Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman waves during the 2025 State of the Judiciary address, the first led by Chief Justice Jeffrey Funke of the Nebraska Supreme Court. Jan. 28, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Nebraska Supreme Court Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman, the first woman to serve on the state’s high court and its longest-serving current member, announced her retirement effective Oct. 31.

Miller-Lerman was appointed to the seven-member state Supreme Court in 1998 by former Gov. Ben Nelson, the state’s last Democrat to serve in that role. When Nebraska created a Court of Appeals in 1991, she was tapped to be one of its first judges.

“It has been a privilege to serve the citizens of Nebraska as an appellate judge since 1992,” Miller-Lerman said in a statement released by G

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