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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.
Best Lawyers® recognized 29 Cline Williams attorneys in its 2027 editions, including The Best Lawyers in America®, “Lawyer of the Year,” and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.
Recognition by Best Lawyers® is based on peer review, with lawyers confidentially evaluating the professional abilities of their peers within their practice area and geographic region. Only about 5% of U.S. lawyers are recognized each year.
Cline Williams is honored to announce that partner Don R. Janssen has been ranked in the 2026 Chambers USA High Net Worth Guide for Private Wealth Law: Nebraska.
The Chambers High Net Worth Guide is among the most respected legal rankings, recognizing attorneys who understand the complex needs of high-net-worth individuals and provide specialized counsel.
On June 22, 2026, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen led a ceremonial bill signing praising the new Community Improvement District Act that will help open the door to more affordable homeownership in Nebraska.
The bill creates a new, locally controlled tool to finance infrastructure and support new development. CIDs will facilitate the use of long-term assessments to finance the rapidly-increasing up-front construction costs for new development.
This bill offers opportunities for many communities. Cline Williams looks forward to partnering with municipalities and developers to implement CIDs and promote more affordable and innovative development across Nebraska to support this new bill.
