Steve Gerdes is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Nebraska College of Law. He has over 45 years of trial experience and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Take advantage of his decades of experience in helping people with injuries.
He is a member of the American Association for Justice and served on the Board of Directors of the Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys from 2007 through 2o22. He is also a member of the Brain Injury Association and the North American Brain Injury Society and is a former board member of the Brain Injury Association of Nebraska. For your brain injury or personal injury case, make the smart choice and contact Steve Gerdes.
Mr. Gerdes gives frequent presentations to other lawyers on the trial of personal injury cases and in particular the handling of cases for people with traumatic brain injury. He has made presentations on brain injuries to the Brain Injury Association, the North American Brain Injury Society, and trial attorney associations in Nebraska, Iowa, Utah, Louisiana, and Ohio. His presentations include:
Mr. Gerdes was co-chairman of “Traumatic Brain Injury: A Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s Perspective” held in Omaha in 1996. He is the co-author with Samuel Mehr M.D. of “Medicolegal Aspects of PET Scans,” which appeared in the medical journal, Neurorehabilitation, in 2001.
Mr. Gerdes is actively involved in the community. He holds local, regional, and national positions with the United States Tennis Association and serves regularly as the referee of local, regional, collegiate, and national tennis tournaments. Until 2024, he was the senior editor of Friend at Court, the tennis rulebook for the United States.
He was the Youth Exchange Officer for Rotary District 5650, which includes Western Iowa and Eastern Nebraska for eight years. In that capacity, he found places for Midwestern high school students in countries around the world and found host schools for foreign students in this area. His family has frequently hosted exchange students. He served as President of South Central Rotary Youth Exchange (2018-2019) and was president of the North American Youth Exchange
Network (network for Rotary Youth Exchange in all of North America) from 2021-2023. He served as chair of the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (accreditation organization for US youth exchange programs) from 2022-2023. Mr. Gerdes is the President of the Omaha Sister Cities Association and was on the board of the American Friends of Asian Rural Institute for over ten years. He is on the Board of Trustees of his church and is the chair of the Association of Conference Ministers of the United Church of Christ.
Mr. Gerdes and his wife have three adult children, one of whom is a survivor of traumatic brain injury. He has a grandson who was born with a genetic defect that places him on the autism spectrum. He works closely with his son and daughter-in-law to see their son gets the care needed so he can become independent. His prioritizes his family values and will uphold them in your personal injury case when handling your sensitive and confidential information.
Steve Gerdes views helping injured persons as his calling. It is his ministry. This means not only providing top-notch legal representation but also providing the emotional support people with injuries require and helping them find the professionals best qualified to help them recover as fully as possible from their injuries.
To request an initial consultation, call (402) 393-1435.
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Omaha, NE 68154
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