Jason Bergevin | |
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Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court | |
Assumed office January 2, 2025 | |
Appointed by | Jim Pillen |
Preceded by | Jeffrey J. Funke |
Personal details | |
Born | Jason Michael Bergevin 1974 (age 50–51) Omaha,Nebraska,U.S. |
Education | University of Nebraska–Lincoln (BS) Western New England University (JD) |
Jason Michael Bergevin [1] (born 1974) [2] [3] [4] is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court since 2025. [5]
Bergevin attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for his undergraduate degree,graduating in 1997 with a degree in secondary education, [6] and Western New England University School of Law for his Juris Doctor,graduating in 2005. [7] [8]
After graduating from law school,Bergevin worked as a deputy county attorney from 2005 to 2009 in Weld County,Colorado. [7] He later worked as an instructor of paralegal studies at Kaplan University and as a deputy county attorney in Lancaster County,Nebraska,from 2009 to 2011. [7] From 2011 to 2016,he served as an assistant staff to judge advocate in the United States Air Force Reserve and later,from 2016 to 2022,as a deputy staff judge advocate in the Nebraska Air National Guard. From 2015 to 2022,Bergevin served as an assistant attorney general in the office of the Nebraska Attorney General. [7] [6]
In 2022,Nebraska governor Pete Ricketts appointed Bergevin to serve as a Nebraska district court judge in the fifth judicial district in Platte County,Nebraska. [7]
On January 2,2025,Governor Jim Pillen announced the appointment of Bergevin to the Nebraska Supreme Court to succeed Justice Jeffrey J. Funke,who was elevated to chief justice. [6]
At the Attorney General's Office, Bergevin, 47, has assisted county attorneys across Nebraska...