Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 402-898-7000
- Fax: 402-898-7130
- Toll Free: 800-579-2240
- E-Mail: lpdbh@lpdbhlaw.com
- Website: www.lpdbhlaw.com
Established: 1999
Practice Areas
- Insurance Law
- Negligence
- Workers' Compensation
- Personal Injury
- General Civil Practice
- Trial Practice
- Insurance Defense
- Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Fraud
- Product Liability
- Corporate Law
- Subrogation
- Construction Defect
- Trucking
- Wrongful Death
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Commercial Fraud
- Business Planning
- Insurance Policy Interpretation
About Us
Locher Pavelka Dostal Braddy & Hammes, LLC, is a general practice civil litigation law firm dedicated to providing our clients with reliable legal advice and aggressive trial advocacy. We offer our clients a broad range of legal experience and expertise in virtually all areas of civil law by combining traditional hard work with coordinated efforts across the firm's various specialization groups to serve our clients in an efficient, prompt and economical manner throughout the State and Federal Courts of Nebraska and Iowa.
Additional Locations
- Council Bluffs, Iowa
- 421 West Broadway, #401
- Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503
- Telephone: 712-256-5566
Client Information
Insurance Clients
- ACUITY
- Allstate Indemnity Company
- American National Property and Casualty Company
- Catlin Specialty Insurance Company
- CNA Global Specialty Lines
- CNA Insurance Company
- CNA Standard Lines
- Colonial Insurance Company
- Deerbrook Insurance Company
- Fidelity National Title Group
- First Americans Insurance Company
- Hanover Insurance Group
- Hartford Insurance Company
- IAT Specialty
- Insurance Company of the West
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Midwest Mutual Insurance Company
- Mutual of Omaha Group
- Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company
- Philadelphia Insurance Company
- Progressive Insurance Group
- Royal Maccabees Life Insurance Company
- SECURA Insurance Companies
- Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
- Sentry Claims Services
- Swiss Re
- Swiss Re Life & Health America, Inc.
- United States Fire Insurance Company
- Universal Underwriters Insurance Company
- USAA Casualty Insurance Company
- Windsor Insurance Company
- Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Company of America
Non-Insurance Clients
- Caesars Entertainment
- Carrier Corporation
- J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
- Otis Elevator Company
- United Parcel Service, Inc.
Personnel Information
Firm Members
Thomas M. Locher
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: tlocher@lpdbhlaw.com
Admitted
- Nebraska, 1978
- Iowa, 1978
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
- U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Education:
- Creighton University, B.A., 1974
- Creighton University, J.D., 1978
Donald J. Pavelka, Jr.
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: dpavelka@lpdbhlaw.com
Admitted
- Nebraska, 1984
- Iowa, 1993
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1984
- U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 2000
Education:
- University of Nebraska at Omaha, B.A., 1980
- Creighton University, J.D., 1984
Kevin J. Dostal
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: kdostal@lpdbhlaw.com
Admitted
- Nebraska, 1984
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1984
Certifications:
- Certified Public Accountant, 1985
Education:
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, B.S.B.A., 1981
- Creighton University, J.D., 1984
Thomas M. Braddy
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: tbraddy@lpdbhlaw.com
Admitted
- Nebraska, 1994
- Iowa, 2002
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1994
- U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 2002
Education:
- Coe College, B.A., 1991
- Creighton University, J.D. (cum laude), 1994
Matthew D. Hammes
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: mhammes@lpdbhlaw.com
Admitted
- Nebraska, 1998
- Iowa, 1999
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1998
- U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, 2002
Education:
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, B.S., 1994
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, J.D. (with distinction), 1998
Gregory L. Galles
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: ggalles@lpdbhlaw.com
Admitted
- Iowa, 1998
- Nebraska, 1999
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1999
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 1999
Education:
- Creighton University, B.A., 1995
- The University of Iowa, J.D., 1998
Douglas W. Krenzer
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: dkrenzer@lpdbhlaw.com
Admitted
- Nebraska, 1996
- Iowa, 2006
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1996
Education:
- Colorado College, B.A., 1993
- University of Nebraska, J.D., 1996
Matthew E. Eck
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: meck@lpdbhlaw.com
Admitted
- Nebraska, 2001
- Iowa, 2004
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 2001
- U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, 2005
Education:
- Creighton University, B.S.B.A. (cum laude), 1999
- Creighton University, J.D. (cum laude), 2001
Joel E. Feistner
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: jfeistner@lpdbhlaw.com
Admitted
- Nebraska, 1998
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1998
Education:
- Colorado College, B.A., 1994
- University of Nebraska, J.D., 1998
Amy M. Locher
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: amylocher@lpdbhlaw.com
Admitted
- Iowa, 2011
- Nebraska, 2012
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 2012
Education:
- Creighton University, B.S., 2007
- The University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 2011
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