2010
Judgeship
2000 – present
Judge of the County Court, 10th Judicial District
(Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Nuckolls, Phelps, & Webster counties)
2008 - 2009
Presiding Judge of the 10th Judicial District, County Court
2007 - present
Judge & co-founder of the Central Nebraska Family Drug Court, Adams County, 2008 - present
Experience
1972 - 2000
Private practice of law - Holdrege, NE
Phelps County Attorney’s Office, former prosecutor
Phelps County, former defense counsel/guardian ad litem
Education
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1972
Juris Doctorate
Iowa State University, 1969
Bachelor of Science
Judicial/Law Related Activities
Professional Affiliations
Nebraska State Bar Association
National Association of Counsel for Children, former member
Nebraska Supreme Court Committees
Help-Line Advisory Panel, 2010
Governor’s Commission for Protection of Children,
former & present member
Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative,
Advisory Group, 2006
Lead Judge, District 10 West End
Nebraska Foster Care Review Board
chairman, 2 years
member, 6 years
LB1063 Study Committee on Health Insurance for Children, former member
Nebraska Judicial Structure and Administration Task Force, member
Governor’s Children’s Task Force, member
Nebraska County Judges Association
former president, 2008
Judicial Ethics Sub-Committee, member
Community Activities
CASA of South Central Nebraska, former volunteer
Law Day, recognition presenter, 2005 & 2006
Honors and Awards
Special Commendation, by the Foster Care Review Board, for work in the Eyes of the Child Initiative, 2008
Commendation, by the Foster Care Review Board, for active involvement in developing a Family Drug Court for Central Nebraska, 2000
Teaching & Publishing
Speaker, Children in Court, Stakeholder Panel, 2008 Central East Regional Conference on the Through the eyes of the Child Initiative