Supreme Court arguments at Hastings High School have been postponed from late September until the pandemic has slowed. Nebraska justices will reschedule the Hastings session when the logistics of travel and considerations of attorneys and students are better able to be managed. Since 2016, the...

Nebraska District Court Judges Robert R. Steinke, Columbus, and Robert R. Otte, Lincoln, have been invited to sit with the Nebraska Supreme Court on September 3, 2021, joining the first argument session of the term. This will be the first time that Otte has participated on the Court. Steinke has, in...

Nebraska District Court Judge Derek Weimer of Sidney, Nebraska, was invited to sit with the Nebraska Supreme Court on August 31, 2021, for the first argument session of the term. The court session was held in the Supreme Court Courtroom in the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. The courtroom was...

The Judicial Resources Commission will hold a public hearing immediately followed by a public meeting, on Friday, September 10, 2021 beginning at 10:00 a.m., in Room 1510 of the State Capitol Building in Lincoln, Nebraska. The proceedings will be in-person and will include virtual conferencing via...

Supreme Court Justices will hold oral arguments in the Tiger Theatre on the Hastings High School Campus as part of the Nebraska Supreme Court’s ongoing outreach and education efforts. Beginning at 10:00 a.m. on September 29, 2021, Hastings High School Principal Thomas Szlanda will review rules and...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court Graduation and Celebration WHAT: The Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court team is pleased to announce 30 participants have successfully completed the Veteran’s Treatment Court Program. Please join us in celebrating this outstanding...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Sarpy County Drug Court Graduation and Celebration WHAT: The Sarpy County Drug Court team is pleased to announce 7 participants have successfully completed the Drug Court Program. Please join us in celebrating this outstanding achievement. WHO: Judge Stefanie Martinez presiding WHEN...

The Nebraska Court of Appeals will be in session on the campus of Wayne State College on September 16, 2021. The Court of Appeals will divide into their customary two panels with three judges each to hold arguments at 9:30 a.m. and again at 1:30 p.m. on campus in the Student Center, 1111 Main St...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Problem-Solving Court Graduation and Celebration WHAT: Midwest Nebraska Adult Drug Court will be holding a graduation ceremony and celebration at the Lincoln County District Court in North Platte on September 3, 2021. WHO: Honorable Michael E. Piccolo, District Court Judge, will...

District Court judge for the 11 th Judicial District, David W. Urbom, is retiring August 31, 2021. Counties in Nebraska’s 11th Judicial District include Arthur, Chase, Dawson, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Hayes, Hitchcock, Hooker, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Red Willow, Perkins, and Thomas...