Media Releases

    Media Releases

    September 7, 2018, 4:00 p.m. Application Deadline Set for District Court Judge Vacancy, Fourth Judicial District

    September 7, 2018, 4:00 p.m. Application Deadline Set for District Court Judge Vacancy, Fourth Judicial District

    August 22, 2018
    LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice John R. Freudenberg, the Judicial Nominating Commission for District Judge in the 4th Judicial District (consisting of Douglas County) will hold a public hearing in the Douglas County District Court, Courtroom #412, 1701 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, September 28, 2018. The primary place of office for the judicial vacancy is Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. At the hearing, the Commission will receive information...Read more

    Ten Submit their Names for County Court Judge in the Fifth Judicial District

    Ten Submit their Names for County Court Judge in the Fifth Judicial District

    August 22, 2018
    LINCOLN – Krista M. Carlson, Ashland; Thomas J. Klein, Wahoo; Andrew R. Lange, Waverly; Bryan C. Meismer, Fremont; Timothy P. Matas and Jason D. Mielak, both of Columbus; and Demetria W. Herman, John J. Kohl, Mark D. Raffety, and John T. Rogers, all of Omaha, have submitted applications for appointment as County Judge in the 5th Judicial District consisting of Boone, Butler, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Platte, Polk, Saunders, Seward, and York counties. The primary place of office for the...Read more

    August 10, 2018 Supreme Court Investiture Set for Justice John R. Freudenberg

    August 10, 2018 Supreme Court Investiture Set for Justice John R. Freudenberg

    August 7, 2018
    The investiture ceremony of Justice John R. Freudenberg as a Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court representing the 6th Appellate Court Judicial District will take place at 3:00 p.m. on August 10, 2018, in the Warner Chamber of the Nebraska State Capitol. Chief Justice Mike Heavican will serve as ceremony officiant; Secretary of State John Gale will present Freudenberg’s Certificate of Appointment; Judge Matthew Acton, Lincoln, will offer the Oath of Office; and Judges Kale Burdick, O’Neill,...Read more

    AMENDED NOTICE -- Judicial Resources Commission to hold August 21 Hearing

    AMENDED NOTICE -- Judicial Resources Commission to hold August 21 Hearing

    August 6, 2018
    The Judicial Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, beginning at 10:00 a.m. central daylight time, at the State Capitol Building, Room 1510, Lincoln, Nebraska. The purpose of the hearing is to determine, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 24-1204 and 1206, whether judicial vacancies exist in the following locations: Office of county court of the 3rd Judicial District, due to the appointment of John R. Freudenberg to the Nebraska Supreme Court, effective July 6...Read more

    Statement by Chief Justice Mike Heavican regarding the death of Douglas County District Court Judge Mark Ashford

    Statement by Chief Justice Mike Heavican regarding the death of Douglas County District Court Judge Mark Ashford

    August 2, 2018
    Our condolences to Judge Mark Ashford’s family and to his court family on his passing the evening of August 1st. Judge Ashford was one of Nebraska’s longest serving judges. He was appointed to the county court bench in 1988 and to the district court bench in 2000. We appreciate his service on both the county and district court benches, his work with the Young Adult Treatment Court, and his pioneering efforts to establish the Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court. He will be sorely missed...Read more

    Sara Fowler Chosen to Lead County Court in Grand Island

    Sara Fowler Chosen to Lead County Court in Grand Island

    July 26, 2018
    Sara Fowler, accounting clerk and current acting assistant clerk, has been selected to serve as Hall County Court Clerk Magistrate in Grand Island, one of Nebraska’s largest county courts. Fowler will begin work as Clerk Magistrate on August 1, 2018. “Sara’s experience with the court, her determination to improve services provided by the Hall County Court, plus her faith in and support for the staff in the Hall County Court make her an excellent choice for clerk magistrate,” according to Trial...Read more

    August 22, 2018, Application Deadline Set for County Court Judge Vacancy, Fifth Judicial District

    August 22, 2018, Application Deadline Set for County Court Judge Vacancy, Fifth Judicial District

    July 25, 2018
    LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman, the Judicial Nominating Commission for County Judge in the 5th Judicial District (consisting of Boone, Butler, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Platte, Polk, Saunders, Seward, and York Counties) will hold a public hearing in the District Court Courtroom, Saunders County Law Enforcement and Judicial Center, 387 N. Chestnut St., Wahoo, Nebraska, beginning at 1:30 p.m., on September 12, 2018. The primary place of office for the...Read more

    Nebraska Court of Appeals Celebrates Constitution Day at York College on September 13, 2018

    Nebraska Court of Appeals Celebrates Constitution Day at York College on September 13, 2018

    July 23, 2018
    In honor of Constitution Day, the Nebraska Court of Appeals will be in session on the campus of York College in York, Nebraska, on September 13, 2018. The Court of Appeals will divide into its customary two panels with three judges each to hold arguments at 9:30 a.m. and again at 1:30 p.m. in the Bartholomew Performing Arts Center, 1026 10th Street, York, Nebraska. Judge Lawrence Welch, Jr., who is from the Appellate Court’s 5 th District, will preside over the morning panel and Judge David...Read more

    Judicial Resources Commission to Hold Hearing on August 21

    Judicial Resources Commission to Hold Hearing on August 21

    July 16, 2018
    The Judicial Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, beginning at 10:00 a.m. central daylight time, at the State Capitol Building, Room 1510, Lincoln, Nebraska. The purpose of the hearing is to determine, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 24-1204 and 1206, whether judicial vacancies exist in the following locations: 1. Office of county court of the 3 rd Judicial District, due to the appointment of John R. Freudenberg to the Nebraska Supreme Court, effective...Read more

    Review of Nebraska Criminal Justice Reform Progress Released to Judiciary

    Review of Nebraska Criminal Justice Reform Progress Released to Judiciary

    July 13, 2018
    In a report released this week the Nebraska Judiciary, Deputy Probation Administrator, Deb Minardi provided a written review of Nebraska’s current criminal justice reform efforts. The report, presented to the Nebraska Supreme Court in an administrative briefing last month, includes a 2016/2017 court data comparison and trend analysis. In the report Minardi noted that the current sentencing data “reflects very encouraging progress consistent with the legislative intent.” The Nebraska Legislature...Read more

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