Jon M. Braaten, Associate
jbraaten@acwlaw.com

Practice Areas:

• Appellate Practice
  
• Collections
  
• Criminal Defense: Federal Court, State Court, Felonies, Misdemeanors, Driving
  While Intoxicated, Traffic Violations
• Family Law: Divorce, Modifications, Protection Orders, Custody, Paternity
  
• Juvenile Law: Abuse/Neglect, Law Violation
• Landlord/Tenant
  
• Mental Health Board

Education:

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, B.S., 1998
• University of Nebraska College Law, J.D., 2001

Involvement:

• Nebraska State Bar Association (Young Lawyers Section); Leadership Academy (2007)
• Lincoln Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Robert Van Pelt American Inns of Court
  
• Nebraska Criminal Defenese Attorneys Association
  
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln Mock Trial Club, Attorney Coach (2006-2007)
  
• Nebraska State Bar Foundation High School Mock Trial Program
  
• Eastridge Presbyterian Church, Deacon, 2006-2009; Confirmation Mentor, 2004
• Present;
  
• Personnel Committee, 2004-Present

Practice Achievements:

• Lincoln Bar Association: Treasurer, 2007-2008; Executive Committee, 2007-Present; Board   of Trustees, 2004-2007; Barristers, 2002-2006; Membership Committee, 2001-Present
  
• Judicial Nominating Commission, Separate Juvenile Court of Lancaster County, 2005-2009
  
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award (Pretrial Litigation), 2000
  
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award (Civil Clinic), 2000
  
• Sterling Education Services Seminars: Evictions & Unlawful Detainers, 2006; Residential Evictions & Trial, 2004
  
• Nebraska Foster Care Review Board Seminars: Panel Discussion of Juvenile Practice in Lancaster County, 2005; Panel Discussion of Juvenile Court Issues, 2004
  
• Nebraska State Bar Foundation Seminar: Teen Parents and the Law, 2005
  
• Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association Seminar: Juvenile Court Consequences in Abuse Cases, 2007

Representative Cases:

• Vagts v. Vagts, 2004 WL 235040 (Neb. App. 2004)
  
• Meyer v. Broekmeier, 2003 WL 22076333 (Neb. App. 2003)
  
• In Re Joshua R., 265 Neb. 374, 657 N.W .2D 209 (Neb. 2003)
  
• State v. Sapanajin, 11 Neb. App. 190, 646 N.W .2d 668 (2003)
  
• Dockweiler v. Oden Enterprises, 2002 WL 452214 (Neb. App. 2002)