Lancaster County Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Lori Griggs will retire effective December 10, 2021. She leaves the Judicial Branch with just over 32 years of service. Griggs began work with the Judicial Branch as a probation officer on November 15, 1989. She was later appointed as Chief Deputy...

The Judicial Resources Commission will hold its Annual Meeting, which includes a public hearing, on December 10, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, in Room 1510 of the State Capitol Building in Lincoln, Nebraska. All proceedings will be conducted in-person and will include the option of...

Mandy Klipp of Tobias, Nebraska, has been selected to serve as Clerk Magistrate in Jefferson County. She begins her duties on December 13, 2021, replacing retiring Clerk Magistrate Tammie Duensing. She has been the Assistant Clerk in Jefferson County Court since July 2020. “Mandy has worked with and...

Supreme Court Justices will hold court arguments in the Tiger Theatre on the Hastings High School Campus on December 1, 2021. The court session, rescheduled from September this year, comes at the invitation of High School Principal Thomas Szlanda. "We are honored to have the Court hold arguments in...

Nebraska District Court Judge Rachel A. Daugherty of Aurora, Nebraska, was invited to sit with the Nebraska Supreme Court on November 3, 2021. Daugherty heard arguments in the cases of State v. Gnanaprakasam and State v. Abernathy; both cases criminal cases relating to the defendant’s right to a...

Nebraska District Court Judge Terri S. Harder of Minden, Nebraska, was invited to sit with the Nebraska Supreme Court on November 2, 2021. Harder heard arguments in the case of State of Nebraska v. Joshua W. Keadle out of Gage County where, on February 13, 2020, the jury found Keadle guilty of...

The Nebraska Task Force on Lawyer, Judge and Law Student Well-Being (“Well-Being Task Force”) has released a report entitled Examining Lawyer, Judge and Law Student Well-Being in Nebraska. The report is the culmination of a two-and-a-half-year review by the Well-Being Task Force of the state of well...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Problem-Solving Court Graduation and Celebration WHAT: The North Central Problem-Solving Court team would like to announce the graduation of one of our participants. Completing the program is a great accomplishment, and we are proud to honor the Adult Drug Court graduate through this...

State Probation Administrator Deborah Minardi addressed 41 new probation officers, their families, and fellow probation employees via Webex on October 22, 2021, during a virtual swearing-in ceremony. Prior to being sworn-in, new probation officers successfully completed seven weeks of New Probation...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Lancaster County Veterans Treatment Court Graduation and Celebration WHAT: The Lancaster County Veterans Treatment Court team is pleased to announce that two participants have successfully completed the Veteran’s Treatment Court Program. Please join us in celebrating this outstanding...