Eric Hamilton

On October 19, 2026, President Trump nominated Eric Hamilton to the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. 

Biography 

Eric Hamilton was raised in Omaha, Nebraska, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He completed his first year of law school at the University of Nebraska College of Law, eventually transferring and receiving a J.D. from Stanford University in 2013.

Legal Experience

After law school, Hamilton clerked for Judge Thomas M. Hardiman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Following his clerkship, Hamilton served as associate counsel in the White House Counsel’s Office during President Trump’s first administration. Hamilton has also served as Nebraska’s solicitor general and worked as an assistant solicitor general in the Texas Attorney General’s Office.

Currently, Hamilton serves as deputy assistant attorney general for the Federal Programs Branch of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. In this role, Hamilton has helped defend significant Trump administration policies, including policies on tariffs, efforts to end birthright citizenship, and actions involving the Department of Education.

Since 2024, Hamilton has appeared as a guest speaker at several Federalist Society events.