Janene has been assisting the attorneys of Blazek and Gregg since 2002. She serves the firm as office manager and bookkeeper. Services she provides to the attorneys, our clients, and their families include extensive experience in the preparation and filing of federal estate tax returns and Nebraska and Iowa inheritance tax returns.

While the majority of her day is focused in the areas of trust/estate administration and probates, Janene has also assisted with the drafting of estate planning documents and formation documents of For-Profit corporations, Non-Profit corporations, and Limited Liability Companies in Nebraska and Iowa. She sees to the ongoing maintenance of corporations and LLCs, annual minutes, and biennial state renewals. Spending time with the generations of her family is how she prefers to devote her time when away from the office

Stephanie joined the Blazek & Gregg team as a paralegal in 2023. Her primary responsibilities
include assisting clients by funding assets to various entities based on the client’s estate planning
design and establishing business entities.

Born in Manning, Iowa, Stephanie has now spent most of her life in the Omaha area. She
graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and has a passion for helping animals,
having worked in the veterinary field and volunteered with wildlife rescue and the humane
society.

Outside of work, Stephanie stays busy with multiple hobbies and is always ready to try new
things. She enjoys knitting, baking and decorating sugar cookies, and spending time outdoors.
She loves to travel as much as possible, especially to the mountains and overseas. She and her
husband Cory share their home with six adopted and very spoiled pets – a great dane, a boxer
mix, and four cats.

Lindsay Frederickson has been an estate planning paralegal with Blazek & Gregg since 2012. Lindsay’s primary responsibilities include assisting clients by funding assets to various entities based on the client’s estate planning design, establishing business entities, trust administrations, probates, and a variety of other tasks requested by our attorneys or clients.

Away from work, Lindsay tries to keep busy. She and her husband, Jesse, have two little girls, Aubrie and Avery. She is a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Bellevue, NE, and volunteers as the co-chair of the Together Team, which organizes events within the church to emphasize community, togetherness, and outreach. Lindsay enjoys spending time with family, cheering on the Huskers, reading, teaching her girls how to cook and bake, and relaxing (when able).

Patty joined Blazek & Gregg in September of 2019. Her responsibilities include assisting the attorneys with the creation of estate planning documents and maintaining/organizing files for the firm and clients. A native of Omaha, Nebraska, she enjoys spending time with her husband and kids. She also enjoys Nebraska football and camping.

Makenna joined Blazek & Gregg in 2022. She not only greets all guests at the office but
also manages the calendars for all attorneys and supports the team in numerous ways.

She was born and raised in Fremont, NE, and graduated from Fremont Senior High
School. Prior to working at Blazek & Gregg, she worked at First United Methodist
Church in Fremont for three years but has been a member for most of her life. Her
passions include volunteer work and helping her community in a variety of ways.

Outside of her passions, she is actively involved with Sozo Ministries in downtown-
Omaha and co-leads a bible study. Makenna also wishes the best for people and lives
her life by the wise words of Micah 6:8, which is to act justly, love mercy, and to walk
humbly. She enjoys the outdoors, spending time with her friends and family, and
generally making the world a little bit better than the day before, as well as enjoying
too much coffee on every occasion. Makenna is pursuing an education at Southern
New Hampshire University, in Human Services.