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2000 Annual Report #8

2000 Public Defender Staff
Public Defender

Dennis R. Keefe
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1972
Elected to Office of Public Defender, November, 1978

Chief Deputy Public Defender

Scott P. Helvie
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1976
Public Defender: 1976 - 1981, Lincoln County, Nebraska
                          1981 to present, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Felony Division Team Leader

Deputy Public Defenders

Robert G. Hays
Antioch School of Law, 1977
Started in 1984
Felony Division Team Leader

Joseph D. Nigro
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1983
Started in 1983
Misdemeanor Division

Webb E. Bancroft
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1983
Started in 1989
Felony Division

Susan R. Tast
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1986
Started in 1989
Misdemeanor division

Margene M. Timm
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1983
Started in 1989
Juvenile Division Team Leader

Kristi Egger-Brown
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1988
Started in 1990
Juvenile Division
Felony Division
Scott P. Helvie
Robert G. Hays
Webb E. Bancroft
Paul E. Cooney
Shawn D. Elliott
Timothy E. Sopinski
Timothy M. Eppler
Julie B. Hansen

 

Misdemeanor Divison
Susan R. Tast
Joseph D. Nigro
Julie B. Hansen

 

Juvenile
Margene M. Timm
Kristi Egger-Brown
Reggie L. Ryder
Jennifer K. Villebro
Shawn D. Elliott
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1989
Started in 1996
Felony Division

Paul E. Cooney
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1993
Started in 1996
Felony Division

Reggie L. Ryder
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1997
Started in 1998
Juvenile Division

Julie B. Hansen
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1993
Started in 1998
Felony and Misdemeanor Divisions

Timothy E. Sopinski
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1997
Started in 1999
Felony Division

Jennifer K. Villebro
Creighton University College of Law, 1999
Started in 1999
Juvenile Division

Timothy M. Eppler
University of Nebraska College of Law, 1996
Started in 1999
Felony Division

Support Staff

Office Manager

Mary Gehr, 1980
Paralegals
Monica Ross, 1976
Donna Garwood, 1982
Jed Rojewski, 1996
Angelia Onuoha, 1997
Kristi Gottberg, 1999
Angela Franssen, 1999
Secretaries/Clerks
Lori McGerr, 1983
Angela Owens, 1992
Michelle Scamehorn, 1997
Mayme Keagy, 1997

Law Clerks

Elizabeth Callaghan, Lance Curtright,
Adrienne Davis, Jason Hiveley,
Jess Redman, Mark Bestul
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