Position: Member

TEL: 402-397-6200

FAX: 402-397-6290

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Website: www.sodorolaw.com

Admitted: Nebraska, 1974

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Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense, Medical Malpractice Defense, Health Care Law

Additional Information: Born Omaha, Nebraska, January 27, 1948; admitted to Bar 1974, Nebraska. Education: Creighton University and University of Minnesota (B.A. 1969); Creighton University (J.D. 1973). Deputy County attorney for Douglas County, Nebraska from 1975 to 1979. Member: Omaha and Nebraska State Bar Associations. Mr. Shomaker defends medical malpractice claims and health care related lawsuits. Mr. Shomaker specializes in the defense of medical malpractice cases with a special emphasis on obstetrical malpractice cases, and has been handling these types of cases for over 25 years. He is a frequent lecturer on the subject of malpractice in general and obstetrical malpractice in particular. Mr. Shomaker has spoken extensively on these subjects at seminars & hospital programs, has co-authored the course material "Medical Malpractice in Nebraska" and has received over 85 jury verdicts in his career. Mr. Shomaker is a fellow of the Nebraska State Bar Association, an honorary position, and has been asked to participate in other national honorary legal organizations. He is a member of the Volunteer Lawyer's Project, the Memorial, Courts, and Medical Legal Committees of the Omaha Bar Assoc., and practices in the Federal and State Courts. He is also a member of the National Arbitration Forum, selected as a mediator/arbitrator. His malpractice defense cases have taken him to courts in every geographical area in the State of Nebraska and Western Iowa. He has conducted a number of jury trials in smaller outlying communities in both states. Mr. Shomaker's community involvement includes leading roles in a number of musical productions at the Omaha Community Playhouse since 1978, volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, and weekly reading for Radio Talking Book, a service for the visually impaired. Additionally, he has conducted music ministry at his church for over 30 years.

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