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With our extensive expertise, collaboration among our attorneys enables us to provide the requisite knowledge and skill to effectively serve our clients.
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Cline Williams represents a diverse range of individuals and institutions with widely varying legal needs, which is reflected by our practice areas.
Since 1857
Our professional excellence runs deep.
For over 160 years, we have represented leading citizens, businesses, and institutions in communities, large and small, throughout the Midwest. We take pride in providing clients the highest level of expertise, advocacy, and guidance in helping them achieve their goals, and in building the places we call home.
Company Culture
Community focused.
We live, work and thrive best when we do it together. Cline Williams has made our home in the Great Plains, and we believe in building strong communities through service. We support our communities through board service, volunteering, and contributing financial and other resources. Your community is our community and we are proud to support many charitable organizations throughout the Great Plains.
On November 15, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas set aside and vacated the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) final rule that increased the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) salary level-threshold for the “white-collar” exemptions to overtime requirements. The court’s ruling applies nationwide to all employers who are subject to the FLSA.
Cline Williams is pleased to announce the firm has been recognized by Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" 2025. We received 19 rankings overall for the Lincoln and Omaha Metropolitan areas. 13 of the practice areas achieved first-tier metropolitan rankings and 6 received second-tier rankings.
Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. A firm must have at least one lawyer recognized in the latest edition of The Best Lawyers in America® to be eligible for "Best Law Firms".
On August 30, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a proposed rule for a new OSHA standard: Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings.
Currently, there is no specific standard that regulates heat stress hazards in the workplace. Rather, OSHA currently protects workers from heat risk under OSHA’s General Duty Clause. OSHA cites the need for a standard to protect workers from persistent and serious hazards posed by heat exposure, as fatalities due to environmental heat exposure have increased in recent years. Industries experiencing frequent hospitalizations and fatalities due to heat exposure include construction, manufacturing, landscaping, agriculture, and postal and delivery service. OSHA also identified certain risks which lead to heat exposure fatalities, such as leaving employees alone after heat exposure symptoms begin, a lack of water and shade on-site, and no programs to acclimatize employees to hot work environments.
