Kenneth Stephan
Nebraska Supreme Court Judge, 1st Judicial District
Judgeship
1997 – present
Nebraska Supreme Court Judge, 1st Judicial District
Experience
1973 – 1997
Private law practice - Lincoln, NE
Military
1969 – 1971
United States Army
Education
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1972
Juris Doctorate with High Distinction
University of Nebraska, 1968
Bachelor of Arts
Judicial/Bar Activities
Member, Board of Directors, Nebraska Lawyers Trust Account Foundation, 1997-present
Supreme Court Liaison, NSBA Executive Council, 1997-1998
Supreme Court Liaison, Nebraska State Bar Commission, 1997-present
Supreme Court Liaison, Commission on Unauthorized Practice of Law, 2008-present
Member, Supreme Court Technology Committee, 1999-2012
Member, NSC/NSBA Joint Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, 2002-2007
Ex officio member, Minority Justice Committee, 2012-present
Chair, Mandatory Continuing Education Commission, 2009-present
Robert Van Pelt American Inn of Court
--Alumni Member, 2013-present
--Inn Administrator, 2008-2013
--Master of the Bench, 1999-2007
--Member, Executive Committee, 2003-2013
--Recipient, Warren K. Urbom Mentor Award, 2003
Judicial Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1997-present
Fellow, Nebraska State Bar Foundation, 1997-present
- Justice
- Nebraska Supreme Court Judge, 1st Judicial District
- - Current
- Supreme Court Liaison, NSBA Executive Council, 1997-1998 Supreme Court Liaison, Nebraska State Bar Commission, 1997-present Supreme Court Liaison, Commission on Unauthorized Practice of Law, 2008-present Member, Supreme Court Technology Committee, 1999-2012 Member, NSC/NSBA Joint Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, 2002-2007 Ex officio member, Minority Justice Committee, 2012-present Chair, Mandatory Continuing Education Commission, 2009-present
- Attorney
- Private law practice - Lincoln, NE
- -
- United States Army
- -
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln
- J.D. (1972) | Law
- Honors: with High Distinction
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln
- B.A. (1968)
- Warren K. Urbom Mentor Award
- Robert Van Pelt American Inn of Court
- Robert Van Pelt American Inn of Court
- Various
- Current
- Activities: --Alumni Member, 2013-present --Inn Administrator, 2008-2013 --Master of the Bench, 1999-2007 --Member, Executive Committee, 2003-2013
- Nebraska Lawyers Trust Account Foundation
- Member, Board of Directors
- - Current
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- Judicial Fellow
- - Current
- Nebraska State Bar Foundation
- Fellow
- - Current