Elizabeth A. Culhane

Prior to joining Fraser Stryker, Liz served a two-year term as a law clerk for the Honorable C. Arlen Beam, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Liz completed her undergraduate studies at Creighton University in 2003, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Political Science, magna cum laude. She went on to earn her Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2007, where she graduated magna cum laude.

Honors & Awards

• Included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America in the fields of Insurance Law (since 2021) and Transportation Law (since 2022)
• Selected to the 2020-2022 Great Plains Super Lawyers® list 
• Selected to the 2013-2017 Great Plains Super Lawyers® Rising Stars list

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

• Nebraska State Bar Association – House of Delegates Representative for Fourth Judicial District
• Nebraska Bar Foundation – Fellow
• Nebraska Defense Counsel Association – Member
• Iowa State Bar Association, 2017
• Nebraska State Bar Association, 2007
• Omaha Bar Association

Judicial Clerkships

• Law Clerk to the Honorable C. Arlen Beam, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2007-2009

Presentations and Publications

• Joseph K. Meusey and Elizabeth A. Culhane, “State of Nebraska”,  in The Law of Lawyers’ Liability, Fifty-State Survey on Legal Malpractice 287 (Merri A. Baldwin, Scott F. Bertschi & Dylan C. Black, eds., 2012).
• “‘In Accordance With General Principles of Comity’: President Bush’s memorandum in Medellin v. Dretke and the constitutional limitations on the President’s ability to enforce the ICJ’s Avena judgment at the state level”, St. Louis University Law Journal (Spring 2007)