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Nebraska Attorney General

Current State AG
Mike Hilgers (R)
Political Party
Republican
Assumed Office

2022

Mike Hilgers was elected as Nebraska’s 33th attorney general in 2022. AG Hilgers served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2017 to 2022, holding the positions of rules chairman, chair of the executive board, and speaker. In 2015, AG Hilgers founded his own practice, Hilgers Graben PLLC, providing commercial and IP litigation services. He served earlier in his career as a judicial clerk for  Edith Brown Clement, senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Mike Hilgers was elected as Nebraska’s 33th attorney general in 2022. AG Hilgers served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2017 to 2022, holding the positions of rules chairman, chair of the executive board, and speaker. In 2015, AG Hilgers founded his own practice, Hilgers Graben PLLC, providing commercial and IP litigation services. He served earlier in his career as a judicial clerk for  Edith Brown Clement, senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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The AG is an elected position in Nebraska.

  • Next Election:November 3, 2026
  • Election Process:Elected
  • Term/Limit:4 years / none


Latest Nebraska Attorney General News & Insights

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Change Healthcare Faces Nebraska Lawsuit After Cyberattack

Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit against Change Healthcare Inc. and its owners and operators (collectively, “Change”)—which provide a data clearinghouse used by healthcare providers, pharmacies, and insurers—alleging that the company’s data security and other operational failures in connection with a February 2024 cyberattack violated state consumer protection laws. The complaint alleges that Change’s systemic failures…

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Nebraska Sues to Pull the Plug on Truck Manufacturers’ Alleged Collusion to Eliminate ICE Vehicles

Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers, joined by energy trade associations, filed an antitrust lawsuit against several truck manufacturers, alleging they violated Nebraska law by engaging in anticompetitive practices to phase out Class 8 internal combustion engine (ICE) semi-trucks in favor of electric vehicles. The complaint claims the manufacturers colluded with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) through the…

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GOP AGs Accelerate Challenge to EPA’s Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Standards Rule

A group of 24 Republican AGs have filed a brief challenging the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles—Phase 3 final rule (Final Rule), which sets standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty (HD) vehicles. In the AG’s brief, they contend that the Final Rule is invalid, arguing it exceeds the EPA’s statutory authority, violates…

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