Judgeship

2016 - present
Judge of the District Court, 9th Judicial District
Buffalo and Hall Counties

Experience

2007 - 2016
Deputy Buffalo County Public Defender
Kearney, NE

1994 - 2016
Knapp, Fangmeyer, Aschwege, Besse & Marsh, PC
Kearney, NE

1989 - 1994
Dawson County Attorney
Lexington, NE

1986 - 1989
Deputy Lincoln County Attorney
North Platte, NE

1985
Law Office of Louie Ligouri

Education

University of Nebraska College of Law, 1985
Juris Doctorate

Hastings College, 1981
Bachelor of Arts

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.  

2008 CFI Visionary Award by the NSBA Charitable Foundation

Revised July 2024