Mike Hilgers

Mike Hilgers (born October 25, 1978) is an American businessman, lawyer and politician who is the Nebraska Attorney General. He previously served as a Republican member of the Nebraska Legislature, representing the 21st district from 2017 to 2023. On January 6, 2021, Hilgers was elected as Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature. Early life Hilgers was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from Omaha Creighton Preparatory School in 1997. He obtained an economics degree from Baylor University in 2001. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with his wife Heather, and four children – Alice, Elsie, Clara Jane, and Michael Jr. Legal and business career Hilgers graduated from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor on the Law Review. After graduating from law school, He served as a judicial clerk for the Edith Brown Clement, senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He worked at the International Intellectual Property Law firm, and Fish & Richardson P.C., before moving back home to Lincoln. Hilgers is the founder of the law firm Hilgers Graben, which he started building in his basement. The law firm was named to Inc. magazine's list of fastest 5000 growing companies in the country three years in a row. In 2018 the magazine named it the fastest growing private company in Lincoln.