Former United States Attorney Peg Lautenschlager died from cancer early Saturday, March 31, 2018, at her home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She served as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin from 1993-2001, including service on the AGAC. She also served as the Attorney General of Wisconsin (2003-2007), and as a state representative and as a local district attorney. She is a 1980 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Peg is survived by her husband, Bill Rippl and her five children and step-children. A memorial service will be held in Fond du Lac on April 15, 2018. Click here to view the obituary. As is our custom, NAFUSA has requested that an American flag be flown over Main Justice in Peg’s honor and it will be presented to her family as a token of the regard with which Peg was held by her colleagues.