Boys Town Lawyers

John Lentz chose the legal profession later in life because he wanted a challenging and rewarding career where he could help people in unfortunate situations and help people plan in order to avoid those same circumstances in the future. John graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law, receiving a Juris Doctorate with Distinction in 2010. He also holds a Master of Arts in Philosophy. While in law school, John received CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Bankruptcy, Secured Transactions, Business Planning, and Native American Law Seminar....

Michael Poepsel specializes in criminal defense and is committed to providing personal service for every case taken on. Of coarse, there is no substitute for our free, no-obligation, in-person initial case evaluation. We want welcome the opportunity to meet with you and your family, discuss your circumstances and assist you in determining your legal rights.

Ivan Velasco, Jr.'s parents immigrated to the United States from El Salvador in the late 1960s. Ivan grew up speaking Spanish and English. He graduated from Harvard University in 1998, and from Lewis and Clark Law School in 2001. He has been practicing law since 2001, and now exclusively practices immigration law.

As one of Nebraska’s top criminal defense attorneys, Mr. Timothy L. Ashford was invited by the Nebraska State Bar Association as a criminal defense attorney to speak on a panel in which 580 Nebraska Attorneys were in attendance. Only a few criminal defense attorneys have been invited by the Nebraska State Bar Association to speak on a panel in front of 580 attorneys so it was an honor for Mr. Ashford to receive the invitation and to speak. As a former prosecutor and now a defense attorney, Attorney Ashford has used his experience and knowledge of the law to...

Angela H. Heimes is an attorney with over twenty years experience, who has successfully negotiated and litigated on behalf of hundreds of clients over the years. Her areas of expertise are divorce, custody, guardianships, criminal cases, and juvenile court cases. She practices in Douglas County, Sarpy County, Cass County, and other surrounding areas in Eastern Nebraska.

Michael J. Fitzpatrick graduated from Peru State College in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in history. After graduation from Peru State College, Michael attended and graduated from the State of Nebraska Police Academy in Grand Island and worked as a police office for three years. It was during his time as a law enforcement officer that Michael decided to follow his passion and attend law school. Michael received his law degree from Creighton University School of Law in 2000.

Since obtaining his law degree, Michael has had the distinct privilege to work as a prosecutor and as a defense...

Thomas E. (Tom) Whitmore was educated at Creighton University in Omaha. He began his career in 1969 as an associate at a prominent Omaha business law firm. In 1970, he accepted an opportunity to enter corporate practice, first with Fairmont Foods Company, then a New York Stock Exchange listed Company and later with the Foods Division of The Coca Cola Company. He resumed private law practice when he joined McGrath, North, O’Malley & Kratz, the law firm that represented ConAgra, Inc. and Valmont Industries, Inc. as well as a number of prominent Omaha business interests. In 1979, he left that...

Bryan Hill focuses on the legal and regulatory challenges facing investment advisers, broker-dealers and investment professionals (i.e., investment adviser representatives and registered representatives). Bryan assists investment advisers, broker-dealers and their representatives with a variety of legal issues related to (i) recruiting, contracting with and onboarding new representatives, (ii) developing supervisory agreements, (iii) establishing marketing and/or solictor arrangements, (iv) creating, reviewing and updating investment advisory client and sub-advisory agreements, (v) conducting internal investigations of customer complaints, (vi) preparing responses to regulatory inquiries and investigations, and (vii) terminating the affiliation between representatives and their firms. *Bryan Hill is admitted for the practice of...

Jeff Leuschen is licensed to practice law in Nebraska and provides representation throughout eastern Nebraska. His practice is focused in the areas of criminal defense, family law, juvenile law, and civil litigation. He understands that whether you are charged with a crime, going through a divorce or custody action, or had someone breach a contract, that it is on the forefront of your mind. Whatever the issue may be it can be both mentally and emotionally taxing. Jeff will listen to your story and as your advocate strive to get the best outcome possible.

Robert L. Kardell (Bob) is an attorney whose practice focuses on proactive cyber incident planning and legal requirements as well as cyber-breach incident response. The practice area also includes legal and technology-based risk management solutions, technology and cyber-defense policy and protections, intrusion remediation, and fraud prevention and investigation. Bob has more than 22 years of experience working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Special Agent. In his career, Bob has also worked on cyber-crime investigations as well as public corruption, white collar, and financial criminal and civil investigations. Bob has been both a certified computer forensics examiner and...

Protecting your family and business.

Mr. Rensch started trying lawsuits out of law school for two years as a Deputy Douglas County Public Defender. For the next five years with Hansen and Engles, Mr. Rensch tried cases for Insurance carriers and individuals regarding personal injuries, medical malpractice and bussiness losses. To the present, Mr. Rensch has represented exclusively persons and companies making claims for injuries and damages caused by the negligence of automobile drivers, doctors, lawyers, developers, cities, counties and states. Mr. Rensch has specialized lately in representing franchisors against irresponsible franchise lawyers. Mr. Rensch enjoys driving his Harley and therefore...

Our lawyers offer bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy solutions to debt and cash flow problems for small and large businesses, individuals and families.

Mr. Mullin has been a mediator of complex civil disputes for 20 years, and has been a full-time mediator for over a decade. Mr. Mullin has completed over 3,600 mediations across the country, and typically mediates more than 300 disputes per year. He has been honored with inductions into the International Academy of Mediators, the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, and the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. More information and his calendar of availability can be found at www.kutakrock.com/mediation/mullin.