Appointed By: Gov. John P. Ricketts
The Hon. Stephanie S. Shearer is a judge for the Douglas County Court in the 4th Judicial District of Nebraska. She was appointed to the bench by former Governor Pete Ricketts in 2017, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of the Hon. Susan Bazis.
Prior to her appointment, Shearer was an associate at Reagan, Melton & Delaney in La Vista since 2013. Before joining the firm, she spent twelve years as a deputy county attorney with the Douglas County Attorney’s Office (2000 to 2013).
Shearer earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Iowa in 1996. She then completed a J.D. at Creighton University School of Law in 2000.
Shearer served as an appointee of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Merit Commission and was a Nebraska State Bar Association representative for the District 4 House of Representatives.
Over the course of her legal career, she received extensive training and completed trial work involving DNA as well as attended a forty-hour course in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis through the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Her civic involvement includes the YWCA Sexual Assault Task Force and the City of Omaha Charter Review Committee.
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