John R. Freudenberg (born November 12, 1969) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the

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since 2018.

Early life, education, and legal career

Freudenberg attended

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for his undergraduate degree and the

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for his

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. 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.

Nebraska Supreme Court tenure

Freudenberg was one of three finalists named for the vacancy. On June 18, 2018, Governor

Pete Ricketts John Peter Ricketts (born August 19, 1964) is an American businessman and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from Nebraska since 2023. A member of the Republican Part ...

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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Freudenberg, John Living people 1969 births 21st-century American judges Justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court Chadron State College alumni University of Nebraska alumni Assistant United States attorneys