MEDIA ADVISORY: Lancaster County Adult Drug Court Graduation WHAT: Lancaster County Adult Drug Court graduation WHO: Judge Andrew Jacobsen, Presiding WHEN: March 25, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. WHERE: University of Nebraska College of Law 1875 N. 42nd Street Lincoln, NE 68503 WHY: For problem-solving court...

LINCOLN – Jill K. Hamer Conway, Robert M. Kinney-Walker, both of Omaha; Brynne Holsten Puhl, Lincoln; and Brenda S. Spilker, Davey, have submitted applications for appointment as Workers’ Compensation Court Judge. The primary place of office for the judicial vacancy is Lincoln, Lancaster County...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Butler County Problem-Solving Court Graduation and Celebration WHAT: Seward County Problem-Solving Court graduation and celebration. WHO: Judge James C. Stecker, Presiding WHEN: Monday, March 18, 2024 3:00 p.m. WHERE: Seward County Courtroom 261 8 th Street Seward, NE 68434 WHY: For...

LINCOLN – Justin D. Bignell, Fremont; Zachary L. Blackman, Lincoln; Erik W. Fern, Lincoln; Michael W. Jensen, Omaha; James K. McGough, Waverly; and Patrick R. Runge, Omaha, have submitted applications for appointment as District Court Judge in the 6th Judicial District consisting of Burt, Cedar...

Chief Probation Officer for District 7, Kathryn Liebers, will retire effective April 30, 2024. She has served the residents of Antelope, Cuming, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, and Wayne counties for over four decades. Liebers began work with the Judicial Branch as a Probation Officer on June 8...

Sanaz Ahmadi, has been named Nebraska Judicial Branch Chief Information Officer, effective March 11, 2024. Ahmadi will be responsible for the overall vision, mission, goals, and objectives for information technology and network systems for the state’s Judicial Branch. The Information Technology...

LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice Jonathan J. Papik, the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Workers’ Compensation Court will hold a public hearing on Friday, March 29, 2024, in the Supreme Court Courtroom, State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The primary place of...

LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, the Judicial Nominating Commission for District Judge in the 6th Judicial District (consisting of Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Thurston, Washington Counties) will hold a public hearing in the District Courtroom of the...

Nebraska District Court Judge Travis P. O’Gorman from Alliance, Nebraska, was invited to sit with the Nebraska Supreme Court on February 8, 2024. O’Gorman heard arguments in the case of S-21-0364, Nieveen v. Tax 106. In that case, Appellant argued that Nebraska’s tax certificate statutes were...

Nebraska District Court Judge George A. Thompson from Papillion, Nebraska, joined the Nebraska Supreme Court on February 8, 2024, via Zoom for arguments in the case of S-21-0074, Continental Resources v. Fair. In that case, Appellant argued that Nebraska’s tax certificate statutes were...