LINCOLN- Gov. Jim Pillen will have his pick of three current judges as the next associate justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court for a vacancy in southeastern Nebraska. The Judicial Nominating Commission for the Fifth District of the Nebraska Supreme Court, chaired by Justice John Freudenberg, advanced the names of three applicants: two district judges and one member of the Nebraska Court of Appeals, after public interviews in Hamilton County. The commission consists of four attorneys, four laypeople, and a nonvoting justice.

The nominees are:

Judge Lawrence E. Welch Jr. of Plattsmouth, for the Nebraska Court of Appeals, 5th Judicial District.
District Judge David J. A. Bargen of Adams, for the Saline County District Court in the 1st Judicial District.
District Judge Jason M. Bergevin of Columbus, for the Platte County District Court in the 5th Judicial District.

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