Judgeship

2021 – present
Judge of the County Court, 6th Judicial District
Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Thurston, and Washington counties

Experience

2012-2020
Matney Law, Sole Practitioner
South Sioux City, NE

2014-2015
Lutheran Family Services, Inc., Associate VP / VP-Legal
Lincoln, NE

2009-2012
Department of Health and Human Services, CFS Policy Sec. Admin. / LS Attorney III
Lincoln, NE

2001-2003; 2018-2019
Cedar County Attorney’s Office, County Attorney
Hartington, NE

1998-1999; 2004-2008
Dakota County Attorney’s Office, County Attorney
(Also served as Deputy in 1997, 2000, 2013, 2014, and 2020)
Dakota City, NE

Education

Baylor University / Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, 1994-1996
Juris Doctorate (Study abroad program)

Iowa State University / Universidad de Valladolid, 1991-1993
B.A. in Spanish Language (Study abroad program)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1989-1991
Lincoln, NE

Honors and Awards

Nebraska State Bar Foundation Fellow:
Honor is based on integrity and character. Recognition is for those accredited as leaders who contribute to charitable and community education works of the Foundation and dedicated to the improvement of the administration of justice.  

Recognition from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the resolution of the cold-case kidnapping of Angela Brummond

Revised July 2024