LINCOLN — An Omaha judge has been reprimanded for violating “several provisions” of the state’s judicial code of conduct for referring to fellow officials as a “goober,” a “dumb ass” and a “bimbo.”
On Friday, the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Nebraska publicly reprimanded Douglas County Juvenile Court Judge Candice Novak, who was appointed to the bench in 2020 by then-Gov. Pete Ricketts.
In a five-page ruling, the state’s high court pointed to an incident in 2022 when the judge angrily slammed her file on her desk and told the participating attorneys to “figure it out” after learning that a juvenile would not be attending the court hearing…