--- title: "Lindsey Miller-Lerman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lindsey-miller-lerman-5024" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Lindsey Miller-Lerman Nebraska Supreme Court · Justice ## Profile - Court: Nebraska Supreme Court - State: Nebraska - Role: Justice - Service status: former - Last verified: 2026-08-22 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Nebraska Supreme Court, 1999-present - Joined the Court of Appeals in 1992, became its chief judge in 1995, and moved to the Supreme Court in 1998 after appointment by Governor Ben Nelson. - Before moving to Nebraska, she clerked for US District Judge Constance Baker Motley; she later practiced at Kutak Rock and became a partner in 1980. - In 1976, she joined the Omaha law firm Kutak Rock & Huie (now Kutak Rock), rising to partner in 1980 while working part-time — a move widely publicized for its rarity at the time - From 1973 to 1975, she clerked for U.S. District Judge Constance Baker Motley - The longest-serving current justice at the time of her retirement - Lindsey Gale Miller-Lerman is a retired justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, the first woman to serve on the state’s highest court, and a trailblazer in Nebraska’s judiciary for over three decades ### Education - She later received her JD from Columbia Law School in 1973 and an honorary doctorate from the College of St. Mary in 1993 - She obtained a BA with honors in political science from Wellesley College in 1968, where she was a classmate of Hillary Clinton. - Columbia University in the City of New York — J.D. ### Additional information - In her retirement letter, Miller-Lerman said, “It has been a privilege to serve the citizens of Nebraska as an appellate judge since 1992”. - Retired in October 2025. - Her appellate service spanned more than three decades, among them Supreme Court retention elections in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. - Practitioner, 1998-1998 - In 1998, Governor Ben Nelson appointed her to the Nebraska Supreme Court for the Second Judicial District, replacing Nick Caporale. - Appointed on January 12, 1992, as one of the six original members of the Nebraska Court of Appeals, where she was, throughout her tenure on the court, the only woman jurist. - She later moved to Nebraska, where she became one of the first judges on the Nebraska Court of Appeals in 1992, the first woman to serve on a Nebraska court above the district level. - Her academic qualifications include a Wellesley BA in 1968 and a Columbia JD in 1973. - Born July 30, 1947. - Date of birth: 1946-10-08 - Birth place: Los Angeles ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### media requests Scope: statewide Nebraska directs media requests to broadcast or photograph court proceedings to the Supreme Court media-coverage rules and published expanded-media-coverage process. Evidence excerpt: Media requests to broadcast or take still photos of court proceedings are governed by Nebraska Supreme Court rule §2-118 [Media Information and Court Coverage Protocol](https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/rules/administrative-policies-schedules/media) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### non public areas Scope: statewide Nebraska requires media requests to film or photograph non-public courthouse areas to be submitted to the resident or presiding judge of the Judicial District. Evidence excerpt: Media requests to film or photograph in non-public areas, e.g. private offices or employee work areas not located in public areas must be submitted [Media Information and Court Coverage Protocol](https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/rules/administrative-policies-schedules/media) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### trial court expanded coverage Scope: statewide Nebraska permits expanded news media coverage in county and district courtrooms unless the trial-court expanded-coverage rules provide otherwise. Evidence excerpt: Expanded news media coverage shall be permitted in the county and district courtrooms in Nebraska courts [§ 6-2001. Scope; limitations.](https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/supreme-court-rules/chapter-6-trial-courts/article-20-rules-expanded-news-media-coverage-nebraska-trial-courts/%C2%A7-6-2001-scope-limitations) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### juvenile court coverage Scope: statewide Nebraska does not permit expanded news media coverage in actions pending in Nebraska juvenile courts. Evidence excerpt: Expanded news media coverage therefore is not permitted in actions pending in Nebraska’s juvenile courts. [§ 6-2001. Scope; limitations.](https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/supreme-court-rules/chapter-6-trial-courts/article-20-rules-expanded-news-media-coverage-nebraska-trial-courts/%C2%A7-6-2001-scope-limitations) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### appellate media coverage Scope: statewide Nebraska permits broadcasting, televising, recording, and photographing in Supreme Court and Court of Appeals courtroom proceedings under Rule 2-117, subject to stated conditions. Evidence excerpt: broadcasting, televising, recording, and photographing will be permitted in all judicial proceedings in the courtroom during sessions [§ 2-117. Media coverage of proceedings before the Nebraska Supreme Court and the Nebraska Court of Appeals.](https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/supreme-court-rules/chapter-2-appeals/article-1-nebraska-court-rules-appellate-practice/%C2%A7-2-117-media-coverage-proceedings-nebraska-supreme-court-and-nebraska-court-appeals) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### appellate equipment Scope: statewide Nebraska appellate media equipment quantity and type are subject to Chief Justice discretion, and equipment location is designated by the Chief Justice or Chief Judge. Evidence excerpt: The quantity and types of equipment permitted in the courtroom shall be subject to the discretion of the Chief Justice [§ 2-117. Media coverage of proceedings before the Nebraska Supreme Court and the Nebraska Court of Appeals.](https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/supreme-court-rules/chapter-2-appeals/article-1-nebraska-court-rules-appellate-practice/%C2%A7-2-117-media-coverage-proceedings-nebraska-supreme-court-and-nebraska-court-appeals) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/supreme-court/supreme-court-justices) - [Official roster](https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/supreme-court/supreme-court-justices) - [Nebraska Supreme Court current judicial profile](https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/supreme-court/supreme-court-justices) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5024/lindsey-miller-lerman/) - [Media Information and Court Coverage Protocol](https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/rules/administrative-policies-schedules/media) - [§ 6-2001. Scope; limitations.](https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/supreme-court-rules/chapter-6-trial-courts/article-20-rules-expanded-news-media-coverage-nebraska-trial-courts/%C2%A7-6-2001-scope-limitations) - [§ 2-117. Media coverage of proceedings before the Nebraska Supreme Court and the Nebraska Court of Appeals.](https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/supreme-court-rules/chapter-2-appeals/article-1-nebraska-court-rules-appellate-practice/%C2%A7-2-117-media-coverage-proceedings-nebraska-supreme-court-and-nebraska-court-appeals) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5024/lindsey-miller-lerman/) - [Supreme Court Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman to Retire End of October | Nebraska Judicial Branch](https://nebraskajudicial.gov/administration/media-releases/supreme-court-justice-lindsey-miller-lerman-retire-end-october) - [Wikidata: Lindsey Miller-Lerman](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6552896) - [Nebraska judicial research](https://nebraskajudicial.gov/directories/supreme-court-justices) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5024/lindsey-miller-lerman/) - [Supreme Court Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman to Retire End of October | Nebraska Judicial Branch](https://nebraskajudicial.gov/administration/media-releases/supreme-court-justice-lindsey-miller-lerman-retire-end-october) - [Wikidata: Lindsey Miller-Lerman](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6552896) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lindsey-miller-lerman-5024", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lindsey-miller-lerman-5024", "name": "Lindsey Miller-Lerman | KnowJudges", "description": "Lindsey Miller-Lerman, Nebraska Supreme Court. 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