List of University of Nebraska College of Law alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of the University of Nebraska College of Law.

Academics

• Ben Mark Cherrington (1934) – co-founder of UNESCO
• August Hjalmar Edgren (1902) – linguist, professor, and author
• Renee Fajardo – author and activist
• Harold Felton (1928) – writer and folklorist
• Harvey Perlman (1966) – chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln
• Allan F. Smith (1940) – dean of University of Michigan Law School

Athletics

• Clete Blakeman (1991) – National Football League referee
• Vic Halligan (1917) – football player and lawyer
• Verne Lewellen – football quarterback
• Francis Schmidt (1908) – football player and coach
• Jake Young (1994) – football center

Law

Attorney

• Jon Bruning (1994) – attorney general of Nebraska
• Deborah R. Gilg (1977) – attorney for the District Court for the District of Nebraska
• Jonathan Hatami (2002) – district attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney office
• Thomas J. Monaghan (1972) – attorney for the District Court for the District of Nebraska
• Christian A. Sorensen (1916) – attorney general of Nebraska
• Joe Stecher (1983) – attorney for the District Court for the District of Nebraska
• Evelle J. Younger – attorney general of California

Judge

• David Arterburn (1985) – judge of the Nebraska Court of Appeals
• C. Arlen Beam (1965) – judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Riko E. Bishop (1992) – judge of the Nebraska Court of Appeals
• Leslie Boslaugh (1941) – justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Newton D. Burch (1898) – justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
• William G. Cambridge (1955) – judge of the District Court for the District of Nebraska
• Laurie Smith Camp (1977) – judge of the District Court for the District of Nebraska
• William B. Cassel (1979) – justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Kristine Cecava (1976) – district judge of Cheyenne County, Nebraska
• E. B. Chappell (1916) – justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Dale E. Fahrnbruch (1952) – justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• George W. Farr (1896) – justice of the Montana Supreme Court
• John Freudenberg (1995) – justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Jeffrey J. Funke (1994) – justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Fred L. Gibson (1898) – associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court
• L. Steven Grasz (1989) – judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Norman B. Gray (1928) – justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
• William C. Hastings (1948) – justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Michael Heavican (1975) – chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• John V. Hendry (1974) – chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Everett Inbody (1970) – judge of the Nebraska Court of Appeals
• Harvey M. Johnsen (1919) – chief judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Max J. Kelch (1981) – justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Richard G. Kopf (1972) – chief judge of the District Court for the District of Nebraska
• Norman Krivosha (1958) – chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Charles S. Lobingier (1894) – international judge
• Frankie J. Moore (1983) – judge of the Nebraska Court of Appeals
• Joseph H. Morgan (1910) – justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
• John E. Newton – justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• John Coleman Pickett (1922) – judge of the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Michael W. Pirtle (1978) – judge of the Nebraska Court of Appeals
• Raymond Eugene Plummer (1939) – judge of the District Court for the District of Alaska
• Walter Lyndon Pope (1909) – judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• William J. Riley (1972) – chief judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Donald Roe Ross (1948) – judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Robert G. Simmons (1915) – chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Stephanie F. Stacy (1993) – justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Kenneth C. Stephan (1973) justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Robert Van Pelt (1922) – judge of the District Court for the District of Nebraska
• John F. Wright (1970) – justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court

Solicitor general

• J. Lee Rankin (1930) – solicitor general of the United States

Military

• Gary D. Brown (1987) – officer in the U.S. Air Force
• Theodore Kanamine (1954) – brigadier general in the U.S. Army
• John J. Pershing (1893) – general of the Armies, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces

Politics

Governors

• Ralph G. Brooks (1930) – governor of Nebraska
• Stanley K. Hathaway (1950) – governor of Wyoming
• Frank B. Morrison (1931) – governor of Nebraska
• Ben Nelson (1970) – governor of Nebraska, U.S. senator (NE)
• Charles Thone (1950) – governor of Nebraska, U.S. representative (NE)
• Arthur J. Weaver (1896) – governor of Nebraska

Congressmen

• Howard M. Baldrige (1921) – U.S. representative (NE)
• Elmer Burkett (1893) – U.S. senator (NE)
• George E. Danielson (1939) – U.S. representative (CA)
• Hal Daub (1966) – chairman of the Social Security Advisory Board and U.S. representative (NE)
• Mike Flood (2001) – U.S. representative (NE)
• George H. Heinke (1908) – U.S. representative (NE)
• Fred Gustus Johnson (1903) – U.S. representative (NE)
• David Karnes (1974) – U.S. senator (NE)
• Thomas F. Konop (1904) – U.S. representative (WI)
• John A. Maguire (1899) – U.S. representative (NE)
• Howard Shultz Miller (1900) – U.S. representative (KS)
• James F. O'Connor (1904) – U.S. representative (MT)

Local representatives

• John Adams (1929) – member of the Nebraska Legislature
• Chris Beutler (1973) – mayor of Lincoln
• Kermit Brashear (1969) – speaker of the Nebraska Legislature
• Curt Bromm (1970) – speaker of the Nebraska Legislature
• Danielle Conrad (2003) – member of the Nebraska Legislature
• Wendy DeBoer (1999) – member of the Nebraska Legislature
• Matt Hansen (2013) – member of the Nebraska Legislature
• Steve Hogan (1971) – mayor of Aurora, Colorado
• Joe Kelly (1981) – lieutenant governor of Nebraska
• Helen Klanderud – mayor of Aspen, Colorado
• David Landis (1971) – member of the Nebraska Legislature
• Ira J. McDonald (1928) – member of the Los Angeles City Council
• Adam Morfeld (2012) – member of the Nebraska Legislature
• Patty Pansing Brooks (1984) – member of the Nebraska Legislature
• Pete Pirsch (1997) – member of the Nebraska Legislature
• Les Seiler (1966) – member of the Nebraska Legislature
• Julie Slama (2022) – member of the Nebraska Legislature
• John Wightman (1963) – member of the Nebraska Legislature
• Matt Williams (1974) – member of the Nebraska Legislature

Other political figures

• G. Bradford Cook (1961) – chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• David Domina (1972) – political lawyer
• Mark Fahleson (1992) – chairman of the Nebraska Republican Party
• David Hahn (1981) – nominee for governor of Nebraska
• John R. McCarl (1903) – first comptroller general of the United States
• Mark Quandahl (1987) – chairman of the Nebraska Republican Party
• Ted Sorensen (1949) – speechwriter and White House counsel to John F. Kennedy
• Lee C. White (1953) – White House counsel to Lyndon B. Johnson
• William Merrill Whitman (1935) – legal representative of the Panama Canal Zone
• Clayton Yeutter (1963) – U.S. secretary of agriculture