Interpreter Directory
Interpreter Directory
For assistance in locating "court-certified" American Sign Language interpreters and the most qualified interpreters for languages for which certified and provisionally certified interpreters are not listed on the registry, contact the following:
- Email Interpreter Coordinators or call:
- Adrian Hinojosa (State Court Interpreter Coordinator in Omaha), 402-250-0041
- 3rd Judicial District interpreter scheduling, Kari Corkle, 402-440-9989
- 9th and 10th Judicial Districts interpreter scheduling, Veronica Wieczorek, 308-833-0594
- Olivia Brockman (Interpreter Coordinator for Sarpy, Cass and Otoe Counties) 402-238-4397
- Kathleen Valle (Language Access Program Director), 402-219-1846
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In the event a Nebraska Court Interpreter is not available, judges, court, and probation staff may access the Language Line (username and password will be required to log in) for non-evidentiary proceedings. The Language Line resource is for Judicial Branch users only. Please do not provide username or password information to outside service providers or legal counsel.
If your court or probation office has a working relationship with certified Spanish interpreter or a qualified interpreter of another language, you are certainly welcome to reach out to that individual directly to check their availability for your hearing or appointment. In the event your court or probation office requires assistance in scheduling an interpreter, please email your request as soon as you become aware of the need to NSC.Interpreters@nebraska.gov, and include the information below so we can schedule an interpreter for you.
Request Date:
Court or Probation Office & Location:
Point of Contact (name, telephone number, email address):
Hearing/Appointment date: time: Expected duration:
Type of proceeding (arraignment, motion hearing, trial…):
Case caption and #:
Language needed:
Individual requiring interpreter:
On-Call Interpreters
Email: Kathleen Valle, Language Access Program Director, 402-219-1846.
If a Nebraska Court Interpreter is not available, judges, court, and probation staff should access the Language Line (username and password will be required to log in).
Please note: The year next to the interpreters' status (certified, registered, other) is the year they attained that status in Nebraska. Some interpreters may have attained the status in a different state in a previous year, but for purposes of this registry, the year noted is the year in which they attained the status in Nebraska.
Language | District | Name |
Type![]() |
Year | City | Phone | |
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Cantonese - Mandarin | 3 | Luna Tsang-Sahs | **Other | 2007 | Omaha, NE | (402) 304-0033 | lunatsang@gmail.com |
Mandarin Chinese | 3 | Luna Tsang-Sahs | **Other | 2007 | Omaha, NE | (402) 304-0033 | lunatsang@gmail.com |
Russian | 4 | Valentina Fitch | **Other | 2003 | Omaha, NE | (402) 895-2493 | |
French | 4 | Bryan Watkins | **Other | 2012 | Omaha, NE | (402) 990-9717 | bryanlwatkins@cox.net |
Arabic | 3 | Mohammed Siddiq | **Other | 2003 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 314-0002 | |
Vietnamese | 3 | Maurice Loc Le | **Other | 2001 | Lincoln, NE |
(402) 617-9407 (402) 770-5431 |
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Vietnamese | 3 | Viet Tran | **Other | 2006 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 304-2675 | |
Vietnamese | 3 | Coi Dinh | **Other | 2001 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 477-7623 | |
ASL | 3 | Connie Herndon | *Registered | Lincoln, NE | (402) 202-8001 | connieherndon@gmail.com | |
ASL | 3 | Lorelei Waldron | *Registered | Ceresco, NE |
(402) 310-8428 (402) 785-2335 |
glwaldron@yahoo.com | |
Russian | 3 | Nick Nersesian | *Registered | 2010 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 314-4441 | nickn50@gmail.com |
Spanish | 3 | Lissette Gilster | *Registered | 2008 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 326-3956 | jmzlissette@yahoo.com |
Spanish | 3 | Erick Saavedra | *Registered | 2007 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 730-7854 | |
Spanish | 3 | Ricardo Izquierdo | *Registered | 2013 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 580-5924 | ric.izq@gmail.com |
Vietnamese | 3 | Elizabeth Nguyen | *Registered | 2006 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 730-6532 | Lizng49@hotmail.com |
Bosnian/Serb/Croatian | 3 | Amila Tanovic-Muslic | *Registered | 2013 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 770-1455 | amila@friendshiphome.org |
ASL | 4 | Jamy Elker | *Registered | Omaha, NE | (402) 203-3905 | jelkerterp@gmail.com | |
Spanish | 4 | Marcela Chudomelka | *Registered | 2013 | Omaha, NE | (402) 905-8630 | supergataloka@hotmail.com |
Spanish | 4 | Tara Jackson-Sanchez | *Registered | 2013 | Elkhorn, NE | (402) 321-9228 | tarasanchez@me.com |
Spanish | 4 | Juan Membreno | *Registered | 2013 | Omaha, NE | (305) 244-9721 | juandiegomembreno@gmail.com |
Spanish | 4 | Claudia Farkas-Pinto | *Registered | 2011 | Omaha, NE | (402) 932-0186 | pinc.interpreterandtranslator@gmail.com |
Vietnamese | 4 | Myhanh Thi Che | *Registered | 2013 | Omaha, NE | (402) 350-3799 | myhanh.che@gmail.com |
Spanish | 5 | Abigail Acosta | *Registered | 2012 | Columbus, NE | (402) 649-7047 | abby_acosta87@hotmail.com |
ASL | Out of State | David Borgalia | *Registered | Council Bluffs, IA |
(402) 578-1316 (712) 322-3897 |
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Portuguese | Out of State | Miryan Ingrassia | *Registered | 2013 | Kissimmee, FL | (239) 560-9626 | iminterpreter@yahoo.com |
Spanish | 4 | Cristina Kropf | Certified | 2006 | Omaha, NE |
(402) 733-3671 (402) 630-5358 |
cristina.kropf@cox.net |
Bosnian/Serb/Croatian | Out of State | Janja Pavetic-Dickey | Certified | 2014 | Lawrence, KS |
(785) 393 7823 (785) 843 2456 |
jpdickey@att.net |
Spanish | 4 | Kevin Lunt | Certified | 2006 | Omaha, NE | (402) 706-2117 | naganakal@yahoo.com |
Spanish | Out of State | Edie Cruise | Certified | 2014 | Germany, | (402) 218-2187 | edie.cruise@gmail.com |
Spanish | 4 | Jeck Navarrete | Certified | 2001 | Omaha, NE |
(402) 221-7896 (402) 630-6667 |
jeck_navarrete@fd.org |
Spanish | 4 | Lilia Bustos | Certified | 2010 | Omaha, NE | (402) 218-8915 | liliabustosinterpreter@gmail.com |
Spanish | 4 | Adrian Hinojosa | Certified | 2006 | Omaha, NE | 402-444-3669 | adrian.hinojosa@nebraska.gov |
ASL | Out of State | John Krpan | Certified | 2017 | Laurel, MD |
(240) 241-7191 (443) 367-1695 |
jkrpan@aol.com |
Spanish | 4 | Caden Tait | Certified | 2014 | Omaha, NE | (719) 373-7862 | cadenquinntait@yahoo.com |
Spanish | 4 | Constanza Meier | Certified | 2001 | Omaha, NE | (402) 631-8480 | consegmeier@hotmail.com |
Spanish | 4 | Kelly Varguez | Certified | 2009 | Omaha, NE | (402) 504-8170 | Kkvarguez@mccneb.edu |
ASL | 4 | Maureen Larsen | Certified | Gretna, NE | (402) 213-8018 | maureen.larsen@nebraska.gov | |
Spanish | 9 | Irma Watt | Certified | 2005 | Grand Island, NE | (402) 459-0058 | irmawatt@gmail.com |
Spanish | 5 | Raul Escobar | Certified | 2007 | Seward, NE | (402) 890-9561 | escobarinterpreting@gmail.com |
Spanish | 7 | Izabel Chavez | Certified | 2016 | Norfolk, NE | (402) 992-2911 | chaveztranslations@hotmail.com |
Russian | 3 | Victoria Welles | Certified | 2011 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 770-1176 | welles.victoria@gmail.com |
Spanish | 9 | Belkin Gonzalez | Certified | 2007 | Lincoln, NE | (308) 380-3131 | gonzalezbelkin@yahoo.com |
Mandarin Chinese | 3 | Claudio Huang | Certified | 2009 | Omaha, NE | (402) 671-9808 | chuangoppd@yahoo.com |
Spanish | 6 | Shelly Hodges | Certified | 2009 | Omaha, NE |
(712) 560-3710 (712) 204-4815 |
monalizara@cableone.net |
Spanish | 11 | Stacey Con | Certified | 2001 | Lexington, NE | (308) 746-2623 | staceyleeuse@gmail.com |
Spanish | 3 | Alex Perez | Certified | 2007 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 730-3440 | lapereze@hotmail.com |
Spanish | 11 | Maria Easterday | Certified | 2004 | Eustis, NE | (308) 320-4037 | maria.easterday@gmail.com |
Spanish | 3 | Vladimir Bazan | Certified | 2012 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 805-0197 | NElanguageservices@gmail.com |
Spanish | 12 | Luis Sanchez | Certified | 2009 | Alliance, NE | (308) 760-3486 | esetranslations@gmail.com |
Spanish | 3 | Dale Taylor | Certified | 2005 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 841-0887 | greattranslations@hotmail.com |
Spanish | 12 | Sarah Sosa | Certified | 2004 | Mitchell, NE | (308) 641-5838 | sarah.sosa@vistabeam.com |
French | 3 | Frederique Sevet-Collier | Certified | 2014 | Lincoln, NE | (402) 802-5339 | |
Mandarin Chinese | Out of State | Ping Lau | Certified | Seattle, WA | (206) 326-8906 | CantoneseInterpreter@Gmail.com | |
Spanish | 4 | Al Villarreal | Certified | 2010 | Omaha, NE | (402) 660-4493 | al.villarreal@live.com |
Somali | Out of State | Ahmed Aden | Certified | 2015 | Rochester, MN | (507) 271-2751 | Aaden810@gmail.com |
Spanish | 4 | Frankie MacGregor | Certified | 2009 | Omaha, NE | (402) 905-8535 | |
Somali | Out of State | Abdi Elmi | Certified | Newport, MN | (612) 423-1022 | agelmi02@gmail.com | |
Spanish | 4 | Janet Bonet | Certified | 2001 | Omaha, NE | (402) 598-4186 | janetbonet@outlook.com |
Spanish | Out of State | Julie Sellers | Certified | 2008 | Atchison, KS | (913) 370-5022 | julieann129@yahoo.com |
Spanish | 4 | John Hosking | Certified | 2013 | Omaha, NE | (240) 605-7590 | martyhoskingllc@gmail.com |
Spanish | Out of State | Ernest Nino-Murcia | Certified | Des Moines, IA | (917) 753-3906 | eninomur@gmail.com | |
Spanish | 4 | Martha Brester | Certified | 2010 | Omaha, NE |
(402) 203-5413 (402) 733-2014 |
brestercorrea@hotmail.com |
Spanish | Out of State | Terri Doolittle | Certified | 2012 | Wichita, KS | (316) 640-5107 | terris.interpreting@gmail.com |
Spanish | 4 | Olivia Brockman | Certified | 2009 | Omaha, NE | (402) 238-4397 | olivia.brockman@nebraska.gov |
Spanish | Out of State | Perla Alarcon-Flory | Certified | 2015 | Sioux City, IA | (712) 898-5263 | alarcon_flory@yahoo.com |
Spanish | 4 | Arlene Jorge | Certified | 2015 | Omaha, NE | (323) 333-0773 | ruizaa@netzero.com |
Spanish | Out of State | Miryan Ingrassia | Certified | 2013 | Kissimmee, FL | (239) 560-9626 | iminterpreter@yahoo.com |
Spanish | 4 | Laura Garcia-Hein | Certified | Omaha, NE | (402) 661-7307 | laura_garcia-hein@ned.uscourts.gov | |
Spanish | Out of State | Dean McConkey | Certified | 2013 | Orlando, FL | (321) 914-5350 | deanmcconkey64@gmail.com |
Spanish | 4 | Ashley Villanueva Enriquez | Certified | 2013 | Omaha, NE | (402) 917-8219 | avillanuevaenriquez.112@gmail.com |
Cantonese - Mandarin | Out of State | Ping Lau | Certified | Seattle, WA | (206) 326-8906 | CantoneseInterpreter@Gmail.com |