Welcome to Our Website.

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- Meeting Us -
- A Little History -

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Based in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, The Robert Pahlke Law Group is a litigation-focused team of attorneys and staff concentrated on representing injured or harmed plaintiffs. On our site, you can learn about our practice by looking at what we do and our successes in the practice areas section. To give you a closer look at some of the clients and cases that define our firm, look at the noteworthy cases section.

Meeting Us

If you would like to discuss your case with us, we would appreciate the opportunity to meet you. We prefer meeting you in person because it makes for a better introduction and gives you the chance to get to know us as we get to know you. Our goal in the meeting is to let you tell us your story. We will then tell you about the services we can offer you in dealing with your injury and making yourself whole again. All the advice we offer in that meeting—whether you hire us or not—is free.

If you choose The Robert Pahlke Law Group, we typically use a contingency-fee arrangement. That means that you do not pay us anything unless you win your lawsuit either through verdict or settlement. Even then, the payment is only a portion of the verdict or settlement. That way, our earnings are based on our success; if we do not succeed, we do not get paid.

Our contact information is in our contact section.

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A Little History

The Robert Pahlke Law Group’s beginnings can be traced to R.M. Van Steenberg (1917-1997), or “Van” to his friends and associates. More than 40 years ago, until February of 1965, Van sat as a district judge. Then, on February 1st, Van joined with Frank Winner and Don Wood to start a law firm named Van Steenberg, Winner, and Wood.

"Van," circa 1980.

In those days, the trio had a partnership for their law firm before they had a permanent roof for it. Worried more about practicing law than keeping rain out, they temporarily worked out of the trunk of a car and a local bank before taking up permanent residence at 1904 1st Avenue in Scottsbluff.

While Winner and Wood departed, Van’s pioneering, charismatic leadership led to the formation of The Van Steenberg Firm. Beyond leading the law firm, Van was also President of the Nebraska State Bar and the Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys. After Van passed away in 1997 and the firm got above critical mass with a double-digit number of attorneys, it separated into two parts, one of which became Pahlke, Smith, Snyder, Petitt, and Eubanks.

Today, Mr. Pahlke runs The Robert Pahlke Law Group currently located at 2425 Circle Drive; Suite 200 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Services provided include personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, contract litigation and FELA (Railroad) cases.

Since Mr. Pahlke first joined ranks with Van in 1977, his law office has changed names but his law practice has not. In Van's pioneering spirit, The Robert Pahlke Law Group persists and prevails just as Van did more than four decades ago.

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