Fairbury Hires Two City Attorneys To Replace Bargen

By Reagan Connelly and Gordon HopkinsThe City of Fairbury has selected two new attorneys to replace outgoing city attorney David J.A. Bargen.Governor Pete Ricketts appointed Bargen as district court judge in Southeast Nebraska’s First Judicial District. The First Judicial District consists of Jefferson, Fillmore, Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, and Thayer counties.David Bargen, 49, of Rembolt Ludtke, LLP, a law firm in Lincoln, has been Fairbury’s City Attorney for 14 years, as well as maintaining a private practice that handles general litigation. Bargen replaces Judge Vicky Johnson, who retired at the end of Januar...