For assistance in locating "court-certified" American Sign Language interpreters and the most qualified interpreters for languages for which certified and provisionally certified interpreters are not listed on the registry, contact the following:

• Email Interpreter Coordinators or call:
  • Adrian Hinojosa (State Court Interpreter Coordinator in Omaha), 402-250-0041
  • Vladimir Bazan (State Court Interpreter Coordinator in Lincoln) 402-441-5967
  • Irma Watt (State Court Interpreter Coordinator in Grand Island) 308-833-0594
  • Jennifer Verhein (Statewide Language Access Coordinator), 402-471-8854

  • In the event a Nebraska Court Interpreter is not available, judges, court, and probation staff may access the Language Line (username and password will be required to log in) for non-evidentiary proceedings.  The Language Line resource is for Judicial Branch users only.  Please do not provide username or password information to outside service providers or legal counsel.

If your court or probation office has a working relationship with certified Spanish interpreter or a qualified interpreter of another language, you are certainly welcome to reach out to that individual directly to check their availability for your hearing or appointment.  In the event your court or probation office requires assistance in scheduling an interpreter, please email your request as soon as you become aware of the need to NSC.Interpreters@nebraska.gov, and include the information below so we can schedule an interpreter for you.

Request Date: 
Court or Probation Office & Location:
Point of Contact (name, telephone number, email address): 
Hearing/Appointment date:                           time:               Expected duration:
Type of proceeding (arraignment, motion hearing, trial…): 
Case caption and #:
Language needed: 
Individual requiring interpreter: 

On-Call Interpreters
Email: Jennifer Verhein, Statewide Language Access Coordinator, 402-471-8854.

If a Nebraska Court Interpreter is not available, judges, court, and probation staff should access the Language Line (username and password will be required to log in).

^{Please note:  The year next to the interpreters' status (certified, registered, other) is the year they attained that status in Nebraska. Some interpreters may have attained the status in a different state in a previous year, but for purposes of this registry, the year noted is the year in which they attained the status in Nebraska.}