Anthony P. DeLuca - Omaha, NE
Attorney at Smith Pauley LLP
Estate Planning Lawyers in Omaha, NE
3555 Farnam Street Suite 1000 Omaha, NE 68131
Omaha Estate Planning Lawyer
Updated: 03/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Estate Planning
- Estate & Trust Administration
- Business Succession Planning
Attorney Information
Overview
Anthony DeLuca is a partner at Smith Pauley. He provides practical and approachable estate planning, post-death estate and trust administration, and business succession planning services by helping clients understand and navigate technically complex and inherently personal subject matter to create and implement comprehensive estate plans designed to meet targeted objectives.
Anthony’s practice focuses extensively on holistic estate planning services ranging from the design and implementation of traditional estate plans (e.g. wills, trusts, powers of attorney and advanced directives) to more complex strategies involving wealth transfer and transfer tax minimization. At every step, Anthony focuses on learning and understanding his clients’ unique objectives to deliver estate plans that work.
He also provides his clients with post-death estate and trust administration services and counsels trustees and personal representatives on a variety of matters including trust administration, probate proceedings, preparation of federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax returns, Nebraska inheritance tax returns, post-death tax planning involving estate, income, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and general fiduciary compliance.
Additionally, Anthony devotes a portion of his practice to business succession planning, with services ranging from the design and implementation of tailored buy-sell and succession planning agreements to proactive pre-liquidity event planning.
Anthony was selected as a Great Plains “Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers, 2017-2024, and recognized by Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” in 2021-2024.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Super Lawyers - Great Plains “Rising Star” (2017-2024)
- Best Lawyers in America - “Ones to Watch” (2021, 2022, 2023, & 2024)
Education
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Legal Education
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Creighton University School of Law,
Omaha,
Nebraska, 2011
J.D.
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Creighton University School of Law,
Omaha,
Nebraska, 2011
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Non Legal Education
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Loyola University Chicago, 2008
B.A.
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Loyola University Chicago, 2008
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Bar Admissions
- Nebraska
- Missouri
- Montana
Other Affiliations
- Nebraska State Bar Association
- Omaha Estate Planning Council
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