21 Oct 2020
Jason W. Grams, ’07, of was elected President-Elect Designate to succeed William Mueller as President-Elect. Grams will serve as Nebraska State Bar Association President from October 2022 to October 2023.
Jason Grams is a partner of Lamson, Dugan & Murray, LLP. Jason advises businesses and individuals in complex litigation matters. He represents clients in the transportation, energy, agriculture and livestock, insurance and financial, health care, technology, and professional services industries in resolving business disputes, administrative and regulatory actions, state and federal court cases and appeals. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to Chief Judge William Jay Riley of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and to Senior Judge Lyle E. Strom of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Jason has served the NSBA as a house of delegates member since 2013, is a graduate of the NSBA leadership academy, and a member of the practice and procedure committee and the appellate practice section. He is the secretary of the Eighth Circuit Bar Association and the Nebraska delegate to the Eighth Circuit Advisory Committee. He is a member of the executive council of the Omaha Bar Association. Mr. Grams is also a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a member of the Iowa State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Federal Bar Association. He has been a member of the Robert M. Spire (Omaha) American Inn of Court for many years and served as its treasurer from 2010-2014 and its president from 2014-2015.
Jason is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubble and is listed in Best Lawyers and Great Plains Super Lawyers for commercial litigation. He graduated with high distinction from the University of Nebraska College of Law (order of the coif, order of the barristers). In law school, Jason was an executive editor of the Nebraska Law Review, a member of the national moot court team, and winner of numerous scholarships and awards. Jason and his wife, UNO philosopher Dr. Laura W. Grams, have three children, Elizabeth, Alexis, and Patton.