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Maggie L. Ebert

Partner

Litigation
Omaha P: 402.231.8943 F: 402.346.1148

Maggie focuses her practice on intellectual property, antitrust, and complex commercial litigation in both state and federal court. Maggie is also an expert on immigration work for internationally recognized entertainment groups performing in the United States.

  • J.D., University of Nebraska College of Law, with Distinction; Executive Editor, Nebraska Law Review
  • B.A., Colorado State University, summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
  • Prague University of Economics and Business, Central and East European Studies Program
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
  • Nebraska
  • Catalyst Foundation, President
  • Nebraska State Bar Association
  • Omaha Bar Association
  • Robert M. Spire American Inns of Court Pro Bono Chair, Executive Committee (former membership chair)
  • American Bar Association
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • National Association of Women Lawyers
  • Playing with Fire, Inc., Free Concert Series, Board Member

Maggie is a litigation partner in the Omaha office of Kutak Rock who focuses on intellectual property, antitrust, and complex commercial litigation. Her litigation practice is national in scope and she has litigated cases in various state and federal courts across the country.

She has brought and defended numerous claims for trademark infringement, patent infringement, use of likeness, and misappropriation of trade secrets. Her antitrust practice centers around nationwide class-action, multi-defendant, multi-district, antitrust cases.

In her commercial practice, Maggie is an expert on liability for commercial speech and has successfully obtained consent judgments and settled claims for defamation, trade libel, false advertising, and violations of the First Amendment. Maggie also frequently advises clients on claims for tortious interference with a business expectancy, breach of contract, civil fraud, unfair competition, deceptive trade practices, and other business torts.

Maggie has substantial experience with records management, e-discovery, and major discovery documentation review, including expertise with numerous e-discovery platforms.

In addition to her litigation practice, Maggie has a 100% success rate for obtaining P-1B visas for internationally recognized entertainment groups coming to the United States to perform at top-rated venues and music and art festivals across the country. Maggie’s immigration clients have included some of Europe’s finest, award-winning musicians and bands such as Aynsley Lister (England), Ben Poole (England), Catfish (England), When Rivers Meet (England), Wille and the Bandits (England), Dom Martin (Northern Ireland), King King (Scotland), The Cardinal Black (Wales), Gunwood (France), Thorbjorn Risager and the Black Tornado (Denmark), Twelve Bar Blues Band (Netherlands), and the world-renown street theatre company Close-Act Theatre (Netherlands).

On the pro bono side, Maggie assists low-income families with the Green Card application process.

Maggie served as a law clerk for the Honorable Lyle E. Strom of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. Maggie assisted Judge Strom with over 20 jury trials in the District of Nebraska and the Northern District of New York and with appeals in the Eighth and Ninth Circuits. Maggie also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Michael G. Heavican, Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court. As a law student, she served as a summer intern for the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Nebraska.

Publications
  • "Look For Flags On Expert Claims After Sunday Ticket Reversal," Law360, August 2024
  • “Using O and P Visas to Bring Foreign Entertainers, Artists, and Athletes to the United States,” The Nebraska Lawyer, May/June 2019
  • Note, Up in Smoke: Hug & Henstock, Inc. v. Omaha, 275 Neb. 820, 749 N.W. 2d 884 (2008), Home-Rule City Authority Diminished by the Nebraska Special Legislation Provision, 88 NEBRASKA LAW REVIEW 612 (2010)
Government Service
  • Hon. Michael G. Heavican, Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court (judicial clerkship, 2012-2013)
  • Hon. Lyle E. Strom, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (judicial clerkship, 2010-2012)

  • Successfully brought a motion to dissolve a preliminary injunction in a trade secret misappropriation case, collected the bond for her client, and defended the dissolution on appeal.
  • Successfully defeated claims brought under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and defeated two motions for temporary restraining orders while the case was pending.
  • Successfully struck expert under the Daubert standards and defeated Lanham Act claim for false statements.
  • Successfully negotiated various complex cases under the Lanham Act for use of likeness.
  • Successfully defended highly contested claims for trade secret misappropriation, related torts, and specific performance for breach of contract in federal court on a summary judgment motion and successfully defended the judgment on appeal.
  • Successfully defended claims for spoliation of evidence in a highly contested case regarding trade secret misappropriation.
  • Successfully secured summary judgment in state court in a breach of contract action, proving meritless multiple affirmative defenses brought against her client’s claim for breach.
  • Successfully secured a default judgment in state court in a breach of contract action.
  • Negotiated favorable settlement of breach of contract action involving purchase of real estate.
  • Judy Jien, et al., v. Perdie Farms, Inc. et al., District of Maryland, Case No. 1:19-CV-2521.
  • Successfully negotiated settlement in shareholder dispute.
  • Successfully defended complex claims for trademark infringement involving allegations of fraud in a landslide victory in federal court on a summary judgment motion and was awarded all attorneys’ fees as part of the final judgment.
  • Successfully defended claims for tortious interference with a business expectancy, defamation, and deceptive trade practices involving business competitors in state court on a summary judgment motion.
  • Successfully brought claim for breach of contract involving social media software in federal court on a summary judgment motion and successfully defended the judgment on appeal.
  • Negotiated multiple favorable settlements of complex litigation matters involving misappropriation of trade secrets and related claims.
  • Negotiated favorable settlement of breach of contract action involving complex indemnity issues related to medical billing.
  • Negotiated favorable settlement of breach of contract action involving commercial landlord/tenant dispute.
  • Negotiated multiple favorable consent judgments and settlements of matters involving defamation and related claims.
  • In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation, Northern District of Illinois, Case No. 1:16-cv-08637.
  • In re Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Litigation, Northern District of Ohio, Case No. 1:10-md-02196.
  • The Government of Puerto Rico v. The Carpenter Company, et al., District of Puerto Rico, Civil No. 18-1987.

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  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, 2025 
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Litigation – Intellectual Property, 2023-2025 
  • Top Women Leaders in Law by Women We Admire, 2023-2024
  • CALI Award for Academic Excellence in Criminal Law (highest grade)
  • University of Nebraska College of Law Regents Scholar (full-ride merit-based scholarship)
  • Colorado State University Deborah M. Barney Memorial Award Recipient (merit-based scholarship awarded to the most promising future law student of the graduating class)
  • Colorado State University Lang Political Science Scholarship (merit-based scholarship awarded to future law student demonstrating high involvement with campus or community activities)
  • Colorado State University Outstanding Junior of the Political Science Department (merit-based scholarship)
  • Colorado State University Liberal Arts Alumni Scholarship (merit-based scholarship awarded to student with highest record of academic achievement)
  • Colorado State University Honors Program Enrichment Award (merit-based scholarship for study abroad program)
  • Colorado State University Provost Scholarship (four-year merit-based scholarship for non-resident student)
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