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 case. In this case, the district court affirmed the county court’s conviction and $750 fine after finding the Appellant, the Sheriff of Dawes County, guilty of official misconduct for failing to accept...Read more

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 program, new senators are invited to visit local trial courts to observe first-hand how area courts operate. The program’s significance is that it gives members of the legislature a better...Read more