Profile
Brandon R. Tomjack’s clients include large national banks, regional banks, community banks, credit unions, and other creditors. He practices in both state and federal courts, including the United States bankruptcy court, representing clients as secured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings and litigation involving commercial transactions. Brandon also assists clients with both commercial and residential real estate foreclosures, replevins, non-judicial repossessions and sales of personal property, liquidation of SBA and USDA-guaranteed loans, non-judicial workouts, and the Uniform Commercial Code.
Brandon frequently writes and lectures on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights issues and the Uniform Commercial Code. He teaches the “Introduction to Bankruptcy” course at the American Bankers Association’s annual Commercial Lending Schools. He is included in Great Plains Super Lawyers for his work in bankruptcy and creditors’ rights and has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2019. Brandon was also named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® in 2023 and 2025 for Omaha Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law.
Areas of Practice
Education
- University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 2004
- University of Nebraska at Lincoln, B.S., Criminal Justice, 2001
Bar & Court Admissions
- Iowa, 2005
- Nebraska, 2004
- United States District Court, District of Nebraska, 2004
- Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2006
- United States District Court, Northern District of Iowa, 2008
- United States District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 2009
Professional & Civic Affiliations
- American Bar Association – Business Section
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Nebraska State Bar Association
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Omaha Bar Association
- A Time to Heal Cancer Foundation, Board of Directors and Past President
Selected Practice Highlights
- Representing primary secured lenders in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases involving, among other things, hotels, apartment complexes, dairies, farms, manufacturing companies, and corn oil and ethanol facilities
- Representing Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustee of large nursing home and assisted living facility
- Representing secured lenders in Chapter 12 bankruptcy cases involving a variety of farming operations
- Defending clients against “clawback” actions brought by bankruptcy trustee arising under the bankruptcy code for alleged preferential or fraudulent transfers
- Representing state court-appointed receiver of manufacturing company and facilitated successful liquidation of company
- Representing credit unions as creditor in individual chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcy cases, including seeking relief from stay, obtaining adequate protection, negotiating bankruptcy plan terms, and defending property valuations
Selected Recent Publications
- “Counselor’s Corner: A Victory for Secured Lenders,” Nebraska Banker Magazine, December, 2021
