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Omaha Bar Association's 2022 Law Day Lunch Featured Guest Speaker, Rebecca Begley, 8th Grade Social Studies teacher at Peter Kiewit Middle School, speaking on "The Law Through the Eyes of an 8th Grader." Recorded May 2, 2022.

The full program of the 2022 Omaha Bar Association Law Day Lunch. Speakers include: -Hon. Stephanie Hansen, OBA President -Doug Law, Law Day Committee Co-Chair -Andria Bell, Nebraska Paralegal Association -Dave Sommers, Omaha Bar Association -Steve Sieberson, Creighton School of Law -J. Scott Paul, McGrath North -Jennifer Petersen, OBA Past President -Deb Gilg, Former U.S. Attorney for District of Nebraska -Amy Longo, Ellick Jones -Rebecca Begley, 8th Grade Teacher at Peter Kiewit Middle School

Deb Gilg, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, is the 2022 Laurie Smith Camp Integrity in Service Award recipient, and will be honored at the Omaha Bar Association Law Day on Monday, May 2, 2022. #lawday

"Bar Talk" Ep. 41: Woody Bradford of Houghton Bradford Whitted by Omaha Bar Association

The podcast version of Omaha's Law Day Lunch 2021. The video version was approved for 1 hour of general CLE credit in Nebraska. Included: (1) 5th Grade Poster Contest, (2) 8th Grade Essay Contest, (3) Lawyers in the Classroom, (4) OBA Public Service Award (Staff of the Douglas and Sarpy County Courthouses), (5) Robert M. Spire Public Service Award (Access to Justice Commission), (6) Alfred G. Ellick Lawyer Referral Service Award, (7) Laurie Smith Camp Integrity in Service Award, and (8) Featured Guest Speaker UNO Professor Mark Scherer - "Celebrating the Rule of Law in our Country"

Video chat recorded 5.4.2021, converted to podcast version on 5.5.2021. Angela Lennon, partner at Koenig Dunne law firm in Omaha, discusses her firm's online platform for pro se litigants and those wanting limited scope representation in their divorces. More info at www.untieonline.com.

Dr. Matthew Garlinghouse, UNMC Neuropsychologist, was the featured speaker at the 2020 Medical Legal Dinner, the annual joint meeting of the Omaha Bar Association and the Metro Omaha Medical Society. Dr. Garlinghouse speech was entitled, "THC, CBD, and the OPD: Can there be therapeutic use of endogenous cannabinoids in Nebraska?" Recorded 3.5.2020.

The OBA sits down with Hon. Patrick Runge, Chief Judge of the Winnebago Tribal Court and Ponca Tribal Court, and owner of Runge Law Office, to discuss Patrick's career and tribal law in Nebraska. (Recorded in July 2019)

The OBA sits down with regular Pod Panelists Joe Bradley (Bradley Law) and Patrick McNamara (Goosmann Law) and "jumps" into talk about Leap Day/Leap Year, the "leaps" made professionally from and to solo law practice, and a long riff on the TV show Quantum Leap. Take the leap and have a listen!

We sit down with members of the Omaha Barristers Club to discuss next Thursday's (12.12.2019) Christmas Show. For tickets, email omahabarristersclub@gmail.com. $65 per person. NOTE: The show has moved to The Paxton Ballroom. Parking instructions for the venue will be given when you email omahabarristersclub@gmail.com.

The OBA sits down with regular Pod Panelists Joe Bradley (Bradley Law), Patrick McNamara (Welch Law Firm), and Jordan Holst (PD's Office) to talk Wings (hot wings/eating challenges), Wings (Paul McCartney's band), and more Wings (TV sitcom from the '90s). WARNING: Chewing sounds and a few salty words are in this episode.

Remarks made by OBA Past President Stu Dornan at the 2019 OBA Memorial Service. The Service honors those among us who have passed in the previous year.

Lorraine Boyd is a 2019 OBA Public Service Award recipient, recognized for her decades of reporting and editing at The Daily Record. In April 2019, the OBA sat down with Lorraine to discuss her career.

Lynda Henningsen, owner and publisher of The Daily Record (www.omahadailyrecord.com), is a recipient of the 2019 OBA Public Service Award. Lynda will receive the award at the Law Day Lunch on May 1, 2019. The OBA interviewed Lynda in March 2019, in advance of her accepting the award.

Creighton University School of Law Professor Mike Fenner sits down to discuss his 46 years of teaching at Creighton Law, his upcoming retirement, the finer points of the First Amendment, and his being chosen as the 2019 Omaha Bar Association Robert M. Spire Public Service Award recipient. Professor Fenner will be accepting the award on May 1, 2019, at the OBA Law Day Lunch.

Retired Omaha Police detective Jon Blecha and Jack Atkins (son of Omaha bootlegger John Atkins) talk at an Omaha Bar Association gathering at Safari Cigars & Spirits in November 2018. For more information on Jon and Jack's book "Cigars and Wires," check out their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/cigarsandwires

We take you behind-the-scenes and under-the-robes in a preview of the 2018 Omaha Barristers Christmas Show. SHOW DATE: December 13, 2018. Podcast Participants: John Cavanaugh Jr, Joe Bradley, Jeff Leuschen, Dave Sommers

Hal Daub served 4 terms in the U.S. Congress, 2 terms as Mayor of Omaha, and a variety of other public service positions in his career. He also continues to practice law at the Omaha office of Husch Blackwell. The OBA sat down with Hal for a wide-ranging discussion on the legal profession, public service, and what continues to keep him motivated after 50 years of legal practice. Recorded on November 21, 2018.

We sit down with OBA member Patrick McNamara for some hot takes on the revisions to the Rules of Golf, golf equipment, and suggested improvements for the game of golf. Recorded October 13, 2018.

Past OBA Presidents Mike Mullin (Kutak Rock), Mike Kinney (Cassem Tierney), and John Brownrigg (Brownrigg Mediation) held a panel discussion on Mediations in Nebraska at the 2018 NSBA Annual Meeting. The CLE was put on by the OBA Young Lawyers Division, and moderated by Amy Van Horne (Kutak Rock).