NEW LAWYER'S
ETHICS ADVISORY OPINION
A new Ethics Advisory Opinion for Lawyers has been
uploaded to the Web site.
Question:
May an attorney who accepts appointments as guardian ad litem
in one county also act at the same time as part time deputy
county attorney in another county in Nebraska?
http://court.nol.org/ethics/lawyers/opinions/2000s/06-1.htm
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GOVERNOR
HEINEMAN APPOINTS KARIN NOAKES OF GRAND ISLAND TO EIGHTH
DISTRICT BENCH
Gov. Dave Heineman today announced his appointment of Karin Noakes
of Grand Island as a district court judge for the Eighth Judicial
District.
The Eighth District includes the counties of Blaine, Boyd, Brown,
Cherry, Custer, Garfield, Greeley, Holt, Howard, Keya Paha, Loup,
Rock, Sherman, Valley, and Wheeler.
"Karin Noakes has a distinguished record as a prosecutor
and private practitioner, and I am confident she will make a
fine judge," Gov. Heineman said. "Her service to central
and north-central Nebraska has prepared her well for this next
challenge of her legal career."
Noakes, 38, has been serving as Howard County Attorney since
1999, as City Prosecutor in St. Paul since 2002, as Greeley County
Attorney since 2003 and as Village Attorney for Greeley since
2004. She has also practiced law privately, served as a deputy
county attorney in Hall and Platte counties and as a deputy public
defender in Madison County.
Her duties have included advising elected officials on legal
matters, advising planning and zoning administrators, establishing
and enforcing child support obligations and filing actions to
protect abused and neglected children. She also serves as chairwoman
of the Howard and Greeley County Child Abuse and Treatment teams.
Noakes' volunteerism includes providing free legal services
to victims of domestic violence without the financial means to
afford a lawyer and serving as a former board member on the Central
Nebraska Council on Alcoholism, as well as Junior Achievement.
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UPCOMING CFI EVENTS
Please mark your calendars
for any or all of the upcoming CFI events in 2006.
August 21,
2006- 10th Annual NSBA-CFI Golf Scramble, Firethorn Country
Club, Lincoln. Registration includes, golf cart, driving range,
lunch and dinner. Prizes awarded to top teams in two flights,
along with hole prizes and raffle items. Proceeds will benefit
VLP.
More detailed
information to follow in the upcoming months. If you or your members
are interested in further information on any of these events,
please contact Sam Clinch
at 800-927-0117, ext. 25.
THANK
YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!!
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LEGAL SOFTWARE SPECIAL: TABS3 AND PRACTICEMASTER
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SEVEN SUBMIT THEIR NAMES FOR COUNTY COURT JUDGE IN THE SEVENTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Ronald J. Albin, Charles W. Balsiger, Patrick P. Carney, Dennis
W. Morland, Ross A. Stoffer, all of Norfolk; Christopher J. Connolly,
Wayne; and Kent L. Frobish, Lincoln, have submitted applications
for appointment as County Judge in the 7th Judicial District
consisting of Antelope, Cuming, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton,
and Wayne counties. The principal place of office for this vacancy
should be in Pierce County or Madison County, Nebraska, the site
to be selected by the county judges of the 7th judicial district.
The vacancy is due to the retirement of Judge Philip R. Riley,
effective July 1, 2006.
The public hearing of the Judicial Nominating Commission will
be held in Norfolk at the City Council Chambers, 309 Madison
Avenue, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 30, 2006. The
Commission will review all applicants for the office at that
time. The public is welcome to attend the hearing and present
information concerning candidates for the judicial opening.
A listing of the members of the Judicial Nominating Commission
can be found on the Nebraska Judicial Branch Web site at www.nebraskacourt.com/jnc/rostercc&dc7.htm.
For special accommodations relating to the Americans with Disabilities
Act, please call (402) 471-3730. For persons with hearing impairments,
please call the Nebraska Relay System, 7-1-1. AA/EOE.
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BUSINESS RETIREMENT PLANS FROM FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Implementing an employer-sponsored retirement plan makes good
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Depending on the type of business you have, individual retirement
accounts (IRAs), defined benefit plans and defined contribution
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retirement plan....(more)
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PROBATE SYSTEM V RELEASED
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NSBA BAR DIRECTORY
At the end of June, you should be receiving your 2006
NSBA Directory in the mail. The 2007 edition is set to be mailed
at the end of January, 2007. Why so soon after 2006? In the last
two years, the NSBA has taken the Directory back "in-house" after
having it outsourced for several years. In our attempt to get
the Directory back on an annual schedule, we have been
working our way back to releasing the Directory in January of
each year, starting with the 2007 edition.
The 2007 Directory
will contain the new officers
plus updated information on committees, sections, judiciary and
membership. The Directory is an ever-evolving book, and changes
are being made to it on a regular basis. If you would like to
send corrections or additions for the next edition (January 2007),
please contact Anne Nau at
(402) 475-7091.
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