About Tom

     Thomas E. (Tom) Whitmore was educated at Creighton University in Omaha. He began his career in 1969 as an associate at a prominent Omaha business law firm.  In 1970, he accepted an opportunity to enter corporate practice, first with Fairmont Foods Company, a New York Stock Exchange listed Company and later with the Foods Division of The Coca Cola Company.  He resumed private law practice when he joined  McGrath, North, O'Malley & Kratz, the law firm that represents ConAgra, Inc. and Valmont Industries, Inc. as well as a number of prominent Omaha business interests. In 1979, he left that firm to establish his own practice.

     Tom has evolved a law practice and concentrates his efforts in three areas:  Corporate/commercial law, estate planning and probate and real estate transactions and financing.

     Tom is a member Unity Church of Omaha (Board of Trustees 1999-2003) and was the original webmaster of the church's website (http://unityomaha.org). He is a student of A Course in Miracles and has been active in copyright issues involving the Course.

Employment History

• Whitmore Law Office, Omaha, Nebraska
  Principal of the firm and predecessors, October 1989 to present
• Harris, Feldman Law Offices, Omaha, Nebraska
  Member of the firm, July 1984 to October 1989
• Thomas E. Whitmore, P.C., Omaha, Nebraska
  Principal of the firm and predecessors, 1979 to 1984
• McGrath, North, O'Malley & Kratz, P.C., Omaha, Nebraska
  Associate, 1978
  Partner, 1979
• The Coca-Cola Company-Foods Division, Houston, Texas
  Attorney, 1977 to 1978
• Fairmont Foods Company, Houston, Texas 
  Attorney, 1971 to 1974
  Assistant Secretary, 1974 to 1977
  Senior Attorney, 1974 to 1977
• Monen, Seidler & Ryan Law Offices, Omaha, Nebraska
  Associate Attorney, 1969 to 1971

Education

• Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska
• Juris Doctorate cum laude, 1969
• Class rank: First in class of 64
• Editor in Chief, Creighton Law Review, 1968-1969
• Creighton University College of Business Administration, Omaha, Nebraska
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1967; General Business Major, Minors in Finance and Economics
• Fraternity: Alpha Sigma Nu, National Honor Society

Awards and Prizes

• Academic scholarships for all academic years
• Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1968-1969
• American Jurisprudence Citations for Scholastic Excellence in 17 law school courses
• Faculty of Law Award, June 1969
• First prize, Omaha National Bank Estate Planning Contest, Spring 1969

Professional Associations and Achievements

• American Bar Association Committee on Real Estate Financing, Section of Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law; and Section for Corporation, Banking and Business Law
• Nebraska State Bar Association, Section of Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law (Secretary and Member of Executive Committee, 1983-1985)
• Admitted to Practice:
  Supreme Court of Nebraska
  United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
• Who's Who in American Law, 1977 - Present
• International Who's Who, 1995 to present
• Who's Who Life Member, 1999
• Martindale-Hubbell av rating

Presentations

• CLE Lectures: Real Estate Practice in the '80s--"Structuring the Financing, Equity Financing, Syndications, Joint Ventures, Using Existing Debt," Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., September 17, 1982
• Practice Under the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, "Changes Affecting Individual Taxpayers," Creighton University School of Law, October 17, 1981