The Nebraska Court of Appeals will be in session on the campus of Omaha’s College of St. 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...

Application Deadline of September 9, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. Set For District Court Judge Vacancy, Fourth Judicial District. LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice Jason M. Bergevin, the Judicial Nominating Commission for District Court in the Fourth Judicial District will hold a public hearing on...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Sarpy County Wellness Court Graduation WHAT: Sarpy County Wellness Court graduation and celebration. WHO: Judge Stefanie Martinez, Presiding WHEN: Friday, August 22, 2025 10:00 a.m. WHERE: Sarpy County Courthouse, Courtroom 5 1210 Golden Gate Drive Papillion, NE 68046 WHY: For...

LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman, the Judicial Nominating Commission for County Court in the Second Judicial District will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, beginning at 10:30 a.m., in the Sarpy County Boardroom, Second Floor, Sarpy County...

LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice John R. Freudenberg, the Judicial Nominating Commission for County Court in the Seventh Judicial District will hold a public hearing on Thursday, October 2, 2025, beginning at 9:30 a.m. CST, at the Madison County Courthouse, Courtroom #1, 1313 N Main...

LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman, the Judicial Nominating Commission for County Court in the Third Judicial District will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, beginning at 1:00 p.m., at the Nebraska Supreme Court Courtroom, Second Floor, Nebraska...

Judge of the Seward County Court, C. Jo Petersen, is retiring effective September 30, 2025. Petersen served as County Court Judge for the 5th Judicial District (Boone, Butler, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Platte, Polk, Saunders, Seward, and York counties) in Seward, Nebraska, for over a dozen...

Fillmore County Clerk Magistrate Cindy Carrigan recently submitted her notice of retirement, effective October 31, 2025, after just over forty years of service to the Judicial Branch. “Cindy is, and has been, as conscientious and hardworking as any clerk magistrate I know. She has been personable...

Corey R. Steel, State Court Administrator for the Nebraska Supreme Court, has been named president of the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) and vice chair of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) Board of Directors. Both one-year terms began during COSCA's annual conference and...

The Judicial Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on Friday, August 15, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. CST, in the Supreme Court Courtroom, State Capitol Building, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to consider: Whether a judicial vacancy exists in the office of the County Court, 2nd Judicial District, due to...