Katie Spohn

Katie Spohn has been a partner at Bruning Law Group since 2015.  Previously, Spohn served in the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office for 12 years, including as Solicitor General from 2012-2014.  She handled the state’s most complex civil litigation cases in that role, specializing in nationally significant constitutional law issues.  Spohn led the Office’s efforts to numerous multi-state challenges to federal regulations and successfully defended the constitutionality of a law regulating the Keystone XL pipeline before the Nebraska Supreme Court.

Before serving as Solicitor General, Spohn was Section Chief for the Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources Section and Special Counsel to the Attorney General, where she prosecuted environmental violations and defended the constitutionality of state statutes.  She is the 2014 recipient of the Conference of Western Attorneys General Jim Jones Public Service Award.

Spohn earned her B.S. in Agri-Business and J.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  She is admitted to the Nebraska State Bar; the Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuit Courts of Appeals; and the United States Supreme Court.  She lives on a farm outside of Lincoln, Nebraska, with her husband Scott and three children, Zach, Jacob, and Valerie.