Recognitions
- Woods Aitken is recognized in Chambers USA 2024 under Colorado: Construction, Nebraska: Corporate/Commercial, Nebraska: Labor & Employment, and Nebraska: Real Estate. Nine of our attorneys are also included in the publication’s prestigious rankings.
- Woods Aitken was awarded 24 rankings in 14 practice areas in the 2025 edition of U.S. News-Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.” This includes a National Tier 2 ranking for Construction Law, National Tier 2 ranking for Litigation-Construction, and 22 Metropolitan rankings (Colorado; Lincoln; Omaha).
- The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 features 29 of our attorneys (20 attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® list and nine attorneys named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America list). Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers® lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. The Ones to Watch® recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers.
- Nine of our attorneys have been included in the Thomson Reuters list of 2024 Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
- Woods Aitken received the 2015 Better Business Bureau (BBB) Integrity Award for Metro Lincoln Businesses with 50-149 employees. These awards focus on demonstrated ethical business practices with key stakeholders including customers, employees and community at large, rather than a company’s growth, profitability or popularity.
- Woods Aitken is recognized in The National Law Journal’s 2021 Verdicts Hall of Fame and The National Law Journal’s 2016 Elite Trial Lawyers report. In 2016, following a four-week trial, an Omaha jury awarded client Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. $108.9 million in a contractual indemnity and negligence case arising out of a ConAgra plant explosion. The award, more than double the largest in Nebraska history at the time, was identified by NLJ as one of the top verdicts of the year. The case is also featured in The National Law Journal’s Top 100 Verdicts of 2016.
- Many of our attorneys have achieved an AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell. This is a significant rating accomplishment and is a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.
- Two of our attorneys are recognized in Who’s Who Legal. Since 1996, Who’s Who Legal has identified the foremost legal practitioners in multiple areas of law. Candidates are selected for inclusion in Who’s Who Legal through surveys and interviews with firm clients and private practice professionals.