University of Nebraska College of Law alumni explained

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

Academics

• Harvey Perlman, 1966, Chancellor, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Government

• John R. McCarl, 1903, first Comptroller General of the United States

Law

Attorney General

• Jon Bruning, 1994, attorney general of Nebraska

Solicitor General

• J. Lee Rankin, U.S. Solicitor General

U.S. Attorney

• Deborah R. Gilg, 1977, United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska
• Thomas J. Monaghan, 1972, United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska
• Joe Stecher, 1983, United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska

Judiciary

• C. Arlen Beam, 1965, Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• William G. Cambridge, 1955, Federal Judge
• Laurie Smith Camp, 1977, Judge on United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
• John Freudenberg, 1995, Justice, Nebraska Supreme Court
• Jeffrey J. Funke, 1994, Justice, Nebraska Supreme Court
• L. Steven Grasz, 1989, Federal Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Michael Heavican, 1975, Chief Justice, Nebraska Supreme Court
• Harvey M. Johnsen, 1919, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Richard G. Kopf, 1972, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
• John Coleman Pickett, 1922, Federal Judge
• William J. Riley, 1972, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Donald Roe Ross, 1948, Federal Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Mark Quandahl, 1972, Federal Judge and U.S. Senator from Nebraska
• Kenneth C. Stephan, 1973, Justice, Nebraska Supreme Court
• Stephanie Stacy, 1991, Justice, Nebraska Supreme Court
• Robert Van Pelt, 1922, Federal Judge
• John F. Wright, 1970, Justice, Nebraska Supreme Court

Military

• John J. Pershing, 1893, General of the Armies, Commander of American Expeditionary Forces in World War II

Politics

• Curt Bromm, 1970, Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature
• Elmer Burkett, 1893, U.S. Senator from Nebraska
• Hal Daub, 1966, U.S. Representative for Nebraska and mayor of Omaha
• James Donnewald, 1949, Illinois State Treasurer
• Stanley Knapp Hathaway, 1950, Governor of Wyoming
• George Heinke, 1908, U.S. Representative for Nebraska
• Fred Gustus Johnson, 1903, U.S. Representative for Nebraska
• Joe Kelly, 1981, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
• Thomas F. Konop, 1904, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
• John A. Maguire, 1899, U.S. Representative for Nebraska
• Howard Shultz Miller, 1900, U.S. Representative for Kansas
• Frank Brenner Morrison, 1931, Governor of Nebraska
• Ben Nelson, 1970, Governor of Nebraska, U.S. Senator from Nebraska
• Mark Quandahl, 1972, Federal Judge and U.S. Senator from Nebraska
• Ted Sorensen, 1949, Special adviser and speechwriter to President John F. Kennedy
• Charles Thone, 1950, U.S. Representative for Nebraska, Governor of Nebraska
• Arthur J. Weaver, 1896, Governor of Nebraska
• Lee Calvin White, 9th White Council and Special Counselor to the President of the United States
• Clayton Yeutter, 1963, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture