MEDIA ADVISORY: Problem-Solving Court Graduation and Celebration WHAT: York County Problem-Solving County graduation. WHO: Honorable James C. Stecker will preside. WHEN: May 22, 2023 3:00 p.m. WHERE: York County Courthouse, District Courtroom 50 Lincoln Avenue York, NE 68467 WHY: For Problem-Solving...

Judge of the County Court, 6th Judicial District, Douglas L. Luebe, is resigning on June 2, 2023. Luebe served the citizens of Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Thurston, and Washington Counties (6th Judicial District) from 2003 to his 2023 resignation. The first step in deciding whether Luebe’s...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Problem-Solving Court Graduation and Celebration WHAT: Central Nebraska Drug Court–Adams County celebrates graduation and Problem-Solving Court Month WHO: Judge Morgan Farquhar will be presiding. WHEN: Monday, May 15, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. WHERE: Adams County Courthouse, Courtroom 1...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Problem-Solving Court Graduation and Celebration WHAT: Cass County Adult Drug Treatment Court graduation and ceremony. WHO: District Court Judge Michael A. Smith will preside. WHEN: Monday, May 15, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Cass County Courthouse 346 Main Street Plattsmouth, NE WHY...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Problem-Solving Court Graduation and Celebration WHAT: Central Nebraska Drug Court and Problem-Solving Court Month celebrate graduation. WHO: Judge Patrick Lee will be presiding. WHEN: Friday, May 5, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. WHERE: Hall County Courthouse, Courtroom 2 111 W. 1 st Street...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Problem-Solving Court Graduation and Celebration WHAT: Central Nebraska Drug Court–Buffalo County celebrates graduation and Problem-Solving Court Month WHO: Judge John Marsh will be presiding. WHEN: Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. WHERE: Buffalo County Courthouse, Courtroom 1...

Nebraska District Court Judge Jeffrey J. Lux of Omaha, Nebraska, was invited to sit with the Nebraska Supreme Court on April 26, 2023. Lux heard arguments in the case of S-22-0648 Kendel Blake Swicord v. Nebraska Police Standards Advisory Council and Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and...

Nebraska District Court Judge Patrick M. Lee of Grand Island, Nebraska, was invited to sit with the Nebraska Supreme Court on April 24, 2023. Lee heard arguments in the case of S-22-0568 State of Nebraska v. Eric A. Ramirez. He sat in place of Justice John Freudenberg who was recused from the case...

The Nebraska State Bar Commission has received the Supreme Court’s approval of its recommendation for admission to the practice of law in the State of Nebraska for those having fulfilled all of the requirements under Rule § 3-117 for admission. A swearing-in ceremony took place on Monday, April 24...

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Nebraska Press Association, Chief Justice Mike Heavican presented a plaque to the Association on behalf of the Bar Foundation Bench Media Committee, of which he is the chairperson. Mark Rhoades, of the Enterprise Group in Blair, and John Edgecombe with...