Stephen S. Gealy
Mr. Gealy's primary area of practice is personal injury defense. His trial experience in state and federal courts includes over 100 trials of claims arising from fires, alleged product defects, and suits involving automobile, commercial truck, aircraft, oil field, agricultural, and industrial accidents. He regularly defends individuals, businesses and governmental entities against negligence claims.
For several years Mr. Gealy has served the University of Nebraska College of Law as an Adjunct Professor of Law in the area of Pretrial Litigation. He offers his students instruction in pleading, written discovery, direct and cross-examination in depositions and the preparation and defense of dispositive motions.
Mr. Gealy has devoted significant time to monitoring the development and modification of tort law. He has testified extensively before the Judiciary Committee of the Nebraska Legislature on legislative bills which could potentially affect the defense of personal injury, products liability, and insurance claims. As a former teacher and coach, Mr. Gealy's competitive nature lends itself well to his work as a litigator.
Juris Doctor, University of Nebraska College of Law, 1982
Master of Arts in Educational Administration, University of Nebraska-Kearney, 1979
Bachelor of Arts in Music Education, Hastings College, 1974
Admitted to practice in: State of Nebraska; United States District Court, District of Nebraska; United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; United States Supreme Court
Invited speaker on trial tactics, insurance law, products liability and general liability topics.
Professional Affiliations
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American Bar Association: Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Litigation Section
- Nebraska State Bar Association
- Lincoln Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Nebraska Defense Counsel Association
Special Distinctions
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Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow, International Society of Barristers
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Rank: Advocate) - President, Nebraska Chapter, 2001-2002
- Fellow, Nebraska State Bar Foundation
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Adjunct Professor of Law, 1997-Present
- Defense Research Institute, Nebraska Representative, 1995-1999; Publications Chair, Trial Tactics Committee, 1998-2002
- Defense Research Institute State Leadership Award, 1999
- Nebraska Defense Counsel Association, Board of Directors, 1986-1992, 1994-2001; President, 1992-1993
- International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, graduate, 1986
- Robert Van Pelt American Inns of Court, Master of the Bar, 1995-2000; Innkeeper, 2000-Present
- Co-author, "A Career in the Courtroom: A Different Model for Success of Women Who Try Cases," Defense Research Institute (2004).
- Author "Ruminations on Argument," Trials & Tribulations, The Newsletter of the Trial Tactics and Techniques Committee, p. 10. Defense Research Institute (Spring, 2000).
- Author, "Protection Unlimited: A Preferred User's Right to Means of Groundwater Diversion in Nebraska," 62 Nebraska Law Review 270 (1983).
Community Service
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Cornhusker Council, Boy Scouts of America, Executive Board, 1985-Present; President, 1993-1995
- Big Eight Conference Track and Field Official, 1983-1993
- Nebraska State High School Track and Field Meet official, 1981 - present
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