney Profiles

Gene Summerlin
Lincoln, Nebraska

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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