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    November 7, 2017, Application Deadline Set for District Court Judge Vacancy, Second Judicial District

    November 7, 2017, Application Deadline Set for District Court Judge Vacancy, Second Judicial District

    October 19, 2017
    LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice Stephanie F. Stacy, the Judicial Nominating Commission for District Judge in the 2nd Judicial District (consisting of Cass, Otoe, and Sarpy Counties) will hold a public hearing at the Sarpy ­­­­County Courthouse, 1210 Golden Gate Drive, Courtroom #7, in Papillion, Nebraska, beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 28, 2017. At the hearing, the Commission will receive information on the qualifications of candidates to fill the vacancy in the...Read more

    Nebraska Trial Judges Select Leadership for Upcoming Year

    Nebraska Trial Judges Select Leadership for Upcoming Year

    October 17, 2017
    Judges from across the state were elected to lead their respective associations at their annual meetings in Papillion in October. Kearney County District Court Judge Terri S. Harder is president of the Nebraska District Judges’ Association; Sarpy County Juvenile Court Judge Robert O’Neal is president of the Nebraska Separate Juvenile Judges’ Association; and, Scotts Bluff County Judge Kris D. Mickey is president of the Nebraska County Judges’ Association. Presidents and officers will serve...Read more

    Distinguished Judge Awards Presented to Douglas County District Court Judge Leigh Ann Retelsdorf and Seward County Court Judge C. Jo Petersen

    Distinguished Judge Awards Presented to Douglas County District Court Judge Leigh Ann Retelsdorf and Seward County Court Judge C. Jo Petersen

    October 16, 2017
    Judge Leigh Ann Retelsdorf of the district court in Omaha and Judge C. Jo Petersen of the county court in Seward were given the Supreme Court’s highest honor on October 12, 2017, in Omaha. Judge Retelsdorf was given the Service to the Community Award and Judge Petersen was presented with the Service to the Judiciary Award by Chief Justice Mike Heavican during the Court’s Annual Judicial Awards Dinner. The awards recognize members of the judiciary for meritorious projects and exemplary...Read more

    Swearing in Ceremony for New Attorneys to be Held September 29, 2017

    Swearing in Ceremony for New Attorneys to be Held September 29, 2017

    September 27, 2017
    The Nebraska State Bar Commission has received the Supreme Court’s approval of its recommendation for the following individuals to be admitted to the practice of law in the State of Nebraska. A swearing-in ceremony for new lawyers will take place September 29, 2017, at 10:00am in the Rotunda of the State Capitol building. For a complete list of the individuals who were approved by the Court, click here .Read more

    Judge of the Separate Juvenile Court for the Douglas County, Wadie Thomas, Retiring End of January 2018

    Judge of the Separate Juvenile Court for the Douglas County, Wadie Thomas, Retiring End of January 2018

    September 27, 2017
    Judge Thomas established Adoption Saturday in the fall of 1999 when less than a handful of states were participating in what has come to be a national court-sponsored program. National Adoption Day is celebrated every year on or near the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Nebraska’s celebrations have now spread to courts in all sections of the state. Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the thousands of children in foster care. Working with attorneys, adoption...Read more

    Nebraska State Court Administrator Corey Steel Appointed to National Task Force to Address Opioid Crisis

    Nebraska State Court Administrator Corey Steel Appointed to National Task Force to Address Opioid Crisis

    September 20, 2017
    The misuse of opioids such as heroin, morphine, and prescription pain medicines is not only a devastating public health crisis, it is critically affecting the administration of justice in courthouses throughout the United States. The number of children in foster care because of parental substance abuse has nearly tripled since 2012, and drug overdose deaths are at record highs. In response to this national crisis, top state court leaders have formed a task force to find solutions, examine...Read more

    Exceptional Judicial Branch Employees Recognized by Chief Justice Heavican During 9th Annual Awards Celebration

    Exceptional Judicial Branch Employees Recognized by Chief Justice Heavican During 9th Annual Awards Celebration

    September 12, 2017
    Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, Mike Heavican, presented 10 Employee Recognition Awards to individuals and team members on September 11, 2017, during the Nebraska Supreme Court’s ninth annual recognition event. The Employee Recognition Committee selected nine individuals and one team from the nominations submitted. Candidates for the awards were chosen and nominated by their supervisors and colleagues in the courts and probation offices where they work. The purpose of the program...Read more

    Nebraska Court of Appeals Celebrates Constitution Day at Hastings College on September 14, 2017

    Nebraska Court of Appeals Celebrates Constitution Day at Hastings College on September 14, 2017

    September 7, 2017
    Next Thursday, September 14, in Hastings, Nebraska In honor of Constitution Day, the Nebraska Court of Appeals will be in session on the campus of Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska, on September 14, 2017. 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 Hastings College’s Perkins Auditorium, Fuhr Hall (Music Building) 723 E. 9th Street. Chief Judge Frankie Moore will preside over the morning panel...Read more

    Judicial Resources Commission to Hold October 17 Public Hearing

    Judicial Resources Commission to Hold October 17 Public Hearing

    August 30, 2017
    The Judicial Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 17, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. central time, to determine whether a judicial vacancy exists in the office of district court of the 2nd Judicial District due to the retirement of Judge William B. Zastera effective October 1, 2017, and if so to make a recommendation to the Supreme Court as to the primary place of office of said vacancy. Pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-1204 (Reissue 2016), the public hearing will be...Read more

    Jennifer Myers Chosen to Lead County Court in Grand Island

    Jennifer Myers Chosen to Lead County Court in Grand Island

    August 29, 2017
    Jennifer Myers, Planning and Zoning Administrator with Merrick County, has been selected to serve as Hall County Clerk Magistrate in Grand Island, one of Nebraska’s largest county courts. Myers will begin work with the court system September 18, 2017, when she starts her new position with the Judicial Branch. County Court Clerk Magistrates work under the general direction of the presiding county judge supervising, assigning, and directing the work of all staff within the county court. The...Read more

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