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Karen L. Vervaecke, Attorney at Law and Mediator

Karen L. Vervaecke

Karen L. Vervaecke

Attorney at Law and Mediator
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Karen is a mediator with extensive experience in Family Law, elder law, employment and construction disputes and residential foreclosures.

Karen has been engaged in the practice of law, with an emphasis on all aspects of Family Law and Criminal Law for over 30 years. She has been mediating since 1993. She is a member of, and the immediate past chair of the Nebraska State Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee; a member of the Association of Attorney Mediators, and a presenter at national meetings, a Master with Inns of Court; a member of the Nebraska Supreme Court High Conflict Resolution work group; and a member of the Committee in Inquiry.

She is a former Douglas County Assistant Public Defender and worked on domestic violence, abuse, neglect, status offenses and dependency cases in Juvenile court, as well as Appellate work. Additionally, she has been a Court Appointed Guardian ad litem in over 750 cases in District Court in both Douglas and Sarpy Counties, as well as a Court Appointed Parenting Plan Mediator and Criminal Justice Act (CJA) attorney. She has also represented employers in workplace conflicts at the administrative level.

Further, her law practice includes family law (elder, paternity, child support, divorce, custody, etc.,) and criminal law both at the state and federal level. Karen has a wealth of experience and is well respected in the legal community.

Professional Memberships

Karen’s Promise

Vervaecke Law and Mediation Promise
  •  We will treat you with respect and courtesy.
  •  We will handle your legal matters competently and diligently, in accordance with the highest standards of the legal profession.
  •  We will provide the best professional judgment in analyzing your case.
  •  We will explain in advance how your attorney fees are computed & billed.
  •  We will return your telephone calls promptly if at all possible.
  •  We will keep you informed and provide you with copies of all important and relevant papers.
  •  We will respect your decisions on objectives for your case, as permitted by law, and the Rules of Professional Conduct, including whether or not to settle.
  •  We will respect your confidences learned during our attorney-client relationship.
  •  We will exhibit the highest degree of ethical professionalism in accordance with the Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Nebraska.

Education and Training

  • Bachelor of Science, Business Administration Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Juris Doctor, Creighton School of Law, Omaha Nebraska
  • Admitted Supreme Court State of Nebraska
  • Admitted United States District Court for Nebraska
  • Divorce Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Northern California Mediator Center
  • Advanced Training in Financial and Business Aspects of Divorce, Mediation and Conflict Management Services of St. Louis
  • Family and County Mediation Program, Mediation Training Group, Boca Raton
  • Florida Qualified Arbitrator Training, Lauderhill Florida
  • Civil/Circuit Mediation Training, Mediation Training Center, Fort Lauderdale, Fl
  • Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Training, Alternative Dispute Resolution Services, Fort Myers
  • Douglas County Court Appointed Mediator
  • Private Family Law Mediator – Member of American Council for Children, President-elect of Nebraska Council for Children, 1997-1998
  • Florida Supreme Court Certified Family, County, Circuit/Civil and Residential Foreclosure Mediator
  • Florida Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator

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