Lindsey Gale Miller-Lerman was born on July 30,1947 and is a justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, appointed by Governor Ben Nelson in 1998.
15 Facts About Lindsey Miller-Lerman
1.
2.
Lindsey Miller-Lerman is the first woman to serve on the court.
3.
Lindsey Miller-Lerman was born in Los Angeles, California, to father Avy Miller, an engineer who founded Laars-Engineers, and Roberta Miller.
4.
Lindsey Miller-Lerman received a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Wellesley College in 1968, where she was a classmate of Hillary Clinton.
5.
Lindsey Miller-Lerman obtained a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1973 and an Honorary Doctorate from the College of St Mary in 1993.
6.
From 1973 to 1975, Lindsey Miller-Lerman clerked for Judge Constance Baker Motley, a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.
7.
From 1976 to 1979, Lindsey Miller-Lerman was an associate; from 1980 to 1992, she was a partner.
8.
Lindsey Miller-Lerman was at Kutak Rock until her appointment to the Nebraska Court of Appeals.
9.
Lindsey Miller-Lerman worked part-time as a partner at Kutak Rock while she raised her children.
10.
In 1992, Lindsey Miller-Lerman was appointed as a judge in the Nebraska Court of Appeals.
11.
Lindsey Miller-Lerman was the first woman in the state to serve on a court higher than the district court.
12.
In 1998, Miller-Lerman took office as a Nebraska Supreme Court Judge for District 2, replacing retiring Judge D Nick Caporale.
13.
Lindsey Miller-Lerman was retained in office in 2002 and 2008.
14.
In 1993, Lindsey Miller-Lerman's name was mentioned as being under consideration in the selection process for United States Attorney General during Bill Clinton's presidency.
15.
Lindsey Miller-Lerman was a member of the United States 1961 Maccabiah Games swimming team in Israel, where she won two gold medals and one silver medal.