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November 22, 2023
Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, Mike Heavican, presented Judicial Branch Recognition Awards to individuals and team members on November 20, 2023, during the Nebraska Judicial Branch’s 15 th annual recognition event. The Employee Recognition Committee selected 11 individuals and three teams from the nominations submitted. Candidates for the awards were chosen and nominated by their supervisors and colleagues in their courts and probation offices. The program aims to recognize the...Read more
Records Team
November 22, 2023
The Lancaster County District Court Records Team, comprised of Rachael Boyd, Scott Brunsing, and Alexis McQueen, consistently surpasses expectations in their Records Retention projects. Their dedication goes beyond their daily job duties, as they willingly step in for their colleagues and handle multiple simultaneous projects, including tasks like managing docket sheets, digitizing microfilm, overseeing Grand Jury records, updating unnumbered files, and ensuring the proper management and return...Read more
Thanksgiving
November 20, 2023
Court and Probation offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 23rd and 24th, 2023.Read more
November 20, 2023
Matthew Neher of Lexington was appointed district court judge for the Eleventh Judicial District (Arthur, Chase, Dawson, Dundy, Furnas, Frontier, Gosper, Hayes, Hitchcock, Hooker, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Perkins, Red Willow, and Thomas counties). Since 2011, Neher has served in the Dawson County Attorney’s Office, most recently as the chief deputy county attorney. His areas of experience have included criminal law as well as civil litigation. Prior to joining the county attorney’s...Read more
November 17, 2023
The Court of Appeals' November Kearney panel with Judges Frankie Moore, Mike Pirtle, and David Arterburn, extended a personal invitation to Charles Rowling, Director of the Kearney Law Opportunities Program (KLOP), to bring his pre-law students to the court's argument sessions held mid-month at the Buffalo County courthouse. KLOP, a collaborative initiative between the University of Nebraska at Kearney and the University of Nebraska College of Law, is designed to recruit high school students...Read more
November 17, 2023
Beau Finley of Omaha was appointed county court judge for the Fourth Judicial District of Nebraska on November 16, 2023. According to Gov. Pillen’s office, Finley is a defense attorney with experience in criminal, juvenile, and civil law. He started his career as a public defender in Douglas County. Later, he joined the law offices of Davis & Finley and Finley & Kahler. Finley received his juris doctor from the Nebraska College of Law. He fills the vacancy due to the appointment of...Read more
November 17, 2023
The Office of Judicial Branch Education (JBE) expanded education space to include the second floor of the building directly across the parking lot to the north of the current building. The early November expansion allows for four (4) additional conference rooms, the largest of which, the “Cottonwood,” can comfortably accommodate more than 60 people. The expansion reduces the need for renting space from private facilities and allow JBE to accommodate the increasing need for meeting and training...Read more
November 16, 2023
Nebraska High School Mock Trials are underway with judges serving as coordinators in every region. 2023 coordinators are: Region 1-Honorable Leo Dobrovolny & Honorable Kris Mickey Region 2-Honorable Tanya Roberts-Connick & Lindsay Pedersen Region 3-Honorable Anne Paine, Nichole Lawson & Abby Larington Region 4-Honorable Mark Kozisek & Mike Borders Region 5-Honorable John Rademacher, Coy Clark & James Truell Region 6-Honorable Donna Taylor Region 7-Honorable Jason Bergevin...Read more
November 16, 2023
Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court's FY 2023 Annual Caseload Report has been posted to the Nebraska Judicial Branch Website. Read full report: https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/WCC-annual-caseload-fy-23.pdfRead more
November 15, 2023
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