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Riley, William Jay was born on March 11, 1947 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Don Paul and Marian Frances (Munn) Riley.
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William Jay RILEY
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WILLIAM RILEY, American Lawyer, Partner of FITZGERALD, SCHORR, BARMETTLER & BRENNAN, specializing in the field of General Civil Practice, Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts, covering General. Commercial, Products Liability and Negligence Litigation, Mortgage, Municipal and Corporate Financing, Corporation, Real Estate, Oil and Gas, AgriBusiness, Securities, Bankruptcy, State and Federal Taxation, Employee Benefits, Labor, Trademark, Copyright, and Unfair Competition, Administrative, Probate and Municipal Law.
Education
University of Nebraska (Bachelor of Arts, 1969. Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1972). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma.
Order of the Coif.
Editor in Chief, Nebraska Law Review, 1971-1972. Law Clerk to Honorary Donald P. Lay, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1972-1973.
Career
Law clerk, United States Court Appeals (8th circuit), Omaha, 1972-1973; associate, Fitzgerald, Schorr Law Firm, Omaha, 1973-1979; partner, Fitzgerald, Schorr Law Firm, Omaha, since 1979. Adjunct Professor trial practice Creighton U. College Law, Omaha, since 1991. Chairman.fed. practice committee Federal Court, 1992-1994.
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Membership
Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Omaha, 1979-1989, scout membership chair Mid American Council, 1995-1998. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers (chair state committee 1997-1999), Nebraska State Bar Foundation. Member American Board Trial Advocates (treasurer, vice president since 1998), Nebraska State Bar Association (chairman ethics committee 1996-1998, member house of deals since 1998), Omaha Bar Association (treasurer 1997-1998), Robert M. Spire Inns of Court (master since 1994, counselor 1997-1998), Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.
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Married Norma Jean Mason, December 27, 1965. Children: Brian, Kevin, Erin.
