John Freudenberg | |
Office: | Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court |
Appointer: | Pete Ricketts |
Term Start: | July 6, 2018 |
Predecessor: | John F. Wright |
Birth Date: | 12 November 1969 |
Education: | Chadron State College (BA) University of Nebraska (JD) |
John Freudenberg (born November 12, 1969) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court since 2018.[1]
Freudenberg attended Chadron State College for his undergraduate degree and the University of Nebraska College of Law for his Juris Doctor He worked as a county attorney and later as Nebraska Assistant Attorney General. From 2007 to 2017, he was the Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska. He was appointed as a Lancaster County Judge in 2017.
Freudenberg was one of three finalists named for the vacancy.[2] On June 18, 2018 Governor Pete Ricketts announced the appointment of Freudenberg the state Supreme Court. He fills the seat vacated due to the death of Associate Justice John F. Wright. This is Governor Ricketts’ fifth appointment to the Nebraska Supreme Court.[3]