Brenda Council
American politician
Brenda J. Council (born 1955) 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. 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.
Career
Council started her legal career in 1977 with the National Labor Relations Board in Kansas City. In 1980, she returned to Omaha to work for Union Pacific Railroad's legal department. Council joined the Kutak Rock Law Firm in 1998 and Polk, Waldman, Wickman & Council in 2002.
Council has served on the Omaha School Board and the Omaha City Council, and ran for mayor in 1994 and 1997, losing both elections by slim margins. She was formerly western regional president of the National Caucus of Black School Board Members.
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