Nebraska Agricultural Law Attorney

Agriculture is an integral component of our nation's economy. It employs many of our nation's workers and supplies our nation with the meat, grain, plants and other products we need. Agriculture is big business. It involves huge sums of money and enormous risks. There is no greater quantity of science in any area of business than in food production. Food production involves genetics, breeding, differential medical diagnoses, prescription and treatment with chemicals, nutrition, herd health, crop health, water purity, soil pollution, complex chemistry, and an array of complex regulations involving crops, milk, meat, vegetables, fruit, and nuts, and other regulatory issues.

Agriculture law is extremely broad. Few other industries involve such complex matters as production issues, banking relations, animal nutrition law and even fraud. Domina Law Group pc llo has experience in agriculture law that is unmatched, and has represented clients faced with a wide array of matters. The firm has handled more than 300 jury trials and more than two-thirds of them have involved agricultural issues. When it comes to agricultural and farming, there is no better firm to handle your legal issues than Domina Law Group.

What is Ag Law?

Agriculture law or "Ag law" addresses the agricultural and farming industry on a whole. This is an extremely wide area of practice with issues ranging from banks and fraud to harmful pesticides and contaminated feed. Our firm's trial experience in this field is unmatched by any other firm. We have led the way in many successful class action lawsuits, personal injury cases and US Court of Claims matters.

Our agricultural trial work includes some of the biggest cases on the national agricultural scene, along with major pronouncements for Midwestern farmers.

Agricultural Contract Litigation

Domina Law Group is one of the few firms with wide-ranging experience in these areas. We have handled marketing and transactional litigation involving beef cattle, cows and calves, dairy cows, embryo transplantation, hog contracts, and packer contracts, and we have consulted in poultry grower cases. Our work with growing crops and crop marketing covers corn, soybeans, hay, specialty crops, raisins, commodities contracts, antitrust issues, etc.

We have stood up for clients in court in cases involving:

• Hedge-to-arrive corn cases
• Captive supply animal slaughter contracts
• Banking claims
• Livestock breach of warranty claims
• Supply contracts

Our firm routinely counsels producers entering marketing arrangements and advocates for producers in contract disputes with meat packers, poultry processors, or other businesses. We offer value negotiations and dispute-prevention services in such cases, and we have helped with cases from New York to California and from Michigan to New Mexico.

Custom Legal Solutions for the Farming Industry

There is no "one size fits all" approach when it comes to legal solutions for our clients. Domina Law Group never approaches two cases the same way. Each client, witnesses and evidence will vary drastically case-to-case. In order to accurately portray our clients' stories to the judge and jury, we understand that we must be meticulous and disciplined, which means that we scour through every detail when it comes to our clients. Every detail down to the last document and form will be executed with purpose, because the ultimate goal is to successfully present a case at trial so we can secure a verdict that meets our clients' needs.

Have you been injured or otherwise wronged? Know that our firm doesn't take on cases simply for financial gain. As a firm, Domina Law Group is driven by a passion for our clients and the message that they want to get out. Many of the cases that we have argued have resulted in law and regulation changes for the betterment of the agricultural industry. We are committed to trial practice that gets real results for each and every individual that comes through our firm. If you're ready to take the first step toward justice, then we encourage you to contact our firm for a free evaluation of your case today. When it comes to matters this important, you can't afford to hire a firm will lesser experience, knowledge or passion than Domina Law Group pc llo.

Domina Law Group - Case Stories

Spray Drift Affects Nebraska Vineyard

Everyone knows Nebraska is a huge agricultural state. After all, we are known as the Cornhusker State. But, did you know that Nebraska has over 200 vineyards? Vineyards, although typically thought to be located on the west coast of the country, are an important part of Nebraska’s families’ livelihoods and job creators for those who are involved in the business of wine production. However, regulations are far behind and not sufficient to protect vineyard operators. Big Ag and the more well-known crops, such as corn and soybeans, are favored. With rampant spraying and use of chemicals designed to increase yields or prevent disease, spray drift is a real problem affecting not only vineyards but all sorts of farmers, including organic farmers.

Domina Law Group and its lawyer, Brian Jorde, represented one of Nebraska’s vineyards in litigation against the State of Nebraska as well as other cooperatives for allegedly multiple instances of spray drift that allegedly nearly wiped out an entire vineyard and caused well in excess of $500,000 in damages.

After years of litigation and developing the liability and causation evidence, working with experts, analyzing the damages, and building a model for our client, we were able to resolve all issues in multiple confidential settlements.

If you or someone you know has suffered from spray drift regardless of the type of crops damaged, you may have a potential case.