Stephanie Steigleder Shearer
NE · Judge, Douglas County Court (4th Judicial District)
Stephanie Steigleder Shearer has been a Douglas County Court judge since 2017. Before that she was a felony prosecutor in the Douglas County Attorney's Office for 13 years and then a lawyer in private practice; she has a law degree from Creighton.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Served as a Douglas County Court judge since 2017. Before that she was an associate at the Reagan, Melton & Delaney law firm from 2013 to 2017 and a Douglas County felony prosecutor from 2000 to 2013. She also served on the Douglas County Sheriff's Merit Commission from 2015 to 2017.
October 7, 2026
Source: nebraskajudicial.gov
Was upheld by the Nebraska Supreme Court on her ruling after the will contest was sent back to her court.
October 17, 2025
Source: nebraska.gov
Was reversed by the Nebraska Supreme Court in a will contest, which ruled she wrongly excluded an earlier will signed by the woman as hearsay and irrelevant.
December 1, 2023
Source: nebraska.gov
Was reversed by the Nebraska Supreme Court on her summary judgment rulings in the Lakin estate case. The court said she wrongly found a claim was not barred and that factual disputes remained over a foundation's fiduciary duty claims.
October 8, 2021
Source: nebraska.gov
Won her 2020 retention election as a Douglas County Court judge, 157,634 votes to 53,583 (75 percent yes).
November 3, 2020
Source: sos.nebraska.gov
Was upheld through the district court and Nebraska Court of Appeals on the plea-based convictions in her court for third-degree domestic assault and property damage.
October 13, 2020
Source: courtlistener.com
Past race Stephanie Steigleder Shearer ran in:
- Shall Judge Stephanie Steigleder Shearer of the Douglas County Court be retained in office? · November 3, 2026 · Douglas County, Nebraska · incumbent