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David Arterburn
David Arterburn was a judge for District 4 of the Nebraska Court of Appeals. He assumed office in 2016. He left office on June 30, 2025.
Arterburn ran for re-election for the District 4 judge of the Nebraska Court of Appeals. He won in the retention election on November 3, 2020.
In December 2016, Arterburn was appointed to the Nebraska Court of Appeals by Republican Governor Pete Ricketts.[1]
Arterburn was previously a judge in Nebraska District 2. He served in that position from 2005 until 2017. In 2010, he also served as the judge of the Sarpy County Adult Drug Court.[2][3][4][5]
Arterburn resigned from the Nebraska Court of Appeals on June 30, 2025.[6]
Biography
Education
Arterburn received an associate degree from York College in 1977 and a bachelor's and a master's degrees from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1978 and 1982, respectively. He graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law with his J.D. in 1985.[2]
Career
Arterburn began his career as a deputy Red Willow County attorney. He worked in this capacity and as a private practice lawyer from 1986 to 1991. He then joined the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services as a staff attorney in Omaha, Nebraska. The following year, he left this position to work as a Nebraska assistant attorney general. He held this position until his judicial appointment in 2005. During this time, he also worked as a special assistant in the U.S. Attorney's Office from 1995 to 2005.[2]
Elections
2020
Nebraska Court of Appeals District 4, Arterburn's seat
David Arterburn was retained to District 4 of the Nebraska Court of Appeals on November 3, 2020 with 72.2% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ | Yes |
72.2
|
94,754 | ||
No |
27.8
|
36,517 | |||
Total Votes |
131,271 | ||||
|
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2014
Arterburn was retained to the 2nd District with 70.0 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [3]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David Arterburn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2012 judicial performance evaluation
Every two years, the Nebraska State Bar Association compiles responses from lawyers to evaluate judges in the state. Subjects are rated in seven categories, then a determination is made for whether the judge should be retained. The seven categories considered are: legal analysis; impartiality; attentiveness; opinions; judicial temperament and demeanor; appropriate communication; and timeliness.
96.6 percent of respondents stated that Judge Arterbaum should be retained in office. To read the full evaluation, see: Nebraska State Bar Association, "2012 Evaluation Results".
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Omaha World-Herald, "Ricketts appoints Papillion judge to Nebraska Court of Appeals," December 22, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nebraska Judicial Branch, "Honorable David K. Arterburn," accessed December 10, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nebraska Secretary of State, "Judicial Candidate List for retention in office," updated March 11, 2014
- ↑ List of Nebraska District Court judges
- ↑ List of Nebraska District Court judges
- ↑ ‘'State of Nebraska Judicial Branch’, "Court of Appeals Judge David Arterburn to Retire End of June," February 6, 2025
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Nebraska Court of Appeals District 4 2016-2025 |
Succeeded by PaTricia Freeman |
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