Bonnie M. Boryca

Specialization

• Intellectual Property and Technology
• Labor and Employment Law
• Litigation

About 's Practice

Bonnie Boryca is a member of Erickson | Sederstrom’s litigation group. Her practice focuses on complex commercial and business litigation, IP and technology litigation, employment matters, and includes work on all aspects of litigation, from discovery to trials to appeals. In addition, Ms. Boryca has experience assisting clients in resolving disputes through mediation and alternative dispute resolution. She has appeared before state and federal courts in Nebraska, state and federal courts in Kansas, state and federal agencies and commissions, and has argued appeals before the Kansas Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Education

• University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 2010
• Creighton University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2005

Major Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Editor, Nebraska Employment Law Letter
• Author, "Back to basics: No retaliation claim if no protected activity," Nebraska Employment Law Letter, May 2022, and HR Daily Advisor, May 10, 2022
• Author, "8th Circuit denies relief for female employee paid less for choosing to do more," Nebraska Employment Law Letter, October 2021, and HR Daily Advisor, October 1, 2021
• Author, "NE Supreme Court OK's employee's vocational rehabilitation plan," Nebraska Employment Law Letter, December 2017, and HR Daily Advisor, January 30, 2018
• Author, "Holiday party tips for employers," Nebraska Employment Law Letter, December 2014, and HR Hero Line, November 29, 2017
• Author, "ConAgra's reliance on team leaders' suggestions dooms FLSA claim," Nebraska Employment Law Letter, September 2016, and HR Daily Advisor, November 21, 2016
• Author, "Nebraska employers shouldn't scoff when employees want pay to dine and doff," Nebraska Employment Law Letter, November 2015, and HR.BLR.com, December 23, 2015
• Quoted, "Plan a holiday party that makes merry and avoids ghosts of revelries past," HR Hero Line, December 4, 2015
• Author, "Nebraska Supreme Court adopts ADA standard for employee FFD exams," Nebraska Employment Law Letter, October 2015, and HR.BLR.com, November 30, 2015
• Author, "Workers' comp: Social events are often not within the scope of employment," Nebraska Employment Law Letter, September 2015, and HR.BLR.com, October 9, 2015
• Author, "Nebraska wage claims: No 'reasonable dispute' defense," Nebraska Employment Law Letter, May 2015, and HR.BLR.com, June 29, 2015
• Author, "Noncompete or not? Employee allowed to use shared profits to open competing business," Nebraska Employment Law Letter, January 2015, and HR.BLR.com, February 13, 2015

Professional Recognition

• Super Lawyers – Listed in Great Plains Rising Stars 2013
• Order of the Coif
• Family Fund Awardee
• Best Oral Advocate at KU’s Moot Court Competition
• Second Place Team at the University of San Diego National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition
• CALI Awardee in: Torts I, Civil Procedure I, Federal Courts & the Federal System, Civil Rights Violations, and Complex Litigation

Admitted to Practice

• Nebraska, 2012
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2011
• Kansas, 2010