Profiles

Laurie Smith Camp Integrity Award: The Honorable Lindsey Miller-Lerman

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/01/2026 - 12:00am

This year’s Laurie Smith Camp Integrity award has been awarded to the Honorable Lindsey Miller-Lerman, an icon of Nebraska law who has had a direct or participating hand in 5,832 legal opinions over the course of her distinguished career. She served for six years on the Nebraska Court of Appeals as an inaugural judge, and then for a massive twenty-seven years as a Justice on the Nebraska Supreme Court.

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Robert Spire Public Service Award: Scott P. Moore

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/01/2026 - 12:00am

In an interview with Dave Sommers, Scott P. Moore admitted to him, “I’m incredibly humbled by this. I see the list of recipients from past years and see some men and women who have had a significant impact on my life and career. I think about that, and to be listed with them is pretty amazing.” In his words, he was a South Omaha Boy who grew up in South Omaha to a father who was a police officer for thirty years.

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Public Service Award: Sarpy County Teen Court

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/01/2026 - 12:00am

This year’s Law Day Public Service Award has been awarded to Sarpy County Teen Court. As per the Omaha Bar Association, the award began in 1983, to be presented to a non-attorney individual or organization which by their efforts “significantly enhances" the public’s knowledge of the law or legal system, that also the service they provide to the community is not for pecuniary profit, and that the recipient has demonstrated their commitment over the long term to such an enhancement of the public's understanding of law.

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2026 Ellick Award Honorees Run Gamut of Legal Work

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/01/2026 - 12:00am

Alfred G. Ellick Jr. believed people deserved to have legal representation, regardless of their financial situation. So, in 1962, while serving as president of the Omaha Bar Association, he created the Omaha Lawyer Referral Service.

In its first year, Ellick recruited 60 attorneys to help indigent people. Today, more than 130 lawyers across the Omaha Metro offer their services.

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Judge Dundy’s Influence Echoes Through History

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/01/2026 - 12:00am

U.S. District Court Judge Elmer S. Dundy.
(Courtesy of Nebraska State History)

From presiding over the first Native American civil rights victory to influencing the state motto, Judge Elmer S. Dundy left his mark on judicial history.

Dundy, who practiced law in Falls City, first served as a judge for the Nebraska Territory before being appointed as the first federal judge for the Nebraska district after Nebraska was granted statehood in 1867. He served as a United States district judge until his death in 1896, at the age of 66.

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Mock Trial: 5th Graders Deliver Eggceptional Justice

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/01/2026 - 12:00am

Humpty Dumpty testifies about injuries she allegedly suffered during a fall from a wall while promoting King’s Kar World.
(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

Shawn King hired Humpty Dumpty to sit on a wall to help promote his auto dealership, King’s Kar World. King provided a molded seat for the egg to sit on for her comfort. What happened next was left for a jury to determine.

Humpty Dumpty lost her balance and fell several feet, shattering her shell. King and all of King's men tried to put Humpty back together, but the damage was done. She claimed she now had a fear of heights and couldn't work as a promoter any longer.

Humpty Dumpty sued King, seeking financial damages for her injuries.

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Spring Blossoms with Lilacs at Nebraska City’s Arbor Lodge State Park

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/29/2026 - 12:00am

White lilacs blossom along the Peterson path at Arbor Lodge Historical State Park in Nebraska City.
(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

Visit Nebraska City and you'll find trees. Trees of all kinds - maple, oak, birch, fir. What you may not know is that the birthplace of Arbor Day is also home to the fifth-largest public collection of lilacs in the United States.

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Women in Flight: Jet Linx Shares its Story with UNO Aviation Students

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 04/21/2026 - 12:00am

Lana Huetson is a senior aviation major at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. She has logged about 400 hours in the air, en route to a required 1,000 flight hours before becoming a certified commercial pilot.
(Photo courtesy of Lana Huetson)

It's not often that the idea to become a pilot hits someone as they jump out of a plane a few thousand feet above the ground. For Lana Huetson, it made absolute sense as she leapt out of the plane during her first - and only - sky diving experience.

Having never flown on a commercial jet, Huetson's first flight was on a small plane.

The senior aviation major at the University of Nebraska-Omaha fulfilled a dream, only to have an epiphany as she parachuted back to earth.

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No Kings Rally United By Strong Dissent

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/10/2026 - 12:00am

This is what democracy looks like, the young woman, wearing Native American regalia, chanted amid a sea of people of all ages, backgrounds and ethnicities, gathered among one of Omaha’s parks and major thoroughfares.

But their voices were unified once again as an estimated 8 million people in more than 3,300 rallies across all 50 states, and many cities across the globe, took part in the third “No Kings” protest, held within the last eight months, since President Donald J. Trump re-took his oath of office – by law, pledging to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.

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For Scott Wood, Military Training Plays Key Role in Owning HVAC Company

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 04/07/2026 - 12:00am

Scott Wood was hired as the general manager in 2021, before buying the Omaha McCarthy’s One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning and Benjamin Franklin Plumbing franchise in 2023.
(Photo courtesy of McCarthy’s One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning)

Growing up in a military family, it wasn't that Scott Wood was expected to follow suit; rather it was his choice of military branch that may have rankled a few elders.

Wood's father enjoyed a career in the Army National Guard. Others in the family served in the United States Air Force. But, the Upstate New Yorker decided the oceans of the world were calling him, so he opted to serve in the Navy.

Wood spent four years as a Master-at-arms, the Navy's version of military police. He originally enlisted as a Sea Bee, planning to work heavy construction.