Profiles

Richard Berkshire: "One Of The Last Lawyers Who Makes House Calls"

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 06/29/2022 - 4:00am

Richard Berkshire is an Omaha native who graduated from Westside High School in 1972. He attended Hastings College where he triple majored in Political science, Pre-Law and Economics. Berkshire’s father was a lawyer whose office was on the fourteenth floor of the Kiewit Plaza. Berkshire spent a lot of time around his father’s practice. He started working at the office mowing the lawns and running errands for the firm.

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I Be Black Girl: Fighting For The Rights Of Black Women In The Metro

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 06/29/2022 - 3:00am

With the sudden overturning of Roe vs Wade, it is more important than ever to give a voice to groups that are fighting for the rights of women and femme identifying folks. One such group that is fighting to make sure that women still can advocate for themselves is I Be Black Girl.

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Hannah Sommers: From Journalist To Lawyer

Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 06/16/2022 - 4:01am

Hannah Sommers grew up in Kansas City, then went to University of Missouri for Broadcast Journalism. She learned it was not the field for her, but the job helped hone her questioning and writing skills. Law School presented a different way to write, law writing being more repetitive than journalistic writing. “It’s been kind of fun to evolve as that kind of writer,” Hannah Sommers said. The schedule she found in journalism drove her to change careers.

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City of Omaha City Council District 1 - Pete Festersen

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 05/16/2022 - 2:33pm

Born and raised in Omaha, Pete Festersen went to Connecticut College after graduating from Central high school. After some time Festersen found himself back in Omaha. He moved home to get involved in the community in the place he considered home. Before becoming City Council President, Festersen was deputy chief of staff for Mayor Fahey, and worked for the chamber of commerce. He also had experience with the Kiewit Foundation.

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She Owns the Largest Woman-Owned Law Firm in the Midwest

Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 04/15/2022 - 5:00am

Jeana Goosmann went to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to major in business. Goosmann found her passion after being assigned to create a company for an entrepreneurship class. She found herself wondering: what does it mean to run a business? and the process it takes to open a company. Goosmann’s curiosity led her to law school. She was accepted into Creighton’s law school with the Muchmore scholarship which paid her tuition in full.

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City of Omaha City Council District 5 - Don Rowe

Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 04/08/2022 - 5:00am

Don Rowe is an Omaha native, elected to represent District 5 on the Omaha City Council in June 2021. Spending his early years in North Omaha, he moved to La Vista for high school. He attended Manhattan Christian College in Kansas, before transferring to UNL where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance and economics.