Mary Vandenack
Vandenack Williams LLC
- Biography
Mary E. Vandenack is founding and managing partner of Vandenack Williams LLC in Omaha, Nebraska. Mary practices in the areas of tax, trusts and estates, asset protection planning, business succession planning, and tax-exempt entities. Mary is a member of the American Bar Association Real Property Trust and Estate Section (currently Vice Chair of the Small Firms Committee), Taxation Section, and Business Section. Mary regularly writes and speaks on tax, asset protection planning, and estate planning topics as well as on law practice technology, management, and the future of the profession. Mary is a member of the American Bar Association Law Practice Division, is a regular contributor to and on the editorial board of the Law Practice Magazine, serves as Vice Chair of the Futures Initiative, Vice Chair of Resolutions and is on Executive Council. Mary was the winner of the 2015 James I. Keane Memorial Award, presented at the 2015 Tech Show. Mary was featured in the September 2015 issue of Fortune Magazine.
- Practice Areas
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
- Health Care Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Michigan
- Since 2007
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- Education
- Creighton University School of Law
- J.D. (1992)
- Honors: Magna Cum Laude
- Activities: Editor-in-Chief, Creighton Law Review Various awards and honors including Best Oral Advocate, Domestic Moot Court
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- College of Saint Mary
- B.A. (1990) | Business and Accounting
- Honors: Summa Cum Laude
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- Awards
- James Keane Memorial
- American Bar Association Law Practice Division
- 2015
- Innovation in technology in the practice of law
- Professional Associations
- Michigan Bar Association
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- Omaha Bar Association
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- Activities: – Medical/Legal Committee, 2004-2005 – Domestic Violence Committee, 2003-2005
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- Omaha Estate Planning Council
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- American Health Lawyers Association
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- Scribes: The American Society of Legal Writers
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- Medical Group Management Association
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- Nebraska Women’s Bar Association
- Current
- Activities: – Chair 2002
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- Alph Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society
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- Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
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- Omaha Chamber of Commerce
- Current
- Activities: – BOSS Group, 2010-present – Health Care Council
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- Omaha Network
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American Bar Association
 # 19767
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1992 –
Current - Activities: – Foundation Fellow, 2014 – Vice Chair, Real Property Trust & Estates Section, October 2015-present ?Member, Digital Assets Committee ?Member, Committee on Small Firms – Commission on the Future of Legal Services, September 2014-present – Vice Chair, Law Practice Division Resolutions Committee, October 2015-present – Vice Chair, Law Practice Division Futures Initiative, September 2014-present – Law Practice Division Executive Council, 2014-present – Law Practice Division Evolving Business Models Task Force, 2014-2015 – Commission on Youth at Risk, May 2013-present – Senior Editorial Board, Law Practice Magazine, September 2012-present – Vice Chair, Law Practice Magazine Board, September 2013-August 2014 – Board of Directors, ABA Law Practice Management Section Women Rainmakers, 2011-2012 – Member of Sections on Taxation, Business Law, International Law and Law Practice Management
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Nebraska State Bar Association
 # 19767
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1992 –
Current - Activities: – Foundation Fellow, 2015 – Member of Sections on Real Estate, Trust and Probate Law, and Business Law – Lawyers’ Assistance Implementation Committee – Publications Committee – Chaired Women and the Law Section – Previous Officer of Business Law Section
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