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The lawyers of Young & White offer a depth of expertise and experience in a broad range of legal areas. They have represented clients in courtrooms across the country. Their credentials reflect Young & White’s commitment to excellence in providing professional legal services to clients. Young & White attorneys combine their diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise to tailor a team which specifically meets each client’s short-term and long-term legal needs, cost-effectively and in a timely manner.
Members of the firm:
- Duncan A. Young, Partner
- Jeff C. Miller, Partner
- John J. Heieck, Associate
Our Partners & Associates
Duncan A. Young
Partner
Duncan A. Young has an extensive and diverse depth of experience providing legal counsel to individual, private and public clients. In addition to Nebraska, Young has litigated cases in state and federal courts across the country, including courts in New York, California, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. He has also been admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
Young received his law degree (J.D.) in 1978 from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He was admitted to the Nebraska Bar in 1978. He has also been admitted to the U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. In 1994, he was admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, and in 1999 to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Born in Richland, Washington, Young was raised in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his B.A. from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, in 1973.
Young is a member of the Omaha, Nebraska State and American Bar Associations. He is also a member of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, the Nebraska Council of School Attorneys and the West O Chamber.
Jeff C. Miller
Partner
Jeff C. Miller received his law degree (J.D.) in 1984 from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. That same year, he was admitted into the Nebraska Bar and the U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska. In 1990, Miller was admitted into the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. In 1994, he was admitted into the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. And, in 1999, Miller was admitted into the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington D.C.
Miller received his B.S. in 1980 from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He began his legal career as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Frank E. Henderson of the South Dakota Supreme Court, and, in 1986, was admitted into the South Dakota Bar and the U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota.
Miller is a member of the Omaha and Nebraska State Bar Associations as well as the State Bar of South Dakota. He is also a member of the Nebraska Council of School Attorneys and the West O Chamber.
John J. Heieck
Associate
John J. Heieck received his law degree (JD) in 2007 from Creighton University, where he graduated Cum Laude. At Creighton, Heieck was on Law Review, two award-winning moot court teams, and Mangrum’s advanced trial team.
Heieck received his BA in English from the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was named a Notre Dame Scholar. He has also received a Master of Laws (LLM) from Leiden University in The Netherlands and a PhD in Law from the University of Kent in the United Kingdom. Heieck has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, including a book, a book chapter, and an encyclopedia entry, about some of today’s most pressing legal issues.
Heieck is a member of the Omaha and Nebraska State Bar Associations. He has been licensed to practice law before the Nebraska Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska since 2007.