Daniel Wintz
Probate, trust administration, wills, special needs trusts, powers of attorney
• Immediate Past Nebraska State Chairman American College of Trust
and Estate Counsel [ACTEC]
• Certified Estate Planning Law Specialist
• Member Board of Directors Estate Law Specialist Board, Inc., the
only estate planning certification organization accredited by the
American Bar Association
• Martindale-Hubbell AV-Preeminent Peer Review Rating and
Distinguished Peer and Client Reviews
• Best Lawyers in America
• Super Lawyers
• Omaha Estate Planning Council
• Creighton University School of Law – Estate Planning Adjunct
Professor
• Nebraska Bar Association - Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section
• Iowa Bar Association - Elder Law and Probate, Trust & Estate Planning
Sections
• 2011 Nebraska Partnership for Philanthropic Planning Community
Sower Award
Ranked Tier 1 and Best Lawyer in Trusts & Estates Law and Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, and Elder Law in the Omaha region by Best Lawyers in the Eighth Edition of "Best Law Firms" for demonstrating a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise in these practice areas.
Daniel Wintz has been elected as an ACTEC Fellow in its exclusive Fiduciary Litigation and the Fiduciary Administration Sections.
Daniel J. Wintz has been recognized repeatedly by his peers as Omaha’s “Lawyer of the Year” for Trusts and Estates.
Daniel J. Wintz has been elected to the Great Plains Super Lawyers list in the practice area of Estate Planning & Probate, an honor reserved for lawyers who exhibit excellence in a practice area.
Daniel J. Wintz has been designated by his peers as "Lawyer of the Year" for his work in Elder Law in annual Omaha editions of The Best Lawyers in America.
Legal practice dedicated to ESTATE PLANNING, LIVING TRUSTS, SPECIAL NEEDS TRUSTS, WILLS, FINANCIAL AND MEDICAL DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY, ESTATE ADMINISTRATION, PROBATE, and FIDUCIARY REPRESENTATION
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln
- J.D. (1975) | Law
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- University of Chicago
- B.A. (1972) | Tudor-Stuart British Intellectual History
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- Director
- Gross Welch Marks Clare PC LLO
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- Practice is dedicated to estate planning, wills, living trusts, powers of attorney, probate, trust administration, special needs trusts, and elder law.
- Attorney Member
- Badura & Wintz Law LLC
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- Practice is dedicated to estate planning, wills, living trusts, powers of attorney, probate, trust administration, special needs trusts, and elder law.
- Attorney Member
- Koley Jessen, P.C. LLO
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- Practice focused only qualified retirement plans, deferred compensation, equity based compensation, and estate tax planning, wills, and living trusts.
- Attorney Member
- Fraser Stryker P.C. LLO
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- Practice focused only qualified retirement plans, deferred compensation, equity based compensation, employee benefit plans, and estate tax planning, wills, and living trusts.
- Creation and Administration of Trusts
- Nebraska State Bar Association
- Considerations for Employee Benefit Plans and Human Resource Practices Following United States v. Windsor
- The Nebraska Lawyer
- The New Uniform Nebraska Directed Trust Act - NRS § 30-4301 to § 30-4319, Omaha, NE
- Omaha Estate Planning Council
- This presentation explored the mandatory fiduciary duties of both a directed trustee and a trust director. Discussed the kinds of powers that can be granted to a trust director (and grants of powers that do not create trust director status), the default and mandatory fiduciary duties of the trust director, the fiduciary duty of a directed trustee, and the Act’s rules for information sharing and monitoring among trust directors and directed trustees.
- The New Uniform Nebraska Directed Trust Act, 2020 John M. Gradwohl Estate and Business Planning Program, Lincoln, NE
- The University of Nebraska College of Law
- This presentation explored the mandatory fiduciary duties of both a directed trustee and a trust director. Discussed the kinds of powers that can be granted to a trust director (and grants of powers that do not create trust director status), the default and mandatory fiduciary duties of the trust director, the fiduciary duty of a directed trustee, and the Act’s rules for information sharing and monitoring among trust directors and directed trustees.
- Changes in Attitudes Changes in Latitudes, Drafting Considerations Under the Title 4 of the Uniform Trust Code, Bar Association Annual Meeting, Lincoln, Ne
- Nebraska State Bar Association
- Certified Estate Planning Law Specialist
- American Bar Association
- "Lawyer of the Year" for his work in Elder Law in Omaha
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Ranked among America’s “Best Law Firms.” Badura & Wintz Law LLC received Tier 1 (the highest) rankings in Trusts & Estates Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, and Elder Law in the Omaha Metropolitan area
- Badura & Wintz Law LLC
- Badura & Wintz Law LLC received Tier 1 (the highest) rankings in Trusts & Estates Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, and Elder Law in the Omaha Metropolitan area
- Elected to participate in ACTEC’s exclusive Fiduciary Litigation and Retirement Plans in Estate Planning Sections
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- George H. Turner Award
- Nebraska State Bar Association
- For demonstrating unusual effort in furthering public understanding of the legal system, the administration of justice, and confidence in the legal profession
- 2019 AV Preeminent
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Based on Peer Reviews
- American College of Trsut and Estate Counsel ("ACTEC")
- Fellow
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- Activities: Fiduciary Litigation and Retirement Plans in Estate Planning Sections
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- Iowa State Bar Association
- Member
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- Omaha Estate Planning Council
- Member
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- Nebraska State Bar
- Member
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- Activities: Estate and Probate Section; Rural Practice Initiative
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- Iowa
- Supreme Court of Iowa
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- Nebraska
- Nebraska State Bar Association
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- 8th Circuit
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- U. S. Tax Court
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- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Elder Law
- Website
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