Since 2010
2014 - Current
Johnson Flodman Guenzel & Widger Law Firm
Specializing in business transactions, insurance regulation, and estate planning, formation and administration, Michael Kuzma joined Johnson, Flodman, Guenzel & Widger in 2014. Before joining the firm, Mr. Kuzma was a business attorney at the State of Nebraska Department of Economic Development Office of International Trade and Investment (NDED) where he managed the state’s Japanese business relationships and foreign trade office in Tokyo. Mr. Kuzma graduated from the University of Nebraska Law School where he was awarded a David L. Boren NSEP Fellowship to study international business law at Temple University Beasley College of Law in Tokyo. Mr. Kuzma shares his business knowledge and experience by teaching Business Law II and International Business Transactions at Nebraska Wesleyan University to upper class and Master in Business Administration (MBA) students.
2011 - 2013
State of Nebraska - Dept. of Economic Development
1. Drafted and administered Nebraska’s 2011 and 2012 US Small Business Administration State Trade and Export Program (STEP) Grant and International Market Access Grant funds. 2. Negotiated and drafted agreement between the Shanghai Small and Medium Enterprise Center, signed by Governor Heineman that established the Nebraska Center in China; administered the office’s federal and state funding. 3. Advised Kawasaki parts supplier, in Japanese, on incorporation in Nebraska, incentive tax credits and L-1A visa issues. 4. Manage and advise the Nebraska Center Representative Office in Tokyo; administer the office’s federal and state funding. 5. Provide export counseling to NDED clients with an emphasis on exports to Asia.
2010 - 2011
KPMG, LLP
Conducted tax compliance and tax research for private equity funds LS Power, LLC and First Wind Energy, LLC
2008 - 2010
Keating O'Gara Nedved & Peter Law Firm
2009 - 2009
Ernst & Young
2007 - 2010
J.D. (2010) | Tax Law, Business Law, and Business Transactions
Honors: Distinction
2001 - 2005
B.A. (2005) | History, Political Science
Honors: Highest Honors
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Administrative Law, Election Law, Government Contracts, Government Finance, Legislative & Government Affairs
Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
Human Rights, Imports & Exports
