The Hon. Elizabeth G. Crnkovich (Ret.) is a former judge for the Douglas County Separate Juvenile Court in Nebraska. She was appointed to the bench in 1995. Crnkovich retired in September 2019.
During her judicial tenure, she is credited with spearheading the Douglas County Truancy Diversion Court (2010), the Goals Center alongside the Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy Counties (2011), and the Family Involved Rehabilitation and Services Track (First Court) in conjunction with the Nebraska Resource Project for Vulnerable Young Children (2017).
Prior to her appointment, Crnkovich spent ten years as a prosecutor with the Douglas County Attorney’s Office.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Nebraska Omaha in 1980. Crnkovich then completed a J.D. at Creighton University School of Law in 1983.
She has been involved with the Midwest Council Boy Scouts of America Board of Trustees, the Downtown Omaha Rotary, the Omaha Community Partnership, the Metropolitan Child Abuse Coalition, the Nebraska Adolescent Perpetrators Network, the Omaha World Affairs Council, and the Business Women’s Networking Association.
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