Mike Hilgers

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Phone: (402) 916-0892

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At the same time he was building his business, Mike spent six years representing Northwest Lincoln and Lancaster County in the Nebraska Legislature (District 21). During his time in the Legislature, Hilgers served as the Rules Chairman and the Chair of the Executive Board. In 2021, he was unanimously elected the Speaker of the 107th Legislature. In the Legislature, Hilgers had a proven record fighting for the unborn, backing law enforcement, defending constitutional rights, and protecting election integrity.

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Mike Hilgers was born and raised in Nebraska. He completed his undergraduate degree in economics from Baylor University and received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was the editor of the law review.

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After law school, Hilgers served as a judicial clerk for Edith Brown Clement, senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He then moved back to Nebraska to start his own law firm, Hilgers Graben, which focused on reducing costs through innovation. The firm has since become nationally recognized and named one of the fastest-growing companies in the country.

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Mike Hilgers became Nebraska's 33rd Attorney General in 2022. As Attorney General, Mike works to keep Nebraskans and their families safe, protect their rights, ensure the integrity of our constitutional structure, help our law enforcement officials around the state, and protect our natural resources, including our water supplies.

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Mike was in private practice for over fifteen years, handling complex litigation and discovery disputes in state and federal court. After practicing at a large law firm, Mike founded his own litigation law firm. Mike built that firm from nothing into one of the fastest growing practices in the country. Before leaving his practice to take office as Nebraska’s Attorney General, the firm had over 100 professionals and handled cases around the country. Mike started his private practice after clerking for Judge Edith Clement on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mike graduated from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of the law review.

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Before taking office as Attorney General, Mike spent six years serving the people of Northwest Lincoln and Lancaster County in the Legislature (District 21), serving his last two as the Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature. In the Legislature Mike introduced and passed a wide variety of legislation to help Nebraskans around the state, from legislation to protect constitutional rights, to protecting our water, to supporting law enforcement.