Douglas County Separate Juvenile Court Elizabeth G. Crnkovich has resigned her position. Her last day on the bench is September 11, 2019. In her letter to the Governor, Crnkovich wrote, “It has been my honor and privilege to serve the children and families in Douglas County for almost 25 years! I am...

LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice John R. Freudenberg, the Judicial Nominating Commission for Separate Juvenile Court Judge in Douglas County will hold a public hearing at the Douglas County District Court, Courtroom #412, 1701 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on...

The Lancaster County Veterans Treatment Court will hold its graduation ceremony and celebration on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at 6:00 p.m., at the City Council Chambers, 555 South 10th Street, Room 112, Lincoln, Nebraska. For Veterans Treatment Court graduates, the ceremony marks the completion of an...

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Jim Curry, Northeast Community College, (402) 844-7063 Northeast Community College working with the Nebraska Supreme Court to train more interpreters NORFOLK, NE – In an effort to increase the number of interpreters to work in courtrooms across the state, Northeast Community...

LINCOLN – Pamela L. Hopkins, Fontanelle; Thomas J. Klein, Wahoo; Robert W. Kortus, Lincoln; Bryan C. Meismer, Fremont; Brendan M. Kelly, Matthew M. Munderloh, Mark D. Raffety, and Christina L. Thornton, all of Omaha, have submitted applications for appointment as District Judge in the 6th Judicial...

Ms. Ashley Griess will begin service as Chief Probation Officer in the First Judicial District on September 1, 2019. The First Judicial District includes Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, and Thayer Counties. As Probation Chief, Griess will manage a staff...

The Judicial Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, beginning at 1:00 p.m. 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 a judicial vacancy...

Judge of the Douglas County Separate Juvenile Court, Douglas F. Johnson, is retiring effective August 31, 2019. In his announcement letter to the Governor, Johnson called attention to his court staff who routinely go “beyond the call of duty” spending countless hours in court-community related...

The Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court will hold its graduation ceremony on July 24th, 2019 at 2:00 pm, in the Legislative Chamber of the Omaha-Douglas Civic Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court, like other Nebraska Problem-Solving Courts, operates under a team...

LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey J. Funke, the Judicial Nominating Commission for District Judge in the Sixth Judicial District (consisting of Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Thurston and Washington Counties) held its first public hearing on the qualifications of four...