LINCOLN – William J. Acosta-Trejo, Beau G. Finley, John J. Kohl, Jeffrey T. Palzer, Stephanie S. Shearer, and Steven J. Twohig, all of Omaha, have submitted applications for appointment as County Judge in the 4th Judicial District (Douglas County). The primary place of office for the judicial...

LINCOLN – John R. Freudenberg, Milissa D. Johnson-Wiles, Robert S. Lannin, Jeremy P. Lavene, Janice M. Lipovsky, Nancy K. Peterson, Eddy M. Rodell, and David P. Thompson, all of Lincoln, have submitted applications for appointment as County Judge in the 3rd Judicial District (Lancaster County). The...

Judge of the County Court, 8th Judicial District, Alan L. Brodbeck, is retiring March 31, 2017 after 33 years of service on the bench. In his retirement letter to the Governor, Judge Brodbeck noted, “…I have worked with numerous judges, attorneys and court staff. I believe the Nebraska court system...

The Judicial Resources Commission will hold a public hearing via video conference to determine whether the judicial district boundaries should be changed for the district and county courts by moving Otoe County from the 2nd Judicial District to the 1st Judicial District to better balance existing...

March 2, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. University of Nebraska College of Law March 30, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. Creighton University School of Law For over 30 years the Supreme Court has traveled annually to each of Nebraska’s law schools for the purpose of making the Court’s business accessible to students on their...

Patty Lyon, Problem-Solving Court Coordinator for Probation District 6 in Fremont, has been selected as Chief Probation Officer for the district which includes Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Thurston and Washington Counties. Lyon will begin her position as Chief on March 1, 2017. Lyon has been...

Acting Chief Probation Officer Carrie Rodriguez, District 5 Probation, has been selected as Chief Probation Officer for the district beginning March 1, 2017. Probation’s District 5 includes Boone, Butler, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Platte, Polk, Saunders, Seward, and York Counties. Rodriguez...

As part of the Nebraska Supreme Court’s ongoing outreach and education efforts, Supreme Court Justices will hold oral arguments at Omaha South High School, on March 30, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. The high school court session is held in conjunction with annual Supreme Court arguments at the Creighton Law...

The Nebraska Court of Appeals will be in session on the campus of Chadron State College the morning of April 11, 2017. This visit will mark the first time that the Court of Appeals will hold the College Campus Visit Program in the Nebraska panhandle. Chief Judge Frankie Moore, along with Judges...

“Nebraska is a relative powerhouse for interpreter talent,” says Robert Cruz, Executive Director of the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters & Translators (NAJIT), referring to an invitation for several Nebraska interpreters to teach at a nationally-sponsored conference of interpreters. In...