Justice Stephanie Stacy

Stephanie F. Stacy was appointed to the Nebraska Supreme Court in 2015 and was retained by voters in 2018 and 2024.

Justice Stacy received her J.D. from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1991, graduating with distinction and Order of the Coif. While in law school, she served on the Nebraska Law Review, the Allen Moot Court Board, and the National Moot Court Team.

After law school, she completed a judicial clerkship in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska and then joined the law firm of Baylor, Evnen, Curtiss, Grimit & Witt, LLP, where she practiced from 1993 to 2011. Her civil trial practice focused on tort litigation, insurance coverage litigation, and appeals at all levels. She also served as adjunct faculty at the College of Law teaching Trial Advocacy and Pretrial Litigation.

In 2011, she was appointed to serve as a district court judge in Lancaster County Nebraska. She was retained by voters in 2014 and served the district court bench until her appointment to the Supreme Court in 2015. As a district court judge, she presided over an Adult Drug Court and handed a general jurisdiction docket that included civil and family law cases, felony criminal cases, administrative appeals and appeals from county court.

Justice Stacy is a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association, the Robert Van Pelt Inn of Court, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and is a Lifetime Fellow in the Nebraska State Bar Foundation. She co-chairs the Nebraska Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission and has chaired the Nebraska Supreme Court’s Continuing Legal Education Commission, and the Judicial Resources Commission.