The law firm of Abrahams Kaslow & Cassman LLP began in 1944 when Milton R. Abrahams and Ben E. Kaslow combined their legal practices. Both were graduates of Creighton University’s School of Law. In 1949, Frederick S. Cassman, a graduate of Harvard Law School, joined the firm. The practice soon grew to be one of Omaha’s most respected business law firms.

Long ago, our founders committed to their clients:

 

We will provide the highest quality legal service, exhibit the highest degree of ethical conduct, serve the community through involvement in significant professional, civic and charitable activities and, care for our clients as individuals.

 

This commitment remains the cornerstone of our practice. We take pride in the many longstanding relationships that we have established with our clients and value our reputation for providing prompt and skillful legal services.

About Abrahams Kaslow & Cassman LLP

Founded in 1944

44 people in their team


Practice areas
Business
Lawsuits & Disputes
Employment & Labor
Elder Law
Real Estate

Languages spoken
English

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Practice areas

Business

Abrahams Kaslow & Cassman LLP has been a full-service law firm in Omaha for over 75 years.  We provide comprehensive legal services to businesses and corporations. We are known for our talented attorneys, creative legal solutions, prompt service, and the confidence of our clients.

Our Corporate and Business Law Attorneys can assist you with:

  • Bankruptcy Creditor Claims
  • Business planning
  • Commercial loan documentation
  • Construction Law
  • Contracts
  • Data privacy
  • Employment agreements
  • Energy Law
  • Entity formation
  • Franchising
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Licensing
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Non-disclosure agreements
  • Privacy Law
  • Product Development
  • Purchase and Sale Agreements
  • Shareholder or other ownership agreements
  • Software and technology licensing
  • Succession Planning
  • Supply chain and distribution contracts
  • Tax planning and compliance
  • Trademarks and Trade Names
  • UCC and Secured Transactions
  • Wireless Tower Locations

We can also steer you through business disputes and litigate on your behalf.

Lawsuits & Disputes

We are proud of the extensive experience and diverse talents of our litigation department. Our firm has the benefit of senior litigators with over 40 years of litigation experience who are admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court as well as state and other federal courts. Our attorneys are practical, results-oriented lawyers experienced in handling disputes of all kinds for business enterprises and individuals.

When litigation is the next step, let our attorneys go to work for you.  Abrahams Kaslow & Cassman LLP provides effective advocacy and practical solutions for your legal problems.

We have achieved successful outcomes in:

  • Business Controversies, including contract disputes, distributorship terminations, franchise issues, and bankruptcies and creditor claims
  • Employment Law disputes, including discrimination, wage-and-hour claims, employment agreements, and non-competition agreements
  • Administrative law
  • Serious Personal Injury such as traumatic brain injury
  • Medical Malpractice Defense
  • Construction Claims
  • Worker’s Compensation Defense
  • Labor Arbitration
  • Environmental Litigation including EPA disputes
  • Intellectual Property Disputes
  • Insurance Defense
  • Real Estate, including foreclosure and landlord/tenant disputes
  • Rate and Taxpayer Litigation, including tax increment financing
  • Municipal Law and zoning disputes
  • RICO Litigation
  • Professional Negligence Claims, including medical malpractice
  • Inheritance Issues and business succession contests
  • Federal Wireless Communications Act involving the location of wireless communication sites

PRACTICAL, EXPERIENCED LAWYERS
GET RESULTS FOR YOU

Our litigation attorneys strive to obtain a careful understanding of the issues and then provide a desirable solution as quickly and economically as possible. We seek a solution through compromise, negotiation or alternative dispute resolution to resolve disputes without traditional litigation whenever it is appropriate.

When litigation becomes necessary, we are persuasive and insightful litigators. Our attorneys have appeared in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies representing clients from pre-litigation through the appeals process.

Litigation

Employment & Labor

EMPLOYMENT LAW

OUR PROACTIVE APPROACH

We take a proactive approach by helping large and small business owners handle the complicated issues involved in managing employees. We often help our clients avoid disputes and penalties by staying abreast of the latest developments in employment law and guiding employers to ensure compliance within the law. We counsel employers regarding performance evaluations, proper disciplinary procedures, and terminations and assist in drafting employment contracts, confidentiality and non-solicitation agreements, employee handbooks, and related documents.

Abrahams Kaslow & Cassman LLP has effectively handled a wide array of employment law issues and educated employers on matters such as:

  • Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  • Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
  • Title VII discrimination claims, including sexual harassment
  • Nebraska Fair Employment Practices Act (FEPA) claims
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) wage and hour issues, including minimum wage, employee exemptions, overtime, equal pay, child labor, Davis-Bacon compliance and Department of Labor audits
  • 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims
  • Whistleblower and retaliation
  • Employee duty of loyalty, fiduciary duties, and unfair competition
  • Appropriate hiring and firing, performance evaluation, lay-offs, reductions-in-force, employment contracts, non-compete agreements, confidentiality agreements
  • Misappropriation of confidential information and trade secrets
  • Employee handbooks, including the necessary training to ensure compliance
  • Employee discipline and discharge
  • Seminars and management training on sexual harassment prevention, employee hiring, discipline and discharge, documentation and other employment matters
  • OSHA/ workplace safety-related employment matters
  • National Labor Relations Board unfair labor practices
  • Workers’ compensation
  • I-9 and employment eligibility verification issues
  • Employment issues and litigation in administrative agencies, state and federal district and appellate courts

NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EMPLOYMENT LAW ATTORNEYS

Our attorneys are AV-rated* by Martindale-Hubbell, and attorneys in our firm have earned the Chambers USA top lawyer ranking for being “well-versed in employment law and helpful in addressing employment issues.”

*AV is the highest rating given by Martindale-Hubbell and is a registered certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards, and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary.

WHEN DISPUTE RESOLUTION DOESN’T WORK, COUNT ON OUR EXPERIENCED LITIGATORS

While our attorneys are known for providing creative and innovative solutions to avoid employment disputes, sometimes litigation is the next best step. When this happens, employers may rest assured that we are experienced litigators with a depth of experience, thoroughness, and confidence you expect from your attorney.

Employment Rights
Hiring & Firing
Job Discrimination
Labor Law
Sexual Harassment
Wrongful Termination

Elder Law

ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE

Abrahams Kaslow & Cassman LLP has been crafting simple wills, complex wealth transfers, and business succession plans for more than 75 years. For all of our clients, no matter the size of the estate or the business, our goal and approach are the same: to develop an estate plan that will best suit your inheritance and business succession needs and objectives.

INNOVATIVE ESTATE PLANNING SOLUTIONS THAT PROTECT YOUR WEALTH

Estate planning is essential to preserve family wealth and goes beyond just the drafting and execution of a will. In today’s society a broader approach to estate planning is necessary. Our attorneys formulate and implement long-term programs aimed at protecting your financial security for life while minimizing the tax burden of transferring wealth to the next generation.

The skilled and knowledgeable attorneys at Abrahams Kaslow & Cassman use federal, state and international death tax exemptions to your benefit. Our estate planning attorneys create personalized plans utilizing sophisticated estate planning techniques such as “Q-TIP” marital deduction trusts, “Crummey” trusts, special needs trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, generation-skipping transfer tax exemptions, private charitable foundations, charitable trusts, limited family partnerships, and limited liability companies.

We handle tax and probate matters for individuals and fiduciaries and counsel executors and trustees. We handle every aspect of estate planning for you, from tax planning to distributions from an estate or trust.

CLOSELY HELD BUSINESS PLANNING

Protecting the wealth represented by a closely held business is a major part of our trust and estate planning practice. We tailor creative long-term business succession plans to minimize the potentially devastating effect of death taxes on closely held businesses. These plans may include the creation of partnerships, trusts, and other entities and the use of shareholder agreements. In the unfortunate event that there is a need for litigation , our firm has a strong litigation practice with experience in trust and estate litigation. We represent executors, trustees and beneficiaries on many trust and estate matters including will contests, document interpretation issues and other probate litigation matters.

  • Estate and Gift Tax Planning
  • Estate executor duties
  • Guardianships and conservatorships
  • Lifetime gift planning
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Probate court representation
  • Probate Litigation
  • Special Needs Trust
  • Testamentary trusts and living trusts (inter vivos trusts)
  • Trust and estate administration
  • Will and trust contests
  • Wills and living wills (advanced medical directives)
Estate Planning
Guardianship
Probate
Trusts
Will & Testament

Real Estate

REAL ESTATE LAW

COMPREHENSIVE REAL ESTATE LAW

Abrahams Kaslow & Cassman LLP has a diverse real estate practice, which enables our attorneys to provide a high level of service to all of our clients regardless of how large or small the transaction may be. We represent commercial landlords, tenants, and commercial and residential buyers and sellers in all phases of real estate transactions.

We offer counsel in all aspects of residential and commercial real estate:

  • Developing property
  • Commercial Leasing — both landlords and tenants
  • Shopping centers, industrial buildings, apartments and residential real estate development and construction
  • Representation of lenders and borrowers in real-estate-related financial transactions
  • Environmental issues
  • Like-kind exchanges of real estate
  • Real Estate Sales and Acquisitions
  • Zoning and land use

You have the benefit of a team of business lawyers who are skilled at drafting and interpreting contracts and leases and providing proactive guidance every step of the way through your real estate matter. We have a solid understanding of all facets of real estate matters including title issues, zoning, covenants, insurance, easements, and other property rights issues.

We strive to provide insightful solutions to problems that achieve your goals and maximize your tax and financial benefits from each real estate transaction.

Commercial Real Estate
Foreclosure
Housing, Construction & Development
Land Use & Zoning
Landlord & Tenant
Mortgage

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