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.

     

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    Member Title/Organization Appointment Date

    Judge Frankie Moore, Chair

    Court of Appeals

    3/14/12
    Judge Rachel Daugherty, Vice Chair District Court, 5th Judicial District 2/28/18
    Judge Horacio Wheelock District Court, 4th Judicial District 2/28/18
    Judge Michael Piccolo District Court, 11th Judicial District 1/22/15
    Judge Leo Dobrovolny District Court, 12th Judicial District 10/16/13
    Judge Timothy Hoeft County Court, 10th Judicial District 11/18/15
    Judge Richard Smith County Court, 1st Judicial District 1/1/23
    Judge Julie Martin Workers' Compensation Court 2/06/19
    Sara Fowler Clerk Magistrate, Hall County 1/1/23
    Vickie Prince Clerk of the District Court 2/28/18
    Valorie Bendixen Trial Court Services Directior for District Courts 11/10/21
    Sheryl Connolly Trial Court Services Director for County Courts 12/11/19
    Liz Neeley Executive Director, Nebraska State Bar Association 10/16/13
    Dave Sommers Executive Director, Omaha Bar Association 2/06/19
    Prof. Kevin Ruser University of Nebraska School of Law 2/26/03
    Diane Uchimiya Creighton Legal Clinic 1/1/23
    Christon MacTaggart Executive Director of Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence 1/1/23
    Shannon Seim Director of Volunteer Lawyers Project, Nebraska State Bar Association 1/1/23
    Muirne Heaney Access to Justice Attorney, Legal Aid of Nebraska 2/28/18

    Ann Borer

    Director of the Douglas County Law Library

    10/16/13
    Maureen Eck State Library, Deputy Librarian 2/28/18
    Kelly Riley Office of Dispute Resolution 12/11/19

    Marsha Fangmeyer

    Attorney, Knapp Fangmeyer Aschwege Besse & Marsh

    10/16/13

    Scott Hahn

    Attorney, Koenig Dunne

    2/28/18

    Corey Steel

    State Court Administrator, Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation

    1/22/15
    Sherri Dennis IT Applications Analyst, Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation 1/1/23
    Wendy Wussow Clerk, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals 1/1/23
    Amy Prenda Access to Justice Commission 2/26/21
    Kelli Wood Deputy Administrator, Judicial Branch Education 1/1/23