A judicial nominating commission selected four lawyers Monday as finalists to fill the vacancy on the Nebraska Supreme Court created by the sudden resignation of Judge Max Kelch. Cathy Trent-Vilim is a partner at Lamson, Dugan and Murray and one of the four candidates chosen.  Trent-Vilim is a 2002 graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Law and works in the areas of appellate litigation, commercial and insurance law and legal malpractice defense. [...]

LDM would like to congratulate our very own E. Benjamin Nelson on receiving the Distinguished Nebraskalander Award on Saturday night in Lincoln. The dinner was held in the Capitol Rotunda.  The setting was beautiful and majestic, with art deco mosaics of Nebraska scenes over our heads and under our feet.  Governor Ricketts presented the award to Ben after the Legislative Resolution was read.  The Resolution, adopted by the Unicameral, cited [...]

Dan Hassing, an associate in the firm, recently received a defense verdict after a one and one-half day jury trial in the Douglas County District Court.  The case involved a side-swipe car accident that occurred in Omaha.  Our client was travelling in the left lane of a two-lane street.  When our client sought to merge from the left lane into the right lane, our client hit a car that was [...]