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Warren Keith Urbom

Warren Keith Urbom

Nebraska District Court

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

Born 1925 in Atlanta, NE

Died 2017 in Lincoln, NE

FJC ID: 2436

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year

Nebraska District Court · 1970–201719701980199020002010202230
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 19/year

Nebraska District Court · 1970–2017197019801990200020102022190
citing decisions

Nebraska District Court · 1970–2017

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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Warren Keith Urbom (December 17, 1925 – July 28, 2017) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. University of Nebraska College of Law
    Adjunct instructor · 1979–1990
  2. Federal Judicial Center
    Board member · 1982–1986
  3. Private practice, Lincoln, Nebraska
    1953–1970
  4. U.S. Army technical sergeant
    1944–1946

Appointments

  1. Nebraska District Court
    1970–2017 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Michigan Law School
  2. Nebraska Wesleyan University
    A.B. · 1950