Stephanie Stacy | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office September 28, 2015 | |
| Appointed by | Pete Ricketts |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Stephan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 23,1962 |
| Education | University of Nebraska Omaha (BS) University of Nebraska–Lincoln (JD) |
Stephanie Frazier Stacy (born April 23,1962) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court since 2015. She previously served as a judge on the Lancaster County District Court from 2011 to 2015. Stacy was appointed to the state's supreme court by the Governor Pete Ricketts in August 2015. [1]
Stacy completed a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice at the University of Nebraska Omaha in 1988,and a Juris Doctor at the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1991. [2] She clerked for U.S. magistrate judge Dave Piester of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska in 1991–1993. [2]
Stacy worked as an attorney in private practice in Lincoln,Nebraska from 1993 to 2011,rising to become a partner in the law firm Baylor,Evnen,Curtiss,Grimit &Witt LLP. She was a member of the Lincoln Bar Association's Board of Trustees from 2006 to 2009,and also taught law at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2005–2011 as an adjunct faculty member. [2]
In October 2011,Stacy was appointed by then-Governor Dave Heineman to serve as a judge on the District Court for Lancaster County,Nebraska,which encompasses Lincoln and surrounding areas. [3] Lancaster County voters retained Stacy on the district court bench in 2014 with 77.8% of the vote. [4]
Governor Pete Ricketts appointed Stacy to the Nebraska Supreme Court in 2015 to replace retiring justice Kenneth Stephan in representing the 1st Judicial District. [5] Stacy's appointment was announced on August 14,and she was sworn in on September 28,2015. [1] [5]
In 2018,Stacy was retained on the Nebraska Supreme Court with 81% of the vote. [6] She will face another retention election in 2024. [7] Because Nebraska's Supreme Court is divided into districts, [8] only Lancaster County voters are able to vote on her retention.