MEDIA ADVISORY: Butler County Problem-Solving Court Graduation and Celebration WHAT: Seward County Problem-Solving Court graduation and celebration. WHO: Judge James C. Stecker, Presiding WHEN: Monday, March 18, 2024 3:00 p.m. WHERE: Seward County Courtroom 261 8 th Street Seward, NE 68434 WHY: For...

LINCOLN – Justin D. Bignell, Fremont; Zachary L. Blackman, Lincoln; Erik W. Fern, Lincoln; Michael W. Jensen, Omaha; James K. McGough, Waverly; and Patrick R. Runge, Omaha, have submitted applications for appointment as District Court Judge in the 6th Judicial District consisting of Burt, Cedar...

Chief Probation Officer for District 7, Kathryn Liebers, will retire effective April 30, 2024. She has served the residents of Antelope, Cuming, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, and Wayne counties for over four decades. Liebers began work with the Judicial Branch as a Probation Officer on June 8...

Sanaz Ahmadi, has been named Nebraska Judicial Branch Chief Information Officer, effective March 11, 2024. Ahmadi will be responsible for the overall vision, mission, goals, and objectives for information technology and network systems for the state’s Judicial Branch. The Information Technology...

LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice Jonathan J. Papik, the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Workers’ Compensation Court will hold a public hearing on Friday, March 29, 2024, in the Supreme Court Courtroom, State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The primary place of...

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

Nebraska District Court Judge Travis P. O’Gorman from Alliance, Nebraska, was invited to sit with the Nebraska Supreme Court on February 8, 2024. O’Gorman heard arguments in the case of S-21-0364, Nieveen v. Tax 106. In that case, Appellant argued that Nebraska’s tax certificate statutes were...

Nebraska District Court Judge George A. Thompson from Papillion, Nebraska, joined the Nebraska Supreme Court on February 8, 2024, via Zoom for arguments in the case of S-21-0074, Continental Resources v. Fair. In that case, Appellant argued that Nebraska’s tax certificate statutes were...

Nebraska District Court Judge Molly B. Keane from Omaha, Nebraska, was invited to sit with the Nebraska Supreme Court on February 7, 2024. Keane heard arguments in the case of S-23-0282, Nore Electric, Inc. v. ICMS, Inc. In this construction lien case and upon cross-motions for summary judgment, the...

The Judicial Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on Friday, February 16, 2024, at 10 a.m. central standard time, in Room 1510 of the State Capitol Building in Lincoln, Nebraska, to consider: Whether a judicial vacancy exists in the office of the District Court, 6th Judicial District, due...