V. Gene Summerlin

With deep experience in agriculture and civil litigation, Gene has advised clients in Nebraska and nationally for more than two decades. He represents individuals, businesses, livestock breed associations and organic agriculture trade associations, bringing creative solutions to the business challenges faced in litigation. In addition, he frequently writes for agribusiness trade publications and speaks to organic industry groups. Gene’s experience includes large, multiparty cases that involve medical negligence, dissolution of partnerships, intellectual property rights and wrongful death. Among Gene’s agribusiness accomplishments are: Serving as special counsel for the U.S. government in a cattle investment-fraud case involving $3 billion in assets. Defending cattle breed association against accusations that it engaged in monopolization and fraudulent conspiracy to control the national purebred cattle market. Representing farmers in a class action case alleging commercial harm by cross pollination of genetically modified corn.