Bill Ross

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH-WILLIAM ROSS

ADMITTED: Nebraska State Bar 1961
Federal District Court for the State of Nebraska 1961


EDUCATION: J.D., Creighton University College of Law 1961
Bachelor of Arts, University of Nebraska, 1957
Graduate of Gibbon High School, 1953


MEMBER: Nebraska State Bar Association
Buffalo County Bar Association


PRESENT AFFILIATION: Ross, Schroeder & George, LLC
220 West 15 Street, PO Box 1685
Kearney NE 68848-1685


Past Community Activities:

Board Member, St. James Catholic School Board
Board Member and President, Kearney Area Habitat for Humanity
Board Member, Kearney Chamber of Commerce
Member, Kearney Sertoma Club
Member and Chairman, City of Kearney Planning Commission
Member and Chairman, City of Kearney Housing Authority
Board of Directors, Good Samaritan Health System - Past Chairman
Member, Nebraska State Bar Association House of Delegates

Kent Schroeder

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

ADMITTED: Nebraska State Bar 1968;  Federal District Court for the State of Nebraska 1968;  United States Supreme Court 1983

EDUCATION: J.D., University of Nebraska College of Law, 1968
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1965
Graduate of Grand Island High School, 1961

MEMBER: Nebraska State Bar Association
American Bar Association
American Bar Association - Family Law Section
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Board Certified in Family Law by National Board of Trial Advocacy

PRESENT AFFILIATION: Ross, Schroeder & George
220 West 15th Street, PO Box 1685
Kearney, NE 68848-1685

Current Community Activities:

Current Member and Current Chairman of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents

Past Community Activities:

Board Member, Kearney Chamber of Commerce
Board Member, Kearney Country Club
Member and President, Kearney Cosmopolitan Club
Board Member, Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys
Board Member, Central Community College
Member, Kearney City Council - Past Vice-President
Board of Directors, Good Samaritan Health Systems - Past Chairman
Board of Directors, Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc.
Member Kearney Board of Education - Past President
Board of Directors, Sentinel Health Care

Seminars:

Frequent lecturer at Nebraska Continuing Legal Education - Family Law Seminars

Other:

Owner of LawSoft, Inc. which distributes the “Child Support Calculator”

Ken George

EDUCATION:

Creighton University College of Law, Juris Doctor (J.D.), 1978 (Cum Laude);Master of Science - University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1971(With Distinction)
Bachelor of Arts, Kearney State College
Cozad High School
 

ADMITTED:

Nebraska State Bar, 1978
Federal District Court for the State of Nebraska, 1978
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth District
 

PRESENT AFFILIATION:

Ross, Schroeder & George, LLC
220 West 15 Street, PO Box 1685
Kearney NE 68848-1685
 

PRIMARY AREAS OF PRACTICE:

Real Estate, Business & Commercial Transations
Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts & Probate
Commercial and Personal Injury Litigation
 

MEMBER:

Nebraska State Bar Association
Buffalo County Bar Association
American Bar Association - Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section
 

Past Community Activities:

Board Member, St. John's Center
Board Member, First United Methodist Church
Nebraska Bankers Assocation- Instructor 
 

 

D. Brandon Brinegar

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH - D. BRANDON BRINEGAR

Admitted
Nebraska State Bar, 2007
Federal District Court for the State of Nebraska, 2007

Education
J.D., University of Nebraska College of Law, 2006
Bachelor of Arts, Centre College, 2000
Graduate of Estill County High School, 1996

Member
American Bar Association
Nebraska State Bar Association
Buffalo County Bar Association

Present Affiliation
Ross, Schroeder & George, LLC
220 West 15th Street
P.O. Box 1685
Kearney, NE 68845

Areas of Practice
Criminal, Buffalo County Deputy Public Defender, Family Law, Personal Injury, Collections

Current Community Activities
Leadership Kearney

Mindy L. Lester

EDUCATION:
     J.D., University of Nebraska College of Law, with
       Distinction, 2010
     Bachelor of Arta, University of Nebraska at
     Kearney, 2006
     Graduate of Kearney High School, 2002

ADMITTED:
     Nebraska State Bar, 2010
     Federal District Court for the State of Nebraska,
      2010

MEMBER:
     Nebraska State Bar Association
     American Bar Association
     Buffalo County Bar Association

PRESENT AFFILIATION:
     Ross, Schroeder & George, LLC, Associate October, 2010

PRIMARY AREAS OF PRACTICE:
     Family Law, Employment Law, Bankruptcy, Guardianships and
     Conservatorships, General Trial

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
     Member, Dobytown Kiwanis
     Member, Class of 2010, Leadership Kearney
     Member, Education and Leadership Committee,
       Chamber of Commerce
     Member, Faith United Methodist Church
    

Luke M. Simpson

ADMITTED:  
     Nebraska State Bar, 2010
     Federal District Court for the State of Nebraska,
      2010

EDUCATION:
     J.D., Creighton University School of Law, 2010
     Bachelor of Science, University of Nebraska at
       Kearney, 2007
     Graduate of Kearney Catholic High School, 2003

MEMBER:
     Nebraska State Bar Association
     American Bar Association, Business Law Section and Young
       Lawyers Section
     Buffalo County Bar Association

PRESENT AFFILIATION:
     Ross, Schroeder & George, LLC, Associate September, 2010

PRIMARY AREAS OF PRACTICE:
     Wills, Trust and Estate Planning, Probate, General Trial,
     Conservatorships and Guardianships, Business Formation,
     Real Estate, Personal Injury

CURRENT COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
     Current Member and Member of Executive Committee of
       Young Lawyers Section Nebraska State Bar Association
     Regional Treasurer, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
     Member, Dobytown Kiwanis

Michael E. Kelley

ADMITTED:
     Nebraska State Bar, January, 1973
     Federal District Court for the State of Nebraska,
       January, 1973

MEMBER: 
     Nebraska State Bar Association

PRESENT AFFILIATION:    
     Ross, Schroeder & George, LLC, Associate

PREVIOUS AFFILIATION:
     Retired City Attorney for City of Kearney, Nebraska

AREAS OF PRACTICE:
     Wills, General Litigation, Business Transactions