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Richard George Kopf

Richard George Kopf

Nebraska District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Born 1946 in Toledo, OH

Died 2025

FJC ID: 1308

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year

Nebraska District Court · 1992–20251992200020102020202520
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 12/year

Nebraska District Court · 1992–202519922000201020202025120
citing decisions

Nebraska District Court · 1992–2025

Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.

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Richard George Kopf (December 1, 1946 – January 17, 2025) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Lexington, Nebraska
    1974–1986
  2. State of Nebraska, impeachment of Attorney General Paul Douglas
    Counsel · 1984
  3. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    Law clerk , Hon. Donald Ross · 1972–1974

Appointments

  1. Nebraska District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of NebraskaChief Judge
    1992–2025 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Nebraska College of Law
    J.D. · 1972
  2. Kearney State College (now University of Nebraska Kearney)
    B.A. · 1969