Judge Sailer was appointed to the district court bench in December 2019. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Nebraska in 1987 and his Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Colorado in 1994 and, lastly receiving his J.D. from Creighton Law School in 2007. Prior to his appointment, Judge Sailer worked as the Crawford County Attorney, Assistant Crawford County Attorney, and Associate Attorney at Mundt, Franck, and Schumacher Law Firm.