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Oliver B. Pollak 
Omaha, Nebraska
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Bar Admissions:
Iowa, 1992
Nebraska, 1982
U.S. Federal Courts, 1982
Education:
Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, 1982
J.D.


University of California, Los Angeles, California, 1973
Ph.D.


California State University, Los Angeles, California, 1964
B.A.


Published Works:
To Educate and Serve: The Centennial History of Creighton University School of Law, 1904-2004, Summer, 2007


A State of Readers, Nebraska’s Carnegie Libraries, 2005


Nebraska’s Courthouses: Conflict, Compromise and Community, 2002


Subprime Mortgages Generate Range of Ills, Omaha World-Herald, March 22, 2007


"Bankruptcy Law Gets a Fresh Start: The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005" (Co-Author with David G. Hicks), Nebraska Lawyer, October, 2005


Iowa Legal Research Guide, "Bankruptcy Law", 2003


"Nebraska" in Bankruptcy Exemption Manual (Contributing Editor with David G. Hicks), Minneapolis: West Group, 2006


"Bankruptcy Law" in Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court, Pasadena, 2000


"Bankruptcy" (Co-Author with David G. Hicks), Magill’s Legal Guide, Pasadena, 1999


"Feminization of Bankruptcy in Nebraska", 9 Consumer Bankruptcy News, August 26, 1999


"Gender and Bankruptcy: An Empirical Analysis of Evolving Trends in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Filings, 1967-1997", 102 Commercial Law Journal 333-38, Fall, 1997


"Religious Tithing, Fraudulent Transfers in Bankruptcy and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act", 6 Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice 208-15, 1997


"Eighth Circuit Finds Religious Freedom Restoration Act Bar Chapter 7 Trustee from Recovering Fraudulent Transfer", 5 Consumer Bankruptcy News 3, June 6, 1996


American Justice, Encyclopedia Entry: Bankruptcy, 1996


"'Be Just Before You're Generous': Tithing and Charitable Contributions in Bankruptcy", 29 Creighton Law Review 527-81, 1996


"Substantial Abuse and Dismissal: Developments in Section 707(b)" (Co-Author with Bernard), Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, 1996


"Substantial Abuse and Dismissal: Developments in Section 707(b)" (Co-Author with Bernard), 1995


"'Please Sir, I want some more,' - Loopholes, Austerity and the Cost of Living – Nebraska Exemption Policy Revisited" (Co-Author with David G. Hicks), 73 Nebraska Law Review 228-341, 1994


"Recent Developments in Chapter 12 –Family Farmer Bankruptcy", Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, 639-56, 1994


"Reaffirmation and Retention: Issues in secured transactions and Bankruptcy", 110 The Banking Law Journal 302-7, 1994


"Student Loans, Chapter 13, Classification of Debt, Unfair Discrimination and the Fresh Start after the Student Loan Default Prevention Initiative Act of 1990",(Co-Author with David Hicks), 4 Detroit College of Law Review, 1617-39, 1993


"Chapter 13 Bankruptcy – Practice Primer", Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, August, 1991


"Section 525 – Protection of Debtor Against Discrimination Following Debtor's Discharge in Bankruptcy", Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law (Deerfield, Ill: 1991), 633-48, 1991


"Chapter 13 Bankruptcy – the Best thing since Sliced Bread", Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, 1989


"Administrative Law and Social Security – Survey of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1980", Creighton Law Review, XIV, 963-82, 1981


Past Employment Positions:
U.S. Navy, 1965 - 1967