Hon. Kris D. Mickey
Judgeship
2010 - present
Judge of the County Court, 12th Judicial District
Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan & Sioux Counties
Presiding Judge 2012-2013
Experience
Private practice of law, attorney
2010
Scotts Bluff County, special prosecutor
2003 - 2004
Banner County Attorney’s Office, deputy attorney
1994 - 1995
Kansas Supreme Court, research attorney
1992 - 1994
Office of the Reporter of Decisions for the Kansas Supreme Court and the Kansas Court of Appeals, law clerk/junior reporter
Education
Washburn University School of Law, 1994
Juris Doctorate - with honors
University of Wyoming, 1991
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
Judicial/Law Related Activities
Professional Affiliations
Nebraska State Bar Association
Scotts Bluff County Bar Association
Nebraska State Bar/Local Attorney Association Committees
Young Lawyer’s Section, Nebraska State Bar Association
Vice-president, Executive Committee, 1999 - 2000
Western Regional Representative, 1997 - 2001
Nebraska Supreme Court Committees
Personnel Committee, Chairman
NSC Leadership Program
Community Activities
President, Scottsbluff - Gering Noon Lions Club, 2004 - 2005
Former Director, Monument Valley Pathways
Former Volunteer, United Way of Western Nebraska
Honors and Awards
2001 Nominee, "20 Under 40" Scotts Bluff County Leaders
Teaching & Publishing
Author, "Contract Law: Denying Recovery Under a Theory of Quantum, Meruit: Cracking Down on an Unlicensed Engineering Firm"
33 Washburn Law Journal 224, 1993