Judgeship

2025 – Present
Judge of the County Court, 10th Judicial District
(Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Nuckolls, Phelps, and Webster Counties)

Experience

2017-2025
Phelps County Attorney’s Office
County Attorney, Deputy County Attorney
Holdrege, NE

2008-2017
Dier, Osborn, Cox & Nelsen, P. C., L.L.O.
Sole Practitioner
Holdrege, NE

2014-2017
Nebraska Resource Project for Vulnerable Young Children
Center on Children, Families and the Law
Legal Consultant
Lincoln, NE

2008
Duncan, Duncan and Walker, P. C., L.L.O.
Associate Attorney
Nebraska

2007
Seward County Attorney’s Office
Law Clerk
Seward, NE

2006-2007
Center on Children, Families and the Law
Law Clerk, Editor of the Juvenile Law Digest
Lincoln, NE

Education

University of Nebraska College of Law, 2007
Juris Doctorate

Doane College, 2004
Bachelor of Arts. Major: Sociology with emphasis on Criminology
Honors Program

Judicial/Law Related Activities

Nebraska County Attorneys Association; Legislative Committee Member, 2020-present. (Board of Directors, 2023-present)

Nebraska State Bar Association Legislative Committee, 2017-Present

Central Nebraska Drug Court Board of Directors, 2023-present

Phelps County Bar Association; President, 2013, and Treasurer, 2009-2010

Through the Eyes of the Child, 10th Judicial District, 2008-present

Nebraska Supreme Court MCLE Commission Member, 2017-2023

Judicial Nominating Commission for the 10th Judicial District, 2015-2022, 2010-2014

Education sub-committee for the Nebraska Supreme Court Commission on Children in the Courts, 2013-2017

Community Activities

Phelps Memorial Health Center Board of Directors, 2015-2023

Trinity Child Care Board of Directors, 2010-2017

Case Oversight Workgroup of the Young Adult Voluntary Services and Support Advisory Committee, 2014