Gross Welch Marks Clare, PC, LLO
Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 402-392-1500
- Fax: 402-392-8101
- Website: www.gwmclaw.com
Established: 1927
Practice Areas
- Negligence
- Automobile
- Construction Litigation
- Product Liability
- Fire & Explosion
- Premises Liability
- Employment Practices
- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Coverage
- Subrogation
About Us
The law firm of Gross Welch Marks Clare, PC, LLO was founded in 1927 by Daniel J. Gross and Harry L. Welch and consists of 20 attorneys. The primary area of practice is in Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa; however the firm handles cases in the entire state of Nebraska and western Iowa. Specialized areas of litigation practice include professional malpractice, automobile cases, trucking cases, construction litigation, fire and explosion cases, construction litigation, workers' compensation, premises liability, products liability, insurance fraud and major property damage subrogation, as well as general civil litigation.
The firm is committed to providing quality legal representation to insurance companies and their insureds.
Client Information
Insurance Clients
- AAA Automobile Club Insurance Company
- Acuity Insurance Company
- ANPAC
- Auto-Owners Insurance Company
- Baldwin & Lyons, Inc.
- Berkley Custom Insurance Services, LLC
- Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers, LLC
- Burlington Insurance Company
- Cincinnati Insurance Company
- Columbia National Insurance Company
- Continental Western Group
- Crum & Forster
- Employers Mutual Casualty Company
- Farm Bureau Insurance Company
- Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Nebraska
- Fidelity National Insurance Company
- Gallagher Bassett Insurance Company
- Great West Casualty Company
- Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company
- GuideOne Insurance Company
- Housing Authority Insurance, Inc.
- Markel Insurance Company
- Meadowbrook Insurance Group
- Mountain West Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
- National Indemnity Company
- Nationwide Insurance Company
- Rental Insurance Services, Inc.
- Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
- Sedgwick CMS
- Shelter Mutual Insurance Company
- State Farm Insurance Companies
- Stillwater Insurance Company
- United Fire & Casualty Company
- Western World Insurance Group
- Wilshire Insurance Company
- York Claims Service, Inc.
Non-Insurance Clients
- Symetra Assigned Benefits Service Company
Representative Clients
- Ally Financial
- American Marksman, LLC
- BizCapital Bidco I, LLC
- Integrated Power Co.
- John Deere Company
- Waste Management of Nebraska, Inc.
Personnel Information
Shareholders
Thomas A. Grennan
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: tgrennan@gwmclaw.com
Years of Experience: 45
Admitted
- Nebraska, 1978
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1979
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1990
Education:
- Creighton University, B.A. (cum laude), 1975
- Creighton University, J.D., 1978
John W. Iliff
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: jiliff@gwmclaw.com
Years of Experience: 40
Admitted
- Nebraska, 1983
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
Education:
- Hastings College, B.A., 1970
- Boston University, M.E.D., 1975
- Creighton University, J.D. (cum laude), 1983
Jeffrey E. Welch
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: jwelch@gwmclaw.com
Years of Experience: 30
Admitted
- Nebraska, 1993
- Iowa, 2008
- South Dakota, 2022
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1993
- U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, 2022
Education:
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, B.A., 1999
- Creighton University School of Law, J.D., 1993
Ari D. Riekes
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: ariekes@gwmclaw.com
Years of Experience: 18
Admitted
- Nebraska, 2005
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 2014
Education:
- University of Michigan, B.A., 1994
- Northwestern University, M.S.Ed. & S.P., 1996
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2003
Associates
John A. McWilliams
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: jmcwilliams@gwmclaw.com
Years of Experience: 8
Admitted
- Nebraska, 2015
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 2020
Education:
- University of Nebraska at Omaha, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2010
- University of Nebraska at Omaha, M.A., 2012
- Creighton University, J.D. (magna cum laude), 2015
Alexandria M. Bartels
Omaha, NE
- E-Mail: abartels@gwmclaw.com
Years of Experience: 3
Admitted
- Nebraska, 2020
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
Education:
- Wayne State College, B.A. (summa cum laude), 2017
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, J.D., 2020
(This firm also appears in the Subrogation section of this publication)
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