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We focus our practice on broker/dealer and registered investment advisor representation, securities, real estate finance, and real estate development.
11422 Miracle Hills Drive Suite 401 Fax: 402.504.3951 |
Quality people make the difference!
Of Counsel
Mick & Associates works with the following independent firms and individuals: Real Estate Underwriting Q10 | Daisley Ruff Financial Corporation Oil & Gas Billman Geologic Consultants, Inc.
Management & Support Team
Attorneys 
Bryan S. Mick, JD, MBA Bryan S. Mick is the President of Mick & Associates, P.C., LLO in Omaha, Nebraska, and a provider of independent due diligence services for various broker-dealers and registered investment advisors throughout the country. Mr. Mick was formerly a partner with Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, a regional law firm based in Kansas City, Missouri. His private practice involves not only broker-dealer representation but real estate acquisition, development, and finance. He was also general counsel and investment banking Sr. VP for a broker-dealer in Omaha that syndicated real estate equity offerings in hospitality, senior living, office and retail development and acquisition. Mr. Mick's due diligence representation involves a concentration in real estate equity fund, development project, distressed debt and REIT reviews. He provides his clients individualized legal opinions with an additional focus on project and fund structure, financing, valuation and exit analysis. Mr. Mick is also privileged to represent several life insurance companies, apartment and subdivision developers, conduit loan servicers and real estate loan opportunity funds. Mr. Mick received his Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts degree (Finance) and Master of Business Administration degree from Creighton University. He graduated in 1989 from the Creighton University School of Law (with distinction), where he was a member of the Creighton Law Review and authored an ABA-nominated article on hostile takeover defenses. He has also published a number of articles, and presented at many national conferences, covering syndicated tenant-in-common real estate offerings. Mr. Mick is admitted to practice in Nebraska as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, and is a member of the Securities and Real Estate Sections of the ABA. 
Erik C. Booth, JD Erik C. Booth is an associate with Mick & Associates. Mr. Booth's practice focuses on preparing independent third-party due diligence opinions related primarily to real estate equity funds, REITs and sponsor-level reviews. Mr. Booth also represents clients in all aspects of real estate acquisition, financing, development, leasing and sales, as well as assisting commercial lenders with the structuring of real estate mortgages, deeds of trust, promissory notes and related closing documentation. In addition, Mr. Booth's practice involves assisting clients with the formation, purchase and sale of various business entities, as well as representing clients' interests in real estate related litigation. Prior to joining Mick & Associates, Mr. Booth practiced primarily in the areas of general and commercial litigation with a larger Omaha law firm, and earlier represented the interests of various county governmental departments and elected officials as a Deputy Douglas County Attorney. In addition, prior to moving to Omaha, Mr. Booth operated his own law office as a sole-practitioner for three years in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Booth received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in May of 2000. He also received his Bachelor of Science degree from Truman State University majoring in History in May of 1997. Mr. Booth is admitted to practice in Iowa and Nebraska as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Iowa, the District of Nebraska and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. 
Bradford Updike, LLM, JD, CSA Brad Updike joined our team on August 15, 2006. Mr. Updike's practice focuses on oil and gas, real estate fund and private equity due diligence and advertising review. Prior to joining Mick & Associates, Mr. Updike worked as an attorney at Securities America, Inc. ("SAI"), where he provided legal support to the SAI Compliance Department on tax planning and securities advertising regulation. Mr. Updike is well-versed on the rules that apply to securities advertising, and he has successfully filed hundreds of marketing pieces with the National Association of Securities Dealers. Mr. Updike provided legal support to SAI's Due Diligence Committee on §1031 Products. Mr. Updike also provided legal guidance to SAI's registered representatives on matters pertaining to estate and trust planning, business transactions, and retirement income planning. During his employment with SAI, Mr. Updike was featured as a webcast speaker on estate planning and on §1031 planning. Mr. Updike provided legal expertise and analysis to SAI on several non-traditional financial programs such as private annuity trusts (NAFEP), secondary market life insurance settlements, ESOP/FLP stock buy-out arrangements for closely held businesses (ESOT Resources), as well as various executive compensation arrangements (CRG ISOP Program, Dolgoff Executive Compensation Plan). Prior to joining SAI in October 2003, Mr. Updike was in private practice, focusing on general tax planning and real estate litigation support. Mr. Updike received his Juris Doctor degree with honors from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 2000, and he received his Master of Laws degree in Taxation from the University of Florida School of Law in August 2006. Mr. Updike previously held NASD Series 24 and 7 licenses while employed at SAI. Mr. Updike has been married for fifteen years and has a son Adam, age 8, and a daughter Grace, age 2. In his spare time, Mr. Updike has served as a Youth Soccer Coach and as Legal Counsel to the Omaha Junior Chamber of Commerce. Additional Practice Areas: Publications:
David M. Sengstock joined our team as of counsel in August of 2006 and as an associate in April 2007. Mr. Sengstock’s practice focuses on the representation of broker-dealer clients in connection with Regulation D real estate and real estate-related transactions. Prior to joining Mick and Associates, Mr. Sengstock was a partner at a Milwaukee-based law firm where he practiced primarily in the areas of real estate and bankruptcy. Mr. Sengstock’s prior legal experience included representing corporate-level real estate clients in a wide range of capacities including entity formation, buying/selling real estate, litigating real estate issues in state and federal courts and representing individual and business clients in both discharge and reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code. Mr. Sengstock received his Juris Doctor degree from Creighton University in 1999 and his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996, where he was also an Academic All-Big Ten award winner, a four-time Big Ten Track and Field Team Champion and an All-Big Ten member of Wisconsin’s 4x100 relay team. He is admitted to practice in Nebraska, Wisconsin and Minnesota as well as the District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Aric Wenzl joined our team in August 2007. He received his Juris Doctor degree and Master of Business Administration degree from Creighton University in May 2007. While in law school he was awarded CALI Excellence for the Future awards for high achievement in the study of Sales and Leases of Personal Property. He co-authored Important Developments in Federal Income Taxation, which was presented at the 2006 meeting of the Great Plains Federal Tax Institute, and worked at the Community Economic Development Law Clinic. He was also inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu, the national Jesuit Honor Society. Mr. Wenzl received his Bachelor of Science degree from Rider University in 1999, where he competed on the varsity tennis team and earned Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference all-academic team honors. Before beginning his law career he managed a $1 million sales company-owned store for a Fortune 500 company. Mr. Wenzl is admitted to practice law in Nebraska and in the U.S. District Court of Nebraska.
Adam N. Charlsen, JD Adam N. Charlsen joined Mick & Associates in 2010. His practice focuses on broker-dealer and registered investment advisor representation, general business law, and a variety of real estate matters including real estate transactions, financing, leasing, title disputes, development and land use/zoning. Mr. Charlsen also counsels lenders and borrowers as part of his banking law practice, which includes drafting of loan documents, prosecuting and defending foreclosures, and negotiating commercial loan work-outs. Mr. Charlsen will also assist the firm in producing independent third-party due diligence opinions on TIC/DST offerings, real estate equity funds, development offerings and REITs. Prior to joining Mick & Associates, Mr. Charlsen practiced in the areas of commercial real estate, banking, litigation and general business law with a law firm in Overland Park, Kansas. Before entering private practice, Mr. Charlsen worked in the real estate department for a Fortune 500 telecommunications company. Mr. Charlsen received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2005 and his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kansas in 2003. Mr. Charlsen is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. In addition to various memberships to local and regional bar associations, Mr. Charlsen is a member of the Omaha Northwest Rotary Club. Mr. Charlsen enjoys spending his free time with this wife, Jessica, and daughter, Madeleine.
Of Counsel William B. Kimme, JD, MBA, CHP Level 1 Bill Kimme possesses extensive corporate, securities, and regulatory and compliance experience involving multi-million dollar transactions on a global scale. Prior to accepting a position with Mick & Associates, Bill spent over 18 years with FINRA’s Dispute Resolution Department. Bill served as the Assistant Director of Business Strategies in FINRA’s New York office focusing his efforts on corporate, acquisitions, contracts, regulatory and compliance, consulting, and project management on a global scale. He also served as a Senior Attorney and Staff Attorney in FINRA’s (NASD) Dispute Resolution Chicago Regional Office focusing on arbitration and mediation, regional office management, and training. Prior to his employment with FINRA (NASD), Bill was involved in the private practice of law focusing on domestic and international transactions, corporate governance, insurance, and banking issues. Bill also served as an adjunct faculty member at East Central College. Bill regularly speaks before global audiences. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree and Juris Doctor degree from Creighton University, and his Master of Business Administration degree from Thunderbird. Bill also holds the Certified Hedge Fund Professional (CHP) Designation Level 1, completed in June 2010, placing in the top 10% of the professionals completing the exam. He is now Hedge Fund Group certified as holding a high level of specialized hedge fund best practices knowledge, including fund of hedge funds, hedge fund strategies, hedge fund due diligence, portfolio analytics, and hedge fund trends. Bill is a former member of the Association of Corporate Counsel, where he was the Chair of the Corporate and Securities Committee for the DELVACCA Chapter. He is also a member of the Hedge Fund Group, and a member of the Society of Industry Leaders. In his spare time, Bill served on the Board of a youth sports organization, and coached tournament fastpitch softball for nine years, with two teams placing 17th and 21st at national tournaments. Mick & Associates works with the following independent firms and individuals:REAL ESTATE UNDERWRITING:Q10 | Daisley Ruff Financial Corporation is a founding member of Q10 Capital LLC and a market leader in commercial mortgage banking in the Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota region. They focus their efforts on obtaining the most competitive financing for their clients on income producing property from $500,000 to $200 million through their exclusive correspondent relationships with over 20 institutional sources. Website: www.q10daisleyruff.com Alan Lincoln, MBA – Real Estate Underwriting. Mr. Lincoln has worked with Mick and Associates since 2007 underwriting single asset, portfolio, REIT and fund real estate transactions. He has valuable experience in commercial real estate finance, portfolio analysis and real estate management. Prior to working with Mick and Associates Mr. Lincoln served as Senior Financial Analyst for Magnum Resources, Inc, where he was responsible for the administration and analysis of real estate acquisitions and dispositions and due diligence activities. His duties also included preparing forecasts, budgets, and strategic business plans, completing property inspections, reviewing purchase and lease contracts and serving as a key member for the sale of Magnum Resources’ portfolio through an UPREIT transaction to a public company. Before working with Magnum Resources Mr. Lincoln served as a Commercial Mortgage Loan Analyst with AEGON USA Realty Advisors. In addition, Mr. Lincoln has performed commercial real estate underwriting and due diligence for various other investment groups in and around the Omaha area. Mr. Lincoln, a CCIM Candidate Member, received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Nebraska, Omaha. OIL & GAS:Billman Geologic Consultants, Inc. Mr. Billman, a registered Professional Geologist in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a Certified Petroleum Geologist by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, consults with Mick & Associates in the areas of resevoir assessment, drilling economics and field operations. He is president and principal geologist at Billman Geologic Consultants, Inc. Mr. Billman has more than 20 years experience in geologic investigations and field operations, including electric log and rock analysis, and well completion recommendations. In assignments for various independent oil and gas operators, Mr. Billman has conducted numerous evaluations of drilling prospects and projects in Paleozoic formations of the Appalachian and Illinois basins. He has also completed geologic reviews of oil and gas prospects in the Anadarko, Black Warrior, Delaware/Permian, East Texas, and Fort Worth basins. Mr. Billman is past president of the Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists and is also a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York Independent Oil & Gas Associations (affiliated associations of the IPAA), the Appalachian Geological Society, the Ohio Geological Society, and the Pittsburgh Geological Society. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the University of Toledo and a Master of Science degree in geology from West Virginia University. BCS Energy Services. Steven M. Burr is a founding partner of BCS Energy Services, an oil and gas reserve evaluation and petroleum engineering consulting firm located in Dallas, Texas. BCS Energy Services provides a wide-range of oil and gas consulting services including reserve evaluations and due diligence for acquisitions, divestitures, exploration and development drilling programs, prospect evaluations as well as screening, evaluating and providing independent assessments of oil and gas property purchases, exploration deals, broker-dealer project evaluations, cost evaluations, field studies, geological studies, land and leasing programs and geophysical seismic survey projects. Mr. Burr does extensive reserve evaluation work for independent E&P companies, private equity firms, institutional advisory firms and petroleum engineering consulting firms. Steven M. Burr is also a founding partner of Highland (Texas) Energy Company (“HEC”). He is responsible for business development and new ventures as well as managing the financial, accounting, land, engineering, planning, partner relations and administrative activities of HEC. To date, HEC has invested over $195 million of gross capital on projects generated by HEC drilling over 150 wells finding in excess of 23 million BOE of reserves at $12.28 per BOE with an 85% completion rate. He is instrumental in developing and completing HEC’s acquisition and industry partner transactions. Prior to joining HEC, Mr. Burr was Vice President-Engineering and Planning with Snyder Oil Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas (“Snyder Oil”) from 1987 until 1999. While at Snyder Oil, his primary responsibilities were to manage an institutional acquisition program (which included all aspects of the acquisition process for identifying, screening, evaluating, due diligence, closing and integration of transactions as well as management and reporting to institutional partners). He continued these responsibilities after Snyder Oil went public in 1990 and was an integral part of all A&D activity including corporate and operating division M&A transactions. Following several of Snyder Oil’s significant acquisitions and mergers, Mr. Burr’s additional responsibilities included managing Engineering, Planning, Marketing and Risk Management while running a corporate team that worked between the operating divisions, financial groups, executive management and Board of Directors. This work included strategic planning, E&P project economics and capital allocations, corporate and E&P divisions financial and operating projections, reserve evaluation, marketing, commodity price risk management, reporting for SEC, institutional partners, analysts and coordinating activities with investment and energy bankers on corporate financings and M&A activities. He also developed financial and operating performance processes to manage Snyder’s large-scale drilling projects (500+ wells/year) in its key operating divisions (Rockies, Gulf of Mexico, Texas/Louisiana) as well as the integration of its financial and operating systems for its continuous improvement programs to drive operating results. Prior to Snyder Oil, he was Vice President of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., an international petroleum consulting firm in Dallas, Texas (“NSA”) from 1982 through 1987 with primary responsibilities for acquisition and divestiture clients. Prior to joining NSA, he began his career as part of an operating team with Exxon Company, U.S.A., in the Production Department responsible for Offshore Gulf of Mexico reservoir engineering on exploration and development projects. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Tulane University in 1978, attended the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School in 1992 and is a Registered Professional Petroleum Engineer. Management & Support Team Zia Sabir has joined Mick & Associates, P.C. LLO as Vice President Business Development, bringing fourteen years of financial services experience. His principal focus will be creating new business with registered investment advisors, while also servicing and expanding Mick & Associates’ relationships with broker-dealer clients. Prior to his engagement with Mick & Associates, Mr. Sabir spent nearly two years with GWG Life, where his primary function was to secure selling agreements with independent broker-dealers and registered investment advisors. Mr. Sabir spent his previous two years with Walton International Group as VP of Business Development. Before joining Walton, Mr. Sabir was with Oppenheimer and Co, where he served eight years as Executive Manager of Technology, Western Region. Previous to Oppenheimer, he started his career in the Pentagon as a consultant to the US Army, Global Technology Network. Mr. Sabir received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1992 from Radford University in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Currently residing in Los Angeles, Mr. Sabir has been married eight years to his wife Nilsa, and has a daughter Mehrun Nisa, age three.
Joanne Balok is returning to Mick & Associates, P.C., LLO after a two-year departure working at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Ms. Balok has worked in the legal field for over fifteen years in a variety of legal areas including corporate law, commercial real estate, bankruptcy, litigation, employment and tax law. Ms. Balok obtained her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and holds an Associate’s degree in Paralegal Studies. Ms. Balok is an integral part in supporting the Mick & Associates due diligence and broker-dealer representation services as well as providing legal support in litigation, real estate and general practice matters.
Kevin McLaughlin joined Mick & Associates in November 2008. He has been in the legal field since 2001 working as a legal courier and paralegal mostly in litigation, insurance and real estate. Kevin will be performing litigation due diligence searches and entity checks for the firm. He has Bachelor of Arts degrees in Journalism/Communications and Aviation Studies. He received his paralegal certificate from Metro Community College in Omaha and has worked for Baird Holm, LLP in Omaha, Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal, LLP and Grippo & Elden, LLC in Chicago.
Rebecca Bower is office administrator for Mick & Associates, P.C., LLO. She is primarily responsible for accounts payable/receivable and general bookkeeping. Prior to joining Mick & Associates she held a similar position with an automotive repair business for the past 17 years while raising her three children. She also has previous experience working for the law firm of Abrahams, Kaslow & Cassman as a receptionist and various other office duties.
Jennifer V. Bauch, Paralegal Jennifer Bauch joined Mick & Associates in October 2010. She has been in the legal field since 2003 working mostly in health law, corporate law and litigation. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism/public relations from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Jennifer will be performing litigation due diligence searches and entity checks for the firm.
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