In inclement weather, employees should use their best judgment in trying to get to work. If an employee chooses not to report to work, the employee must follow the policy of their particular office for reporting an absence. Employees choosing not to work due to weather conditions must use accrued...

After the first courtroom technology upgrades were completed in Cedar County in October, the installation phase of the Nebraska Judicial Branch courtroom technology upgrade project is slowly starting to gather steam. Shared courtrooms in Dixon, Pierce, Thurston, and Wayne counties had their new...

Supreme Court oral arguments to be held at Nebraska’s Law Schools: March 2, 2023, 9:00 a.m. University of Nebraska College of Law March 29, 2023, 9:30 a.m. Creighton University School of Law For over 40 years, the Supreme Court has traveled annually to each of Nebraska’s law schools for the purpose...

Awarded to: Bert Meschke, County Court Clerk Magistrate for Garfield, Wheeler, and Valley Counties. The Employee of the Year recognition is based on performance, professionalism, loyalty, and other accomplishments that exemplify the values and professional standards of the Judicial Branch. The...

Retired Lancaster County Judge Janice Lindquist Gradwohl died December 27, 2022, at her home in Lincoln. Appointed to the bench in 1974, she was the fourth woman to serve on the state court bench and the first female judge in Lancaster County. She retired in 1990. Gradwohl was instrumental in the...

Retired Judge Stephen A. Davis, Omaha, died in Omaha at age 87. In 1982, he was appointed as Judge of the Douglas County District Court. He retired from the bench in 2002. Full obituary through the Chapel of Memories: Judge Stephen A. Davis

Ronald L. Werkmeister passed away on December 22, 2022. He served as an elected non-lawyer judge in Frontier County beginning January 1969, and, at the age of 26, was the youngest to hold the position of judge in Nebraska. (Currently, each person must be a U.S. citizen, be at least 30 years of age...

Court and Probation offices will be closed on 1/2/23.

A swearing-in ceremony for Dana Richheart as Clerk Magistrate of Otoe County Court was held on December 19, 2022, in the Otoe County Courthouse in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Judge David Partsch hosted the ceremony with remarks by State Court Administrator Corey Steel. Richheart began her duties as...

Court and Probation offices will be closed on 12/26/22.