Brian C. Buescher


Brian Craig Buescher is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

Early life and education

Buescher was born on January 16, 1975, in Beatrice, Nebraska and was raised on a farm near Deweese, Nebraska. He graduated valedictorian from Sandy Creek High School near Fairfield, Nebraska in 1993. He received his Bachelor of Arts with honors and high distinction in economics and political science from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1997. At UNL, Buescher graduated Phi Beta Kappa and as a Chancellor's Scholar, earning a cumulative 4.0 grade point average. He also served as President of the University of Nebraska Chancellor's Senior Honorary, the Society of Innocents. Buescher received his Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2000. At Georgetown Law, Buescher served as Editor-in-Chief of The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vice President of the Georgetown University Law Center Student Bar Association, and he received the St. Thomas More Award for his outstanding publication in legal ethics.

Legal career

After graduating from law school, Buescher joined the Omaha, Nebraska office of Kutak Rock LLP as an associate. He became a partner in 2007. At Kutak Rock, he led the firm's agribusiness litigation practice, with extensive experience in agribusiness, environmental, food law, real estate, product liability, class action, banking, and insurance litigation matters. Buescher served as the Chair of both the Nebraska Bar Association's Agricultural and Environmental Law Sections. In 2004, Buescher served as a prosecutor for Douglas County and Omaha while still working at Kutak Rock. He received the Excellence in Agricultural Law Award for private practice from the American Agricultural Law Association in 2017. He left Kutak Rock in 2019 after being appointed and confirmed as a federal judge.

Political campaigns

In 2009, Buescher unsuccessfully ran for the Omaha City Council.
In 2014, Buescher unsuccessfully ran in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Nebraska.

Federal judicial service

On October 10, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Buescher to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. On November 13, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Buescher to the seat vacated by Judge Laurie Smith Camp, who took senior status on December 1, 2018. On November 28, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Buescher for a federal judgeship. His nomination was sent to the Senate later that day. On February 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote. On July 24, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a vote of 52–39. Later that day, his nomination was confirmed by a vote of 51–40. He received his judicial commission on August 6, 2019.

Electoral history

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