Self-Represented Litigation Committee

    Self-Represented Litigation Committee

    Origin/Authorization: Nebraska Supreme Court consultation minutes created the committee February 26, 2003, the committee’s name was changed per consultation minutes January 22, 2015.  Nebraska Supreme Court consultation minutes made the committee a standing committee of the Access to Justice Commission, March 20, 2017.

    Mission Statement: To engage in continuing analysis and study of the challenges which self-represented litigation poses for court staff, the judiciary, and the practicing bar; to continue assessment of the challenges to the right of self representation which the judicial system currently presents; to propose solutions or improvements in response to such challenges to the Nebraska Supreme Court; and to implement the recommendations of the Self-Represented Litigation Committee which the Nebraska Supreme Court approves.

     

    Self-Represented Litigation Committee Programs & Services Page

     

    Member Title/Organization Appointment Date

    Judge Frankie Moore, Chairperson

    Court of Appeals

    3/14/12

    Ann Borer

    Director of the Douglas County Law Library

    10/16/13

    Christine Christopherson

    Judicial Branch Education

    2/28/18

    Vacant

    Access to Justice Specialist

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    Judge Rachel Daugherty

    District Court

    2/28/18
    Jennifer Rasmussen Deputy Court Administrator for Information Technology 12/11/19

    Kelly Riley

    Office of Dispute Resolution

    12/11/19

    Judge Leo Dobrovolny

    District Court

    10/16/13

    Maureen Eck

    State Library, Deputy Librarian

    2/28/18

    Marsha Fangmeyer

    Attorney

    10/16/13

    Scott Hahn

    Attorney

    2/28/18

    Judge Russell Harford

    County Court

    10/16/13

    Muirne Heaney

    Access to Justice Attorney, Legal Aid of Nebraska

    2/28/18

    Laurel Heer Dale

    Director of Voluntary Lawyers Project, NSBA

    2/28/18

    Judge Timothy Hoeft

    County Court

    11/18/15

    Doris Huffman

    Executive Director Nebraska Bar Foundation

    2/26/03

    Catherine Mahern

    Creighton Legal Clinic

    2/26/03

    Elizabeth Neeley

    Executive Director, NSBA

    10/16/13

    Judge Michael Piccolo

    District Court

    1/22/15

    Vicki Prince

    Clerk of the District Court

    2/28/18

    CathyJo Reiman

    Clerk Magistrate

    10/16/13

    Kevin Ruser

    UNL Legal Clinic

    2/26/03

    Robert Sanford

    Director of Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence

    2/27/08

    Corey Steel

    State Court Administrator

    1/22/15

    Judge Horacio Wheelock

    District Court

    2/28/18

    Judge Julie Martin

    		 Workers' Compensation Court 2/06/19
    Dave Sommers Executive Director, Omaha Bar Association 2/06/19
    Carole McMahon-Boies Attorney Services Administrator 2/06/19
    Sheryl Connolly Trial Court Services Director, Administrative Office of the Courts 12/11/19
    Staff    
    Janet Bancroft