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...

LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice William B. Cassel, the Judicial Nominating Commission for County Judge in the 3rd Judicial District (consisting of Lancaster County) will hold a public hearing in the Supreme Court Courtroom, Room 2200, State Capitol Building, Lincoln, Nebraska...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...