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Michael Pirtle
2011 - Present
2027
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Michael Pirtle is a judge for District 2 of the Nebraska Court of Appeals. He assumed office on June 24, 2011. His current term ends on January 7, 2027.
Pirtle ran for re-election for the District 2 judge of the Nebraska Court of Appeals. He won in the retention election on November 3, 2020.
On August 20, 2020, the Nebraska Supreme Court named Pirtle chief judge of the Nebraska Court of Appeals. He assumed this position on September 13, 2020.[1]
Pirtle was appointed by Republican Governor Dave Heineman on June 24, 2011, to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Judge Theodore Carlson on April 16, 2011.[2] Pirtle was retained by voters in 2014.[3][4][5]
Education
Pirtle earned his B.A. in business from Midland Lutheran College in 1975 and his J.D. from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1978.[6]
Career
Pirtle joined the law firm of Gross & Welch in 2006 and served as its director until his appointment to the Nebraska Court of Appeals in 2011. Prior to that, he worked as a senior staff attorney for American Family Insurance from 2000 to 2006 and as an associate and partner with the Omaha firms of Walentine, O’Toole, McQuillan, & Gordon from 1986 to 2000, and McCormack, Cooney, Mooney, & Hillman from 1979 to 1986. From 1978 to 1979, Pirtle was an associate with Noren & Burns in Lincoln. Since 2011, Pirtle has served as chair of the Nebraska Supreme Court Dispute Resolutions Advisory Council.[6]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 1993: Nebraska State Bar Foundation Fellow
- 1993: Midland Warrior Athletic Hall of Fame
- 1993: Midland University Master Teacher Award[6]
Associations
- Nebraska State Bar Association
- Omaha Bar Association
- Sarpy County Bar Association
- Order of Barristers[6]
Elections
2020
Nebraska Court of Appeals District 2, Pirtle's seat
Michael Pirtle was retained to District 2 of the Nebraska Court of Appeals on November 3, 2020 with 68.7% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
68.7
|
84,466 | ||
No |
31.3
|
38,560 | |||
Total Votes |
123,026 | ||||
|
|
2014
Pirtle was retained to the Nebraska Court of Appeals with 67.6 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [5]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael Pirtle 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.
91.1 percent of respondents stated that Judge Pirtle 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
- ↑ State of Nebraska Judicial Branch, "Nebraska Supreme Court Names Judge Michael Pirtle as Chief Judge for the Court of Appeals," August 20, 2020
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedart - ↑ The Associated Press, "Appeals court judge passes away at age 72 ," April 17, 2011
- ↑ WORLD-HERALD, "Carlson was good judge, man," April 18, 2011
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nebraska Secretary of State, "Judicial Candidate List for retention in office," updated March 11, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Nebraska Judicial Branch, "Honorable Michael W. Pirtle," accessed August 3, 2016
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Nebraska • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Nebraska
State courts:
Nebraska Supreme Court • Nebraska Court of Appeals • Nebraska District Courts • Nebraska County Courts • Nebraska Separate Juvenile Courts • Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court • Nebraska Problem-Solving Courts
State resources:
Courts in Nebraska • Nebraska judicial elections • Judicial selection in Nebraska
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