Brenda Council

Brenda Council
Member of the Nebraska Legislature
from the 11th district
In office
January 7, 2009 – January 9, 2013
Preceded byErnie Chambers
Succeeded byErnie Chambers
Personal details
Born1953 or 1954 (age 70–71)[1]
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseOtha Kenneth Council
ResidenceNorth Omaha, Nebraska
Alma materUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln, Creighton University School of Law

Brenda J. Council (born 1955)[2] is a politician and a disbarred labor lawyer from North Omaha, Nebraska. She represented the 11th District in the Nebraska State Legislature from 2009 to 2013, succeeding longtime state senator Ernie Chambers, who was term-limited.[3] In 2012, Council lost a reelection bid to her former opponent, who was able to run for the seat again after sitting out one term. The same year, Council pleaded guilty to misuse of campaign funds. She was disbarred in 2014.

  1. ^ "'I'm always going to serve': Brenda Council retires from career in which she broke barriers, faced setbacks".
  2. ^ "A Biography of Brenda Council". North Omaha History. March 21, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Brenda Council profile Archived November 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine