J.D., Creighton University
School of Law, 1976

B.S., Business Administration,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1972

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
United States District Court
State of Nebraska
State of Iowa

1973 – 1976 Law Clerk – Douglas County Attorney's Office, Omaha, Nebraska; Swarr, May, Smith & Anderson, Omaha, Nebraska.
1976 – 1981 Associate – Gross & Welch, P.C.
1982 – May, 1999 — Shareholder, Director & Principal Attorney, Treasurer – Gross & Welch, P.C. (1991 – 1995 President and Managing Partner)
May, 1999 – Present — Shareholder & Director, Woodke & Gibbons, P.C.
Practicing primarily in the areas of insurance litigation, attorney and accounting malpractice, products liability defense and general corporate litigation.

Member, American Bar Association, 1976–Present
Member, Nebraska State Bar Association, 1976–Present
Member, Iowa State Bar Association, 1976–Present
Member, Omaha Bar Association, 1976–Present
Member, Nebraska Association of Trial Lawyers
Member, Defense Counsel of Nebraska
Member, Defense Research Institute
Instructor, Real Estate Law, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1978–79
Chairman, Administrative Board of Appeals, City of Omaha, 1982–1991
Fellow, International Society of Barristers, 2000–Present

Director, Westside Community Schools, District 66 School Board, 1996 – Present
Director & Counsel, Omaha/Lions Eye Bank, 1988–1996