MCGRATH NORTH
LAW FIRM
McGrath North is an Omaha-based national law firm that offers its clients a comprehensive, nationwide legal practice together with the integrity, personal attention and work ethic of a mid-sized midwestern firm. The firm was founded over a half century ago and has grown into one of the largest law firms in Nebraska.
Nick provides his Transition Planning, Succession Planning and Exit Planning services as an attorney with McGrath North from its Omaha, Nebraska offices.
Nick Niemann is a long time partner in the firm. He has been with the firm since 1983.
In addition to business owner transition planning, succession planning and exit planning, Nebraska based McGrath North offers clients a broad range of legal experience with expertise in virtually every area of the law. These areas include corporate and business law, general and specialized litigation, tax and estate planning, legislative/governmental regulation, marketing and advertising, antitrust, white collar criminal defense, employee benefits, environmental, health care, insurance, international, labor, intellectual property, commercial contracts and finance, mergers and acquisitions, site selection incentives and real estate.
McGrath North's broad range of experience and expertise has made it the firm of choice for business leaders. Its clients include Fortune 500 companies, small and mid-sized businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs from virtually every industry.
www.McGrathNorth.com
RESOURCE AFFILIATIONS
BRIEFBACK BUSINESS
INSTITUTE 
The BriefBack Business Institute LLC was founded by Nick Niemann. Based in Omaha, Nebraska, it publishes guidance on the next moves which business owners need to take to successfully achieve their transition planning, succession planning and exit planning goals.
The Institute's name is derived from the U.S. military forces term, "briefback", a written plan which outlines a specific proposed mission down to the last detail needed for a successful mission - including objectives, planning, implementation and exit.
Nick provides his Speaking Engagements and book publishing through BriefBack.
www.OwnersNextMove.com
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
INSTITUTE
The Business Enterprise Institute, based in Denver, Colorado, is the country's leading transition, succession and exit planning organization for advisors. It trains its members in the various techniques and tools needed to assist business owners in being successful in building, transitioning and exiting from their companies.
Nick Niemann is a long time member. He has also helped to train its members during its annual national program.
www.ExitPlanning.com
www.ExitPlanningForAdvisors.com
VISTAGE INTERNATIONAL
www.Vistage.com
NEWSLETTER
Business Owners and Advisors: To sign up for our complimentary e-Newsletter, please contact Nick's assistant, Joan. Click here.
NICK NIEMANN
Nick Niemann began his business career helping his family build, innovate, grow and manage their various business interests in restaurants, supermarkets, real estate, ranching, farming, construction and retail merchandising.
Practice. As a practicing Transition, Succession and Exit Planning Attorney, he works with business owners around the country. Using The Next Move ProgramTM which he designed and created, he works with business owners and their other trusted advisors to design and implement a specific plan to protect, innovate, grow and transition their companies to their successors. He works with owners to achieve the personal, family, business and financial legacies they want to achieve. His approach also helps preserve and enhance the continuity and growth of business activity and jobs for the community.
Experience. Nick has advised business owners for over a quarter of a century. He is a frequent speaker at national and regional business planning programs for business, industry and professional groups.
He has provided guidance for business owners in many business sectors. These include consumer product manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, business services, food and beverage, construction, engineering, health care, agribusiness, real estate, distribution, financial services, retail, human resources, franchise, and consumer services.
Background. Nick is highly respected within the legal community. He has an AV rating from the Martindale-Hubbell National Law Directory (the highest peer review rating for legal ability and ethical standards). He has been awarded Lifetime Fellow status by the Nebraska State Bar.
Community. When Nebraska was facing economic stagnation in 1986, the business community and legislative leaders looked to Nick to design a platform for the State of Nebraska to grow business throughout our communities. Nick designed and drafted Nebraska’s game changing business growth legislation. Basing the program on his understanding of company business models, his innovative programs have helped over 600 businesses to achieve long-term, sustainable growth while creating over 100,000 new jobs and $20 billion new capital investment throughout Nebraska. This business growth and business owner succession platform has for over two decades continued to help Nebraska businesses to expand effectively exempt from Nebraska income and sales taxes. His programs have also enabled thousands of Nebraska business owners to transition and exit their companies exempt from Nebraska capital gain taxes. This has helped Nebraska to retain many of its top entrepreneurs in Nebraska as active participants in the Nebraska community.
Nick presently serves on the Headquarters Target Advisory Group and the Small Business Council for the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
Education. Nick graduated from Creighton University’s College of Business in 1978, summa cum laude, with a degree in accounting and has a CPA certificate. He received his J.D. from Creighton’s School of Law in 1981, magna cum laude. He has served on the adjunct faculty of Creighton’s School of Law, teaching transition, succession and exit planning, taxation, business valuation and estate planning.
Family. Nick first learned the ins and outs of business at the heels of his grandfather and father. His grandfather opened his first corner grocery store in 1917. Upon his death in 1969, he had already laid in a transition and succession plan to transfer his growing supermarket chain to Nick's father and uncle. They continued to operate and grow this business into a successful regional supermarket chain, operating across a variety of supermarket business models, including full service and discount formats (such as Cub Foods, County Market, Save-A-Lot). In 1997, Nick's father completed his successful transition and exit from Niemann Foods, Inc. and a number of other family businesses.
In 1980 Nick married his college sweetheart, Ann Marie Forbes. They were blessed with their first child in 1981. They have been married for over 30 years and have six children and nine grandchildren.
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
• Business Enterprise Institute
• American and Nebraska Bar Associations
• American Institute and Nebraska Society of CPAs
• Financial Planning Association
• National Center For Employee Ownership
• Vistage International Trusted Advisor Board
• Vistage International National Resource Speaker
BOOK AUTHOR
• The Next Move For Business Owners
• The Next Move For Families
• Exit On Your Terms
SAMPLE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• U.S. - Vistage CEO Boards
• Denver–BEI National Conference
• Kansas City–MOKAN Regional Conference
• Las Vegas – MRI Global Conference
• Dallas – AAFD National Conference
• Omaha–Great Plains Regional Conference
• Charlotte–McDonald’s National Conference
• Omaha–Home Instead National Conference
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Nick Niemann provides several programs (for breakfast or lunch meetings or as an event keynote speaker) and workshops (for CEO groups and for company strategic planning teams) to business, association, civic and community groups around the country. These cover transition, succession and exit planning for business owners and business model innovation for company visionaries and game changers. These include, for example:
• "Overcoming The 12 Reasons Business Owner
Transitions Fail"
• "Break It and Make It - How To Successfully
Transform Your Business Model".
Nick is an approved National Resource Speaker for Vistage International. Vistage Boards can schedule Nick for the Business Model workshop through their Vistage Chair.
Other companies and organizations can schedule Nick for a speaking engagement, or can obtain more information, by contacting Nick's assistant, Joan, at (402) 633-1496.
