Gov. Heineman Appoints District Court Judge for Second Judicial District

(Lincoln, NE) Gov. Dave Heineman today announced the appointment of David K. Arterburn of Papillion as a District Court judge in the Second Judicial District, which includes Sarpy, Cass and Otoe counties.

“I am pleased to appoint a person with such extensive experience in private and public service,” Gov. Heineman said. “David is respected in his field, and while we’re sad to see him leave the Attorney General’s Office, we know he will serve the court with character.”

Since 1992, he has prosecuted felonies as an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Prosecution Division. He has appeared in the courts of approximately 40 Nebraska counties, in addition to the Nebraska Supreme Court and the Nebraska Court of Appeals.

He also has worked with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, having operated as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney to prosecute select drug-related crimes in federal court. He has served on a Governor’s committee to address methamphetamine abuse issues since September 2002.

He began the decade as an advisor for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Omaha. From 1986 to 1991, he worked in private practice as a partner at Freeman and Arterburn in McCook and served as Chief Deputy Red Willow County Attorney.

Arterburn, 47, a speech communications graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, earned his law degree from UNL’s College of Law in 1985.

Away from law, he serves as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Cornhusker Christian Children’s Foundation and as a performance judge for high school mock trial competitions.

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