Jeffrey Funke is the Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court. He assumed office on November 1, 2024. His current term ends on November 7, 2028. Funke ran for re-election for the District 5 judge of the Nebraska Supreme Court. He won in the retention election on November 3, 2020. Gov. Pete Ricketts appointed Funke on June 15, 2016, to succeed retiring Justice William Connolly. He was appointed as chief justice of the court by Gov. Jim Pillen on October 25, 2024, to replace Michael Heavican. Before his appointment to the state supreme court, Funke was a judge on Nebraska's Second District Court from 2013 to 2016. He was a judge on the County Court of the Second Judicial District covering Cass, Otoe, and Sarpy Counties from 2007 to 2013.
