Academy Member Inducted 2014
Map & Directions
                                    Michael F. Kinney
Diplomate member9290 West Dodge Road, Suite 302
Omaha, NE 68114
Regularly travels out of state to: Iowa, Ohio, Texas
Other ADR Services: ADR Training/CME, Court-Appointed Neutral (Special Master), Early Neutral Evaluation, Insurance Umpire, Med-Arb
Video ConferencingAvailable
- Practice Commenced2007
 - # of MEDS (as of 4/11/25)950
 - # of ARBS (as of 4/11/25)
 
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
Biographical
Full time litigator 1971-2014
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (1996-present; State Chair, 2004-06; Board of Regents, 2011-2015)
Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers (2004-present; State Chair, 2007-present)
Best's Lawyer of the Year (Mediation-Omaha 2013, 2022)
Best's Lawyer of the Year (Arbitration-Omaha 2012, 2014, 2019)
Best's Lawyer of the Year (Bet-The-Company-Omaha 2016)
Best's Lawyer of the Year (Medical Malpractice-Defendants-Omaha 2017)
Included in Best's Lawyers in America in 9 categories (2022) (Arbitration, Bet-The-Company, Commercial, Mediation, Medical Malpractice (defendants), Personal Injury (defendants), Personal Injury (plaintiffs), Product Liability (defendants), Product Liability (plaintiffs)
Case Experience
- ADA Disability
 - Agricultural
 - Automotive
 - Banking & Finance
 - Bankruptcy/Creditors
 - Business Dissolution
 - Commercial/Business
 - Community Associations
 - Construction
 - Consumer Fraud
 - Contract Disputes
 - Debt Collections
 - Discrimination
 - EEOC
 - Employment
 - Energy Sector (Oil/Gas)
 - Family Businesses
 - Franchise
 - Health Care
 - Insurance
 - Intellectual Property
 - Internet
 - Landlord/Tenant
 - Legal Malpractice
 - Libel & Slander
 - Local Govt./Municipalities
 - Medical Devices
 - Medical Malpractice
 - Mortgage Foreclosure
 - Nursing Homes
 - Partnerships
 - Pensions
 - Personal Injury
 - Premises Liability
 - Probate
 - Product Liability
 - Professional Fees
 - Professional Liability
 - Professional Malpractice
 - Professional Negligence
 - Property Damage
 - Railroad & Trucking
 - Real Estate
 - Securities
 - Sexual Harassment
 - Shareholder Disputes
 - Software
 - Sports
 - Technology
 - Telecommunications
 - Title Disputes
 - Torts
 - Trademarks/Patents
 - Transportation
 - Trusts / Estates
 - Workers' Compensation
 - Wrongful Death
 
Education
- University of Iowa, B.S. in psychology (1968);
 - University of Iowa, J.D. (1971), with distinction
 
Rates Information
$425 / hour (prep, travel and mediation time). No administrative fees. No cancelation fees.
