MEDIA ADVISORY: Second Judicial District Veterans Treatment Court Celebrates Graduation WHAT: 2nd Judicial District Veterans Treatment Court graduation and celebration. WHO: Judge Nathan Cox, Presiding WHEN: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 1:00 p.m. WHERE: Sarpy County Courthouse, Courtroom 6 1210...

LINCOLN – Peder C. Bartling, Lisa M. Gonzalez, Michael W. Jensen, Richard P. McGowan, Patrick R. Runge, David M. Wear, and Ryan J. Wiesen, all of Omaha, have submitted applications for appointment as District Court Judge in the Fourth Judicial District, Douglas County. The vacancy is due to Judge...

Hilary Roit, who previously worked as the Assistant Clerk of the District Court/Clerk's Office in Fillmore County, has been selected to serve as Fillmore County Court Clerk Magistrate in Geneva. Her official work as Clerk Magistrate begins November 1, 2025. “Hilary’s familiarity with the inner...

LINCOLN – Daniel J. Zieg, of Bennet, and Ryan N. Decker, Kelsey L. Helget, Katherine L. Klug, Matthew K. Kosmicki, Joseph D. Neuhaus, and Eddy M. Rodell, all of Lincoln, have submitted applications for appointment as County Court Judge in the Third Judicial District, Lancaster County. The vacancy is...

LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice Stephanie F. Stacy, the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Supreme Court, Second Judicial District, will hold a public hearing on October 16, 2025, beginning at 10:00 a.m. CDT, at the Douglas County Courthouse, Courtroom #330, 1701 Farnam Street...

LINCOLN – Matthew A. Headley, Norfolk, and Nathaniel T. Eckstrom, Madison, have submitted applications for appointment as County Court Judge in the Seventh Judicial District, which consists of Antelope, Cuming, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, and Wayne counties. The vacancy is due to the appointment...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Problem-Solving Court Graduation WHAT: 5th Judicial District Problem-Solving Court graduation and celebration. WHO: Judge Rachel A. Daugherty, Presiding WHEN: Monday, September 8, 2025 2:00 p.m. WHERE: Merrick County Courthouse 1510 18th Street Central City, NE 68826 WHY: For problem...

Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, Lindsey Miller-Lerman, is retiring effective October 31, 2025. Miller-Lerman represents the Second Judicial District of Nebraska’s Supreme Court. In her retirement letter to the Governor and the Chief Justice, Miller-Lerman noted, “It has been a privilege to...

LINCOLN – James M. Buchanan, Andrew T. Erickson, Patrick R. Runge, Ashley R. Trankle, all of Omaha; Eric M. Fabian, Sarah M. Sutter, both of Papillion, and Jenniffer A. Panko-Rahe, Syracuse, have submitted applications for appointment as County Court Judge in the Second Judicial District, which...

The Nebraska Court of Appeals will be in session on the campus of Omaha’s College of Saint Mary on Constitution Day: September 17, 2025. The Court of Appeals will divide into its customary two panels with three judges each to hold legal arguments at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on campus in the Gross...