Edward F. Pohren, Partner

Contact Information:
Office:  (402) 392-0101
Direct:  (402) 501-8107
Fax:  (402) 392-1011
epohren@smithgardnerslusky.com

Areas of Specialty:
General civil practice, emphasizing business, employment and injury litigation and mediation; Contracts; Corporate; Real Estate. 

Position & Background:
Partner. Born Massapequa, New York, September 1, 1954.
Member: Omaha and Nebraska State Bar Associations; Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys.
Admitted to Practice: Nebraska (1979); the U.S. District Courts of Nebraska (1979), and Colorado (1997); the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, (1982).

Education:
Seton Hall University, (B.A., 1976, cum laude), Creighton University; (J.D., 1979, cum laude); Creighton Law Review; National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

Sample Case Cites:
Wright v. State ex rel. State Real Estate Commission, 208 Neb. 467, 304 N.W. 2d 39, 22 A.L.R. 4th 126 (1981); Conservative Say. & Loan Assn. v. Karp, 218 Neb. 217, 352 N.W. 2d 900 (1984); Life Investors Ins. Co. v. Citizens Nat. Bank, 223 Neb. 663, 392 N.W.2d 771 (1986); Polenz v. Farm Bureau Ins. Co., 227 Neb. 703,419 N.W. 2d 677 (1988); Mason v. Schumacher, 231 Neb. 929,439 N.W. 2d 61, 84 A.L.R. 4th 163 (1989); Kozlik v. Emelco, Inc., 240 Neb. 525,483 N.W. 2d 114, 127 Lab. CAS P 57, 599 (1992); Hall County Public Defenders Org. v. County of Hall, 253 Neb. 763, 571 N.W.2d 789 (1998); Swoboda v. Volkman Plumbing, 269 Neb. 20, 690 N.W.2d 166 (2004); McCullough v. Real Foods, Inc., 140 F.3d 1123, 76 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 720, 72 Empl.Prac.Dec. P 45,259 (8th Cir.1998); Putnam v. Keller, 332 F.3d 541, 177 Ed. Law Rep. 913, 20 IER Cases 134 (8th Cir. 2003).