Raymond E Walden
Education
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln - 1976 - B.A.
- University of Nebraska College of Law - Juris Doctor 1982
Admitted to Practice
- State of Nebraska
- State of Iowa
- U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska
- Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Experience
- Woodke & Gibbons, PC, LLO; 2017-present
- Law Offices of Idleman and Greene; Omaha Trial Division office for Nationwide Insurance Companies; 2016-2017
- Cockle Legal Briefs; Document Analyst for U.S. Supreme Court briefs; 2015-2016
- Walden Law Office - Solo Practice Attorney, focused on appellate and civil litigation briefing; 2003-2015
- Federal Public Defender’s Office; Research and Writing Specialist, focused on criminal appellate and trial court briefing; 2011
- Lamson Dugan & Murray; Attorney, focused on civil litigation and brief writing; 1998-2002
- Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda; Attorney, focused on civil litigation and brief writing; 1985-1998
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; Law Clerk for U.S. District Judge Warren K. Urbom; 1983-1985
- Nebraska Supreme Court; Law Clerk for Chief Justice Norman Krivosha; 1982-1983
Practice Emphasis
- General Insurance Defense litigation, with emphasis on legal research and briefing. Extensive experience with defending insureds in claims for auto accidents, construction disputes, professional negligence, and various other subjects.
- Insurance coverage opinions and litigation.
- Appellate practice, state and federal courts. Ray has made oral arguments many times in appeals before the Nebraska and Iowa Supreme Courts and Courts of Appeal, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and has been the primary author of appeal briefs in those courts for those cases and many others.
Teaching Experience
- University of Nebraska College of Law - Adjunct Instructor for two years, teaching a section of the freshman legal writing program
Personal Background
- Ray's first job was detasseling corn, then farm crew foreman, just outside of his hometown Grand Island, Nebraska, where he learned about hard work and team effort and corn knife racing in irrigation ditches (when those were still a thing). In high school, college, and his first post-graduate jobs, he focused on journalism, which taught him logic, attention to detail, how to dig up relevant facts, and how to tell true stories in interesting ways. As a reporter for the daily newspaper in York, Nebraska, he covered a murder trial and had the thought that he could do that sort of thing, which led him to law school and a legal career using the lessons from the corn fields and newsrooms. Along the way, he has been a Volunteer in Service to America, helping to build a new Big Brothers, Big Sisters agency in Sioux City, Iowa; the board president for the daycare center his daughter and son attended; the board president at his church; a youth sports coach and referee; a softball umpire; a substitute church pianist; a freelance newspaper contributor; and an unpublished novelist. He remains a husband, a bicycle rider, a mower of lawns, a walker of dogs, and a herder of cats.
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