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Omaha Divorce Lawyer
About Matthew S. Higgins
Current Employment Position(s)
- Owner, Attorney Higgins Law
Practice Areas
- Divorce
- Family Law
Representative Cases
- Farnsworth v. Farnsworth
- Farnsworth v. Farnsworth (II)
- State v. Cook
- State v. Edwards
- Sudik v. Schlautman v. Sudik
- Anderson v. Anderson (1996)
- Arnold v. Arnold (2001)
- Hronek v. Brosnan, A-11-000897
- Schroeder v. Michaelis
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Nebraska, 1993
- U.S. District Court District of Nebraska
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- Nebraska State Bar Association (Family Law Division)
- American Bar Association (Family Law Division)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, 2001 - 2017 (Judicial Nominating Commission)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, 2000 - 2002 (General Judiciary Committee Member)
- Nebraska State Bar Association (Judiciary Subcommittee for Bench Bar Conference, 2000)
- Nebraska State Bar Association (Judiciary Subcommittee on Judicial Evaluation, 2001)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, 1993 - Present (Family Law Section Member)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, 2001 - 2002 (Family Law Section Faculty)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, Family Law Section (Executive Committee Member)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2002 - 2003 (Vice Chairman)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2003 - 2004 (Chairman)
- Nebraska State Bar Association Family Law Section (Co-Chairman, Planning Committee Yearly Family Law Seminar, 2003)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, Family Law Section (Chairman, Planning Committee Yearly Family Law Seminar, 2004)
- Nebraska State Bar Association (Divorce Fundamentals Half Day Program Faculty, 2001)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, 2001 - 2002 (Nebraska Legal Services: Volunteer Attorney)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, 2003 - 2005 (Volunteer Attorney Referral Program)
- AAJ Volunteer Attorney
- Local and Regional Trial Competition Judge, Creighton University
- American Bar Association (Family Law Section Past Member)
- American Bar Association, Law Practice Management Section, 2004 - Present (Member)
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section, - 2004 (Past Member)
- American Bar Association, Science & Technology Law Section, 2004 - Present (Member)
- Omaha Bar Association (Member)
Classes and Seminars
- Gays in the Military; moderator, Creighton University of Law, Panel Discussion, 1993
- Relocation (Removal) Cases in Nebraska, NCLE, 2000
- Effective Preparation for Temporary Orders Hearings in Divorce Actions, NSBA Divorce Fundamental Seminar, 2001
- Case and Client Management: Wiretapping, Interruption of Mail, etc., NCLE, 2002
- Temporary Orders Hearings in Dissolution Actions in Nebraska, Annual Family Law Update, 2011
- Appeals of Temporary Orders and Appellate Review of Civil Contempt Actions, NSBA Family Law Update, 2012
Past Positions
- Creighton University, Research Assistant/Law Clerk to R. Collin Mangrum, Professor
Education
- Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska
J.D. - Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
B.A./B.A.
Major: Philosophy
Major: English
Fees
Accepts Credit Cards
Articles
Published Works
- Orders, and Other Difficult Family Law Litigation Concerns, 2012 Annual Family Law Update
- Relocation of Children in Nebraska, The Nebraska Lawyer, May 2001
- Some Remarks on Epistemology, Creighton University Journal of Literature and the Arts, Fall 1993
Office Information
Address
209 S.19th St.Douglas Building, Suite 440 Omaha, NE 68102
Phone
Fax
- 402-933-9442
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