Professional Affiliations
Nebraska District Judges Association, Member 2015 - Present
Nebraska County Judges Association, Executive Board Member, 2014- 2015, Member, 2006-2015
Lincoln Bar Association, Board of Trustees 2012-2015, Member 1994-Present
Nebraska State Bar Association (NSBA), Member 1994-Present
Colorado Bar Association, Member 1985-Present
Robert Van Pelt American Inns of Court, Master of the Bar 2002-2006, Master of the Bench 2006-2007
NSBA Women & the Law Section, President 2002-2004, Exec. Committee 2002-2006, Member 1998-Present
Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys, Member 1998-2006

Moot Court Judge, Mock Jury Trial Competition, UNL College of Law, Dec 2023
Interview, “Making Court More Accessible – Benefits of Using Zoom” Channel 10/11, May 2023
Designated Judge, appointed to serve as active justice on Nebraska Supreme Court, Nov 2022
Speaker, Nebraska Ass’n of Trial Attorneys, Trial Skills Seminar, Feb 2022
Speaker, Judicial Forum, National Business Institute, “The Judges’ View: Nebraska Civil Litigation Do’s and Don’ts,” Dec 2021
Speaker, Student Forum, Presentation: “State Trial Courts: Facts and Statistics,” Nov 2021
District Representative, Pandemic Preparedness Conference, University of Nebraska Medical Center, May 2019
Designated Judge, appointed to serve as active justice on Nebraska Supreme Court, April 2018
District Court Representative for Re-Entry Summit, West Palm Beach, Florida, Oct 2018
Speaker, Judicial Panel, Nebraska State Bar Ass’n Leadership Academy, 2017-2018
Moot Court Judge & Speaker, Dan Jewell Trial Institute, Nebraska State Bar Foundation, 2017
Speaker, Judicial Forum, National Business Institute, “As Judges See It: Top Mistakes Attorneys Make in Civil Litigation,” Dec 2016
Speaker, Court Appointments in Criminal Cases, Lincoln Bar Association Clinic, 2015
Speaker, New Judge Orientation, Civil Litigation in County Court, 2015
Speaker, “The Vanishing Jury Trial & Top Ten Reasons to Try Your Case in County Court,” NSBA Annual Meeting, 2013
Group Leader, UNL College of Law, Orientation on Professionalism & Ethics, 2010 – 2013
Speaker, New Judge Orientation, Civil Litigation in County Court, 2011
Webinar “Taking Control of Out of Control Attorneys & Courtrooms,” Judges Gossett & Strong, 2011
Initiated civil computer docket system in Nebraska County Courts, 2010-2011
Speaker, Judicial Panel, Young Lawyers Section Best Practices Seminar, 2010
Moot Court Judge & Speaker, Appellate Advocacy Tournament, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2009
Chapter Author, “The First Women of Nebraska Law,” The History of Nebraska Law, Ohio University Press, 2008
Moot Court Judge, Regional Appellate Advocacy Tournament, UNL College of Law, 2008
Moot Court Judge, Mock Jury Trial Competition, UNL College of Law, 2007