The Nebraska State Bar Commission has received the Supreme Court’s approval of its recommendation for admission to the practice of law in the State of Nebraska for those having fulfilled all of the requirements under Rule § 3-117 for admission. A swearing-in ceremony took place on Tuesday, September...

LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice Jonathan J. Papik, the Judicial Nominating Commission for County Court Judge in the 12 th Judicial District (consisting of Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties) will hold a...

Supreme Court Justices will welcome a group of high school students to oral arguments in the Supreme Court courtroom at the Nebraska State Capitol. Encouraging student groups to visit the courtroom is part of the Nebraska Supreme Court’s ongoing community outreach and education efforts. Beginning at...

LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, the Judicial Nominating Commission for County Court Judge in the 6 th Judicial District (consisting of Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Thurston, Washington Counties) will hold a public hearing in the Board Room at the Dodge...

Hon. Robert R. Otte, District Judge for the 3rd Judicial District, is retiring November 27, 2022. Otte serves as a judge of the Lancaster County Veterans Treatment Court in addition to presiding full-time on the district court bench in Lincoln. In his retirement announcement to the Chief Justice and...

Robin Cobaugh, Assistant Clerk II for Keith County Court, has been selected to serve as Clerk Magistrate for Keith and Arthur Counties in Ogallala and Arthur, Nebraska. Cobaugh will begin work as clerk magistrate on September 30, 2022. “Robin has been an assistant clerk for the Keith County Court...

Nebraska District Court Judges Shelly R. Stratman and Timothy P. Burns of Omaha, Nebraska, were invited to sit with the Nebraska Supreme Court on September 1, 2022. The judges heard arguments in the case of S-21-419, State of Nebraska v. Jorge A. Galindo. Appellant Galindo was previously convicted...

In honor of Constitution Day, the Nebraska Court of Appeals will be in session on the campus of Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska, on September 15, 2022. The court session will celebrate ten years of the Court of Appeals College Campus Initiative, introduced in 2012 at Peru State College. The...

The Judicial Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on Friday, September 9, 2022, beginning at 10 a.m. central standard time, in Room 1510 of the State Capitol Building in Lincoln, Nebraska, to consider the following agenda items: Whether a judicial vacancy exists in the County Court of the...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Problem-Solving Court Graduation and Celebration Please note the location change. WHAT: The District Court for the 4 th Judicial District Court of Nebraska is pleased to invite you to the Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court Graduation ceremony. WHO: Judge Horacio Wheelock...