As an experienced attorney, Mr. John Boyer focuses his practice on assisting individuals, families, and nonprofit organizations with a variety of matters. His legal practice includes estate planning, probate, business succession planning, taxation counsel, and business and corporate matters.
- Teton Acquisition Corp. MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.) merger ($2.5 billion “going private” transaction)
- Children’s Hospital, $57,000,000 Bond Issue (1997)
- Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame Inductee (2014) Learn More
- Rated AV® Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell®
- American Bar Association
- Nebraska State Bar Association
- Omaha Bar Association
- Fellow – Nebraska State Bar Foundation
Civic Activities
- President, Member, Board of Directors – Omaha Zoological Society, Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
- President, Secretary, Member; Board of Directors – Omaha Zoo Foundation
- Member, Executive Committee; Board of Directors; General Counsel; Past Chairman (2005) – Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce
- Member, Board of Policy Advisors – Peter Kiewit Institute of Information Science, Technology, and Engineering, University of Nebraska Omaha
- Member, Executive Committee; Board of Directors – The Durham Museum
- Secretary – Omaha Performing Arts Society (Holland Performing Arts Center & Orpheum Theater)
- Member, Board of Directors – Omaha Development Foundation
- Member, Board of Directors Omaha Development Council, Inc.
- Past Chairman, current Member, Board of Trustees; Citizen of the Year (2004); Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (1996) – Mid-America Council, Boy Scouts of America
- Past Member, Board of Directors; current Member, Board of Trustees – University of Nebraska Foundation
Corporate Affiliations
- Member, Board of Directors – MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (a Berkshire Hathaway Company)
- Secretary and Member, Board of Directors – Tetrad Holdings Company
- President and Member, Board of Directors – Fungo, Inc. (Omaha Storm Chasers, AAA Baseball)
Foundation Affiliations
- Secretary, Member; Board of Directors – Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation
- Trustee, Secretary – Clifton and Anne Stuart Batchelder Foundation
Other Affiliations
- Other – Secretary and/or director of numerous corporations, foundations, and professional corporations
- Film production: Lewis & Clark Great Journey West (IMAX Format), Executive Producer; and Kilimanjaro to the Roof of Africa (IMAX Format), Production Executive
- Lecturer on Sales and Use Tax, Multistate Income Tax, Real Estate Tax, Nonprofit Taxation Matters, Personal Property Tax before the Nebraska Bar Association; American Bar Association; Section on Taxation; National Tax Association; American Academy of Hospital Attorneys
- Author, “The Impact of Pacific Power and Light Company v. Department of Revenue.” 286 Or 529, 596 P.2nd 912 (1975) on Future Administrative and Judicial Proceedings, National Tax Association Proceedings (1980)
- Co-Author, “Sales and Use Tax Handbook, Nebraska Sales and Use Tax” (1988), (1989), (1990), (1991), (American Bar Association, Section of Taxation)
- Author, “Real Estate Taxes–Constitutional Issues, Protests, and Appeals.” Nebraska Bar Association, 1989
- Author, “Multistate Income Issues–A National Concern.” American Bar Association, 1982
Education
- J.D., University of Nebraska College of Law, 1969
- B.A., Economics, Southern Methodist University, 1966
Bar Admission
- Nebraska
- U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court