Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Our Firm offers services in such varied areas as motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death, back injuries, carpal tunnel and other repetitive stress injuries, brain and spinal cord trauma, environmental and toxic torts, electrocutions or burn injuries, and the mental, emotional and psychological effects of trauma such as post traumatic stress disorders and depression.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Woods Aitken attorneys serve as counsel and advisors to various business organizations and business owners across a spectrum of industries. We have experience with all aspects of corporate and commercial law, including the formation, organization and restructuring of business entities, as well as corporate governance and compliance. The Firm’s representative experience includes...
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business Transactions
  Woods Aitken has been advising national and community banking and financial institutions for a number of years. Members of the firm have counseled lenders in various commercial transactions, including secured lending, asset-based and real estate lending, project and acquisition financing, and letters of credit.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Our tax group is involved with counseling traditional C corporations, and closely held pass-through entities, such as limited-liability companies (LLCs), partnerships and S corporations. We also represent clients before the Internal Revenue Service and state department of revenues, including in court and administrative proceedings.
• Construction Contracts
  Members of the Construction group have been asked to review design-build and other related construction contracts for ethanol facilities to ascertain the scope of warranty and indemnification coverage for owners and their lenders.

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
• Employment Discrimination
• Employment Contract
• Employment Litigation
  Avoiding litigation is a top priority for Woods Aitken’s labor and employment attorneys. We help our clients prevent employment claims and advise on HR strategies that will result in a sound defense position should a claim occur. We pride ourselves on providing what you want, when you want it. We are prompt to return phone calls and will respond to emails as soon as reasonably practicable. For over 50 years Woods Aitken’s labor and employment attorneys have represented local, regional and national businesses in a broad spectrum of industries. We provide services in human resources counseling, employment litigation, and traditional labor law.
• Sexual Harassment

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
• Construction Litigation
  U.S. News-Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.” This includes 22 Metropolitan rankings and National Tier 2 rankings for Construction Law and Litigation-Construction.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Woods Aitken LLP has a position available in its Omaha or Lincoln offices for an associate in its transactional practice areas. A significant amount of the work will be performed in general business matters and commercial real estate transactions. Qualified candidates should possess the following: 3+ years of transactional experience preferred, skills in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, experience in organizing and facilitating due diligence and closing matters, strong organizational and analytical abilities, and desire to excel in a firm committed to its team members and clients. Please submit cover letter, resume, law school transcript, writing sample and salary requirements to: admin@woodsaitken.com.
• Land Use and Zoning
  The Firm is able to provide its clients with access to professionals who specialize in local zoning and land use planning in all areas of the country.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Woods Aitken has experience in all facets of personal injury and products liability litigation. We understand the level of trust an accident victim places in his or her attorney to help recover damages for all of the different types of losses that can accompany an injury—medical bills, loss of wages and future earnings capacity, physical pain and suffering and emotional trauma, disability and disfigurement, as well as loss of consortium and companionship.
• Disability Discrimination

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  From litigation, to telecommunications applications, to business, corporate and estate planning, our attorneys are highly qualified to provide a wide range of legal services for our agriculturally based clients.
• Trusts
  Our attorneys represent Personal Representatives and Trustees throughout the administration process, with a goal of helping our clients navigate efficiently through the process, and to reduce anxiety and uncertainty in a difficult time. We work closely with both individual and corporate trustees in all aspects of the administration process, including probate and trust administration, assistance with federal estate tax returns and state inheritance tax returns, funding trusts and the distribution of assets to beneficiaries and heirs. In addition, our firm’s litigation attorneys can assist in the representation of Personal Representatives and Trustees in estate and trust litigation matters and the efficient resolution of such disputes.
• Power of Attorney
  Every client is unique and has different objectives and concerns. We design and help our clients to develop and implement a plan after careful consultation and consideration. We work closely with our clients’ accountants, insurance professionals and financial advisors in order to develop a coordinated plan that achieves the maximum efficiency in transferring the greatest amount of wealth to family and designated charities. In developing sophisticated estate plans, we utilize a variety of planning tools, including gifting strategies, charitable remainder trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, dynastic trusts and family foundations, in order to provide the greatest benefit immediately and for generations to come. We also assist our clients in use of powers of attorney to allow for management of assets and making of health care related decisions during lifetime.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Members of the Firm have served as officers and on committees of the Bar Association Sections concerned with bankruptcy law. Members are also involved in planning and participating in bankruptcy law seminars.
• Foreclosure
  Aggressively pursuing non-voluntary collateral recovery remedies, including foreclosure, repossession and exercise of other remedies available against loan collateral, such as appointment of receivers and exercise of rights to recover rents, accounts receivable, funds held in accounts and other types of collateral.
• Tax Law
  We help clients resolve the most complex tax issues arising from their transactions, controversies, and regular business operations. Our tax lawyers offer clients deep knowledge, sound practical judgment, and the highest ethical standards. We also draw on the experience of the firm’s corporate and real estate attorneys to provide clients with favorable tax outcomes.