One of the original six judges appointed to the Nebraska Court of Appeals, Judge Irwin served almost 25 years on the bench, six as Chief Judge. He served as President of the Council of Chief Judges and remains active with that national organization. Beyond the courtroom, Judge Irwin taught Appellate Litigation at Creighton University School
of Law and served on the Faculty of the Appellate Practice Institute, one of the nation’s premier appellate advocacy programs when it was presented by the ABA’s Council of Appellate Lawyers and Appellate Judges Conference.