
Jonathan Papik is a judge for District 4 of the Nebraska Supreme Court. He assumed office in 2018. His current term ends on January 4, 2029. Papik ran for re-election for the District 4 judge of the Nebraska Supreme Court. He won in the retention election on November 8, 2022. Papik was appointed by Gov. Pete Ricketts on March 21, 2018, following the resignation of Justice Max Kelch. Before his appointment to the state supreme court, Papik clerked for Judge Neil Gorsuch on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and for Judge Laurence Silberman on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. From 2010 to 2018, he was an attorney with Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather in Omaha, Nebraska.