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Stephen Gealy

Mediator

“Commercial Mediator”

Lincoln, Nebraska
44+Years Exp

Core Practice Areas

7 Verticals
✓Commercial Contracts
✓Personal Injury Claims
✓Motor Vehicle Accidents
✓Premises Liability
✓Legal Malpractice
✓Product Liability
✓Insurance Coverage Disputes
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

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Steve Gealy's personal injury practice over the years has run the gamut from soft tissue injury and minor property damage claims to catastrophic injury and wrongful death suits. While the bulk of his litigation practice has involved defense work, he has also represented numerous plaintiffs over the years and recognizes the intricacies involved with such a practice. Steve's trial experience in state and federal courts includes well over one hundred trials of cases arising from fires, alleged product defects and automobile, commercial truck, aircraft, oil field, agricultural and industrial accidents. In his later years Mr. Gealy’s litigation practice focused to a significant extent on the defense of cases arising out of accidents involving commercial motor carriers. Steve now works almost exclusively as a mediator in an effort to help other trial lawyers and their clients find acceptable negotiated solutions which will allow their cases to be satisfactorily concluded. Steve firmly believes that the mediation process offers parties to law suits the opportunity to be heard and taken seriously without exposure to the risks inherent in allowing their cases to be submitted to and decided by jurors. Steve has a career of experience in the courtroom, but he clearly recognizes that the courtroom can be a daunting venue for those who are not trained as trial lawyers. The mediation process, while it requires compromise by all involved, effectively allows the parties who have the most to lose to exercise control over the manner in which their cases are resolved.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

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License

Attorney

Education

University of Nebraska College of Law

JD · Law

Class of 1982

University of Nebraska at Kearney

MA · Public School Administration

Class of 1979

Hastings College

BA · Music Education

Class of 1974

Work History

1 Position

Mediator

Gealy Mediations, LLC

Commercial Mediator providing mediation services in Lincoln, NE.

Honors & Recognition

6 Honors

Fellow

American College of Trial Lawyers

Emeritus Fellow

International Society of Barristers

Advocate Member

American Board of Trial Advocates

Emeritus Fellow

Litigation Counsel of America

Life Fellow

Nebraska State Bar Foundation

Life Fellow

ABOTA Foundation

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