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...

LINCOLN – Makayla S. Danner, Grant A. Forsberg, Anthony W. Liakos, Jeffrey J. Lux, Korey T. Taylor, Jeffrey P. Welch, all of Omaha, and Molly B. Keane, Elkhorn, have submitted applications for appointment as District Court Judge in the 4th Judicial District (Douglas County). The vacancy was created...

County Court Judge Kent D. Turnbull will leave the bench on August 31, 2021. Turnbull has served the citizens of the State of Nebraska in the 11th Judicial District since taking the bench on October 22, 1999. “It has been my distinct privilege to serve in this position for the last twenty-two years...

Judge of the District Court, 9th Judicial District (Grand Island and Kearney) Mark J. Young is retiring September 1, 2021. In his letter to the Governor and the Chief Justice, Young wrote, “It has been an honor to serve the citizens of the Ninth Judicial District as a judge and I wish to thank the...

Nebraska Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican announced Nebraska Probation Week on behalf of the State Judicial Branch with a proclamation signing: Chief Justice Heavican Proclamation Signing Announcement Recognizing the week of July 18-24, 2021, is nationally identified as Pretrial, Probation, and...

Omaha District Court Judge Thomas A. Otepka, is retiring on September 10, 2021. In his letter to the Governor and the Chief Justice, Otepka wrote, “I was sworn in as a Douglas County District Court Judge over eighteen years ago. It has truly been an honor and privilege to serve.” As his legacy...