Education
Legal Education
- Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska
- J.D.
Non Legal Education
- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
- B.A./B.A.
- Major: Philosophy
- Major: English
Current Employment Position(s)
- Owner, Attorney Higgins Law
Past Positions
- Creighton University, Research Assistant/Law Clerk to R. Collin Mangrum, Professor
Classes and Seminars
- Gays in the Military; moderator, Creighton University of Law, Panel Discussion, 1993
- Relocation (Removal) Cases in Nebraska, NCLE, 2000
- Effective Preparation for Temporary Orders Hearings in Divorce Actions, NSBA Divorce Fundamental Seminar, 2001
- Case and Client Management: Wiretapping, Interruption of Mail, etc., NCLE, 2002
- Temporary Orders Hearings in Dissolution Actions in Nebraska, Annual Family Law Update, 2011
- Appeals of Temporary Orders and Appellate Review of Civil Contempt Actions, NSBA Family Law Update, 2012
Representative Cases
- Farnsworth v. Farnsworth
- Farnsworth v. Farnsworth (II)
- State v. Cook
- State v. Edwards
- Sudik v. Schlautman v. Sudik
- Anderson v. Anderson
- Year: 1996
- Arnold v. Arnold
- Year: 2001
- Hronek v. Brosnan, A-11-000897
- Schroeder v. Michaelis
Published Works
Articles
- Orders, and Other Difficult Family Law Litigation Concerns, 2012 Annual Family Law Update
- Relocation of Children in Nebraska, The Nebraska Lawyer, May 2001
- Some Remarks on Epistemology, Creighton University Journal of Literature and the Arts, Fall 1993
Bar Admissions
- Nebraska, 1993
- U.S. District Court District of Nebraska
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- Nebraska State Bar Association (Family Law Division)
- American Bar Association (Family Law Division)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, 2001 - 2017 (Judicial Nominating Commission)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, 2000 - 2002 (General Judiciary Committee Member)
- Nebraska State Bar Association (Judiciary Subcommittee for Bench Bar Conference, 2000)
- Nebraska State Bar Association (Judiciary Subcommittee on Judicial Evaluation, 2001)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, 1993 - Present (Family Law Section Member)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, 2001 - 2002 (Family Law Section Faculty)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, Family Law Section (Executive Committee Member)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2002 - 2003 (Vice Chairman)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2003 - 2004 (Chairman)
- Nebraska State Bar Association Family Law Section (Co-Chairman, Planning Committee Yearly Family Law Seminar, 2003)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, Family Law Section (Chairman, Planning Committee Yearly Family Law Seminar, 2004)
- Nebraska State Bar Association (Divorce Fundamentals Half Day Program Faculty, 2001)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, 2001 - 2002 (Nebraska Legal Services: Volunteer Attorney)
- Nebraska State Bar Association, 2003 - 2005 (Volunteer Attorney Referral Program)
- AAJ Volunteer Attorney
- Local and Regional Trial Competition Judge, Creighton University
- American Bar Association (Family Law Section Past Member)
- American Bar Association, Law Practice Management Section, 2004 - Present (Member)
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section, - 2004 (Past Member)
- American Bar Association, Science & Technology Law Section, 2004 - Present (Member)
- Omaha Bar Association (Member)
Attorney Details
| Full Name | Matthew S. Higgins |
| Firm | Higgins Law |
| Address | 209 S.19th St., Douglas Building, Suite 440, Omaha, NE 68102 |
| Phone | 402-933-7600 |
| Phone | 402-933-9442 |
| Website | www.familylawomaha.com |
| New Clients | ✓ Currently accepting |