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

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