Charles Benish

Associate Professor of Law & Strategic Management

College of Business

#145B Durham Center

Juris Doctorate
Creighton University, 2000

Master of Business Administration
University of Nebraska, 2000

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
University of Nebraska, 1997

Associate Professor, Bellevue University, 2006 to present
Bellevue University Student Advisor to Law School Admission Council, 2006 to present
Vice-President Faculty Senate, Bellevue University 2007-2010
Bellevue University Faculty Athletic Representative to the NAIA, 2006-2010
Of Counsel, Gross & Welch, P.C., 2006 to 2010
Adjunct Professor, Bellevue University, 2004 to 2006
Associate Attorney, Gross & Welch, P.C., 2005 to 2006
Associate Attorney, Koley Jessen, P.C., L.L.O., 2000 to 2005
Completed Basic and Family Mediation Training through Nebraska Mediation Association, 2018
Nebraska State Bar Foundation High School Mock Trial Coach, 2002
Law Clerk, Koley Jessen, P.C., L.L.O., 1998 to 2000
High School Street Law Instructor, Central High School, and Benson High School, 1998 & 1999
Associate Editor, Creighton Law Review, 1998 to 2000
Law Clerk, McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, P.C., L.L.O., 1997 to 1998
Guardsman, Nebraska Army National Guard, 1997 – 2000
Seaman, United States Naval Reserves, 1992 to 1997

Law – Business, General Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Contracts, Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights, Property, Litigation
Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship

Nebraska BAR License – 2000
Certificate to Practice Law – Nebraska Supreme Court, 2000
Certificate to Practice Law – United States Federal District Court, 2000
Certificate to Practice Law – Federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, 2003
Certification of Completion – Nebraska Basic Mediation Training, July 2018
Certification of Completion – Nebraska Family Mediation Training, August 2018
Member of the American, Nebraska, & Omaha Bar Associations, and the Nebraska Mediation Association

Nomination, Midland’s Business Journal Top 40 Under 40, 2008 – Provost Mary Hawkins, Bellevue University
Dean’s List, Creighton University Law School
Recipient of Corpus Juris Secundum & CALI Awards (Highest Grade Property Class at Creighton University)
Accepted Editorial Staff, Creighton Law Review, 1998-2000; Quarterfinalist – International Moot Court Competition, Creighton Law School, 1998
Nominated & Awarded USAA Academic All American, Awarded National Golden Key Honor Society (1996)
Elected Scholarship Chair, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity (1995)
Awarded Blue Jacket of the Quarter (Most Outstanding Soldier), United States Naval Reserves (1995)