On November 28, 2022, the Sarpy County Reentry Court held a graduation ceremony and celebration at the Sarpy County Courthouse in Papillion. Judge Stefanie Martinez presided over the ceremony. Also in attendance were Sarpy County Attorney Tyler Loontjer and Public Defender Christopher Lathrop The...

Nebraska District Court Judge Kimberly Miller Pankonin of Omaha, Nebraska, was invited to sit with the Nebraska Supreme Court on December 1, 2022. Pankonin heard arguments in the case of State of Nebraska v. Karl J. Dailey. She sat in place of Justice John R. Freudenberg, who was recused from the...

Melissa Ireland, Court Education Director, and Jezharela Arteaga, Judicial Branch Education Trainer, dedicate themselves daily to making sure court staff are adequately equipped with the tools needed for their roles. As the State’s JUSTICE trainers, Ireland and Arteaga work closely with staff and...

The Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation would like to express appreciation for the following District Court Clerks and Ex-Officio Clerks of the District Court who have moved, or are moving, to other life adventures. Each has provided dedicated service to the people and courts of...

Nebraska has fifteen new senators with varying degrees of experience in the legal field. Trial court judges from across the state are poised to add to the new senator’s knowledge base by welcoming them into their courtrooms through the Judicial-Legislative Visit Program, established in 1999. During...

The Lancaster County Adult Drug Court held a graduation ceremony and celebration on November 21, 2022. For the six graduates, the ceremony marks the completion of an intensive program of comprehensive behavioral health treatment, intensive community supervision, and full accountability. Presiding...

The Judicial Branch Annual Report for Fiscal Year July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, is now available online. The report will be presented to the legislature during the Chief Justice’s annual “State of the Judiciary” in January 2023. The report is found in the Publications section of the Judicial...

Court and Probation offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 24th and 25th, 2022.

More information will be released soon on the 2023=2035 Probation Reporting Center Services Request for Qualification.

A significant project for the Administrative Office Information Technology Division is the newly developed Service Provider Information System. In October, IT went live with the new registration application, in which both agencies and individual providers are actively registering to provide services...