Judgeship

2016 - present
Judge of the District Court, 9th Judicial District
Buffalo and Hall Counties

Problem Solving Courts, including:

• Central Nebraska Veterans Treatment Court 
• Central Nebraska Drug Court  

Experience

2007 - 2016
Deputy Buffalo County Public Defender
Kearney, NE

1994 - 2016
Knapp, Fangmeyer, Aschwege, Besse & Marsh, PC
Kearney, NE

1989 - 1994
Dawson County Attorney
Lexington, NE

1986 - 1989
Deputy Lincoln County Attorney
North Platte, NE

1985
Law Office of Louie Ligouri

Education

University of Nebraska College of Law, 1985
Juris Doctorate

Hastings College, 1981
Bachelor of Arts

Judicial Activities

Nebraska Supreme Court Judicial Leadership Program, 2019

Honors and Awards

Nebraska State Bar Foundation Fellow:
Honor is based on integrity and character. Recognition is for those accredited as leaders who contribute to charitable and community education works of the Foundation and dedicated to the improvement of the administration of justice.  

Revised July 2026