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# Dirk V. Block

Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court
- State: Nebraska
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active

## Summary

Dirk V. Block — Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court, joined 2017

### Education

- ’s expanded overview gives a cum laude criminal justice BS from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a Creighton JD; graduation years were not supplied.

### Additional information

- Current Role: Presiding Judge (term July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2025)
- He works from the court’s Lincoln office and has been on the bench since his 2016 appointment
- Up for retention in the 2026 Nebraska General Election and continues to serve as a key judicial figure in the state’s workers’ compensation system
- Dirk V. Block was appointed to Nebraska’s Workers’ Compensation Court by Governor Pete Ricketts on December 8, 2016, and retained in 2020.
- Appointed 2016-12-08 by Gov.
- Prior managing member, Marks Clare & Richards, Omaha, from 1988; associate, Knapp, Mues, Bears & Luther, Kearney.
- Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court, which handles disputes involving workplace injuries and occupational diseases.
- Before appointment, he managed Marks Clare & Richards in Omaha, among them workers’ compensation litigation, and earlier held a position as an associate at Knapp, Mues, Bears & Luther in Kearney.
- His memberships include the Nebraska State Bar Association and has a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating.
- Creighton University School of Law.

## Sources

- [Official Nebraska current judicial roster](https://www.newcc.gov/home/judges-of-the-court)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Nebraska Workers Compensation Court — hearing reporting](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-744302a382154e353a540a8c) — Workers Compensation Court only. Official amendment packet approved February 2026; excerpt retains employer/insurance-carrier qualification, not a general public-recording authorization. Shared baseline only, not a judge-specific preference or complete local rules inventory. Apply source exceptions, case-type limits, later amendments and case orders. [Official source](https://nebraskajudicial.gov/sites/default/files/rule_amendments/WCCRules9-10-12-14-21Amds.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.