8.19.2021 | Awards & Recogntion

Koley Jessen is pleased to announce that Best Lawyers® has listed 30 attorneys in its 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^©. One attorney was also named “Lawyer of the Year” and  eight were recognized as “Ones to Watch”.

The following attorneys were selected for inclusion in their respective practice areas:

• Thomas F. Ackley – Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
• Teresa A. Beaufait – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Max J. Burbach – Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
• Roberta L. Christensen – Copyright Law; Privacy and Data Security Law; Technology Law
• Michael C. Cox – Litigation-First Amendment
• Taylor C. Dieckman – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Brandon D. Hamm – Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Brian L. Harr – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Margaret C. Hershiser – Employment Law-Individuals; Employment Law-Management
• Michael M. Hupp – Closely Help Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Brian J. Koenig – Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Bankruptcy
• Kristin M. Krueger – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Lisa M. Lehan – Trusts and Estates
• Michael J. Linder – Environmental Law
• John M. Lingelbach – Litigation-Environmental; Litigation-Insurance
• Marlon M. Lofgren – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
• Shaun McGaughey – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Eric B. Oxley – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Law
• Donald L. Swanson – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
• James A. Tews – Trusts and Estates
• Kurt F. Tjaden – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Alexander J. Wolf – Trusts and Estates

Lawyer of the Year

The “Lawyer of the Year” is awarded to only one lawyer for a specific practice area and geographic region, based on the highest peer ratings received. The following Koley Jessen attorney was named 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” in Omaha:

• Marlon M. Lofgren – Corporate Law

Ones to Watch

The Ones to Watch list recognizes lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States for outstanding professional excellence. The following attorneys received a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition:

• Anthony P. DeLuca – Trust and Estates
• Michael J. Keblesh – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• John V. Matson – Commercial Litigation
• Claire M. Osborne – Trusts and Estates
• Zachary M. Rupiper – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Comran E. Sharif – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Clark R. Youngman – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Lyndsay N. Zlomke – Trusts and Estates

About Best Lawyers

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are complied based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 108,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received over 13 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2021 Edition of, Best Lawyers in America^© 9.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 67,000 leading lawyers being included in the new editions. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.