List of Order of the Coif members

The Order of the Coif is an honor society for law school graduates. It was founded at the University of Illinois College of Law in 1902. Following are some of its notable members.

Academia

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Presidents and chancellors

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Name Chapter Notability References
Sandy D'Alemberte University of Florida Levin College of Law president of Florida State University [1]
Pamela Gann Duke University School of Law president of Claremont McKenna College and dean of Duke University School of Law [2]
Randall W. Hanna Florida State University College of Law chief executive officer and dean of Florida State University Panama City [3]
Robert J. Harris Yale Law School chancellor of the Florida College System and mayor of the city of Ann Arbor [4]
Ruth Austin Knox University of Georgia School of Law president of Wesleyan College [5]
Larry Kramer University of Chicago Law School president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and dean emeritus of Stanford Law School [6]
Gene Nichol University of Texas School of Law president of the College of William & Mary [7]
Harvey Perlman University of Nebraska College of Law chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln [8]
L. Timothy Perrin Texas Tech University School of Law president of Lubbock Christian University and senior vice president of Pepperdine University
Kent Syverud University of Michigan Law School chancellor and president of Syracuse University
William D. Underwood University of Illinois College of Law president of Mercer University [9]

Deans

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Name Chapter Notability References
Henry Moore Bates Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law dean of the University of Michigan Law School for 29 years
George F. Curtis founding dean of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. [10]
Jefferson B. Fordham Yale Law School dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the

Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

[11]
Leon Green University of Texas School of Law dean of Northwestern University School of Law [12]
Lisa A. Kloppenberg USC Gould School of Law provost and interim president of Santa Clara University and dean of the Santa Clara University School of Law [13]
Jane B. Korn University of Colorado Law School dean of the Gonzaga University School of Law
Larry Kramer University of Chicago Law School dean of Stanford Law School and president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation [14]
David F. Levi Stanford Law School dean of the Duke University School of Law and chief judge of the

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

[15]
Troy A. McKenzie New York University School of Law dean and professor of law at the New York University School of Law [16]
Justin Miller Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana dean of the USC Gould School of Law and Duke University School of Law and

U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

[17]
Robert K. Rasmussen University of Chicago Law School dean and chair at the USC Gould School of Law [18]
Lauren Robel Indiana University Maurer School of Law dean of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law [19]
Don W. Sears Ohio State University Moritz College of Law dean and professor emeritus of law at the University of Colorado Law School [20]
Paul L. Selby Ohio State University Moritz College of Law dean and a professor emeritus at the West Virginia University College of Law
Symeon C. Symeonides Harvard Law School Alex L. Parks Distinguished professor of law and dean emeritus at

Willamette University College of Law

[21]

Professors

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Name Chapter Notability References
Thomas E. Baker professor of law and founding member of the Florida International University College of Law
Bernard Bell professor of law and Herbert Hannoch Scholar at Rutgers School of Law–Newark
Jack Bogdanski professor at the Lewis & Clark Law School
Carolyn Bratt emeritus law professor at the University of Kentucky
James Cavalliaro professor at Wesleyan University and Yale Law School and the co-founder

and executive director of the University Network for Human Rights

Myanna Dellinger professor of law at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law.
John Hart Ely professor at Yale Law School
Heidi Li Feldman professor at Georgetown University Law Center
Stephen M. Feldman professor at the University of Wyoming College of Law
Robert L. Fischman professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Jeffrey L. Fisher University of Michigan Law School associate professor at Stanford Law School,.co-director of the Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
Michael R. Fontham adjunct professor of law at the Tulane University Law School and the Louisiana State University Schools of Law
John Paul Frank professor at Yale Law School and Indiana University, Bloomington School of Law
Richard D. Freer professor of law at Emory University School of Law
William Willard Gibson Jr. professor at the University of Texas School of Law
Robert A. Gorman professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Roger Groot professor of law at Washington and Lee University School of Law
Maura R. Grossman research professor and director of Women in Computer Science at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

of the University of Waterloo

Gerald Gunther professor at Stanford Law School
Richard L. Hasen professor at Loyola Law School
Gail Heriot professor at the University of San Diego School of Law
Joseph L. Hoffmann scholar of criminal procedure and the death penalty, and professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law
William H. J. Hubbard professor at the University of Chicago Law School.
M. Todd Henderson professor at the University of Chicago Law School
Alston Johnson professor at the Louisiana State University Law Center
Leo Katz professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Mark Lemley professor at Stanford Law School and director of the Stanford Law School Program in Law, Science & Technology
A. Leo Levin professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Wesley Liebeler professor emeritus at the UCLA School of Law and Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University

and director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning and Evaluation

Jerry Markham professor at the Florida International University College of Law
Jerry L. Mashaw Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale University
Andrew McClurg professor at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law,
Celestine McConville professor at the Chapman University School of Law
William Robert Ming professor at University of Chicago Law School and Howard University School of Law
Ralph James Mooney professor emeritus at the University of Oregon School of Law.
Edward R. Morrison professor at Columbia Law School
Donna M. Nagy professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Christopher Peterson professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
Ronald J. Rychlak professor at the University of Mississippi School of Law
Hannah Clayson Smith senior fellow at the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
Richard H. Stern lecturer at George Washington University Law School
Michael Tigar emeritus professor of the Duke Law School, American University, and Washington College of Law
David B. Wilkins professor and faculty director of the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School
William J. Winslade professor of the philosophy of medicine at the Institute for Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch

and distinguished visiting professor at the University of Houston Law Center,

Attorney General

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Name Chapter Notability References
Herbert Brownell Jr. Yale Law School United States Attorney General and New York State Assembly [22]
Robert Young Button University of Virginia School of Law Attorney General of Virginia and Virginia Senate [23]
Clarence A. Davis Nebraska Attorney General [22]
Toby J. Heytens University of Virginia School of Law Attorney General of Virginia and U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Gordon J. MacDonald Cornell Law School Attorney General of New Hampshire and 37th Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court [24]
Gregory A, Phillips University of Wyoming College of Law Wyoming Attorney General and U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit [25]
William Bradford Reynolds Vanderbilt University Law School U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division [26]
William P. Rogers Cornell Law School United States Attorney General and United States Secretary of State [27]
Vernon W. Thomson University of Wisconsin Law School Attorney General of Wisconsin, Governor of Wisconsin, and United States House of Representatives [17]
Phil Weiser New York University School of Law Attorney General of Colorado

Attorney, government

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Name Chapter Notability References
A. Lee Bentley III University of Virginia School of Law U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida [28]
Robert K. Hur Stanford Law School U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland and Special Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice [29]
Michelle M. Pettit Vanderbilt University Law School Assistant U.S. Attorney from California [30]
Mimi Rocah New York University Law School district attorney for Westchester County, New York and legal analyst at NBC News and MSNB [31]
Hilbert Philip Zarky University of Wisconsin Law School tax attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice

Attorney, private practice

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Name Chapter Notability References
Douglas Arant attorney
Jordan Beck University of Nebraska College of Law attorney at Husch Blackwell LLP
Robert L. Bridges attorney who specialized in construction and corporate law
Jacob Burns attorney specializing in corporate law and estates and trusts
Evan Chesler attorney and a partner of Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Tom Cryer attorney
William E. Grauer partner in the law firm of Cooley LLP chair of the Standing Committee on Discipline for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Mona Salyer Lambird attorney and first woman president of the Oklahoma Bar Association
Gerald Ratner attorney
Russell M. Robinson II, attorney
Evan L. Schwab attorney and law clerk to justice William O. Douglas of the Supreme Court of the U.S.
Hannah Clayson Smith attorney with the firm Schaerr Jaffe and senior fellow at the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
Stuart A. Summit attorney
Larry E. Temple attorney who served as the White House Counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson
Herbert Wachtell ,co-founder of the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Michael Wallace attorney
Christopher Wolf attorney known for his career in Internet and privacy law
Esther Wunnicke attorney known as the "Land Lady" of Alaska for her defense of human rights and land rights
Norma Zarky attorney active in the fight for abortion rights and other civil rights.

Business

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Name Chapter Notability References
Louis W. Dawson Cornell University School of Law, president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Mathias J. DeVito University of Maryland School of Law president and chief executive officer of The Rouse Company [32]
Bruce Downey Ohio State University Moritz College of Law chairman and chief executive officer of Barr Pharmaceuticals [33]
John B. Frank University of Michigan Law School vice chairman of Oaktree Capital Management [34]
Bruce Friedrich Georgetown University Law Center co-founder and president of The Good Food Institute [35]
Bruce Karsh University of Virginia School of Law chairman and chief executive officer of Oaktree Capital Management [36]
Happy R. Perkins Duke Law School of Law vice-president of the General Electric Company and GE Energy
Andrew M. Rosenfield University of Chicago Law School president of Guggenheim Partners [37]
John Rowe University of Wisconsin Law School chairman and chief executive officer of the energy corporation Exelon Corporation [38]
Travis Tygart Southern Methodist University School of Law chief executive officer of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency [39]

Entertainment

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Name Chapter Notability References
Alafair Burke Stanford Law School crime novelist and professor of law at Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law [40]
Savannah Guthrie Georgetown University Law Center broadcast journalist and main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today [41]
Mimi Rocah New York University Law School legal analyst at NBC News and MSNB and district attorney for Westchester County, New York [31]
Bruce Spizer Tulane University Law School expert and author on the Beatles

Government

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Name Chapter Notability References
Jay Clayton University of Pennsylvania Law School chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission [42]
Sean J. Cooksey University of Chicago Law School vice chairman of the Federal Election Commission [43]
E. William Henry Vanderbilt University Law School chair of the Federal Trade Commission [17]
Robert E. Freer University of Cincinnati College of Law chair of the Federal Trade Commission [27]
Wesley Liebeler University of Chicago Law School director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning and Evaluation

and professor emeritus at the UCLA School of Law and Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University

[44]
J. Warren Madden University of Chicago Law School first chairman of the National Labor Relations Board and judge of the United States Court of Claims [45]
Deborah Platt Majoras University of Virginia School of Law chairman of the Federal Trade Commission [46]
Michael Mundaca UC Berkeley School of Law assistant secretary for tax policy in the U.S. Department of the Treasury [47]
Neal Sher New York University School of Law head of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Investigations
William H. Webster Washington University School of Law director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, director of Central Intelligence, and U.S. district judge

of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

[48]

Judiciary

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U.S. Supreme Court

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Name Chapter Notability References
Abe Fortas Yale Law School Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [17]
Sandra Day O'Connor Stanford Law School Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

State Supeme Court

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Name Chapter Notability References
David L. Baker justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
Cameron McVicar Batjer justice on the Supreme Court of Nevada
Jane Bland associate justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
C. Haley Bunn justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
Edward F. Carter judge of the Nebraska Supreme Court [22]
James H. Carter justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
William B. Cassel judge of the Nebraska Supreme Court
Andrew D. Christie justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
James L. Dennis associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, senior U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,

and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Pat DeWine justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
John W. Eggleston chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and member of the Virginia Senate
John Cannon Few justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
John F. Fontron justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
Greg G. Guidry associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court and U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Diana Hagen justice on the Utah Supreme Court
E. Summers Hardy associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
Nathan Heffernan chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Matthew W. Hill chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court
D. Arthur Kelsey justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
Lawrence W. I'Anson chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
Rhoda Valentine Lewis justice on the Supreme Court of Hawaii
Wiley Manuel associate justice of the Supreme Court of California
David N. May associate justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
Christopher McDonald associate justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
Gordon J. MacDonald Cornell Law School Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court and Attorney General of New Hampshire [24]
Derek R. Molter justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
Bill Montgomery justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
Dana Oxley associate justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
Barbara Pariente chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Jill Pohlman justice of the Utah Supreme Court
Robert R. Prentis chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
Frank Richman justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
John C. Roach justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court
Harold See associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
Susie Sharp first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Robert G. Simmons University of Nebraska College of Law chief justice of Nebraska Supreme Court and member of the U.S. House of Representatives [22]
Felix L. Sparks associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and brigadier general in the Colorado Army National Guard
Harry A. Spencer judge of the Nebraska Supreme Court [22]
Craig Stowers chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
David Stras associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Hardy Summers justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
K.J. Wall justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
Martha Lee Wlaters chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
Thomas D. Waterman justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
David Wiggins justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
Willis Whichard associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, North Carolina Senate, and North Carolina House of Representatives

U.S. Circuit Court

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Name Chapter Notability References
Stephen H. Anderson senior U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Robert E. Bacharach U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Danny Julian Boggs senior U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Elizabeth L. Branch U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Daniel Bress U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
William Canby senior U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Bennett Champ Clark George Washington University Law School U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

and U.S. Senator

[17]
Raymond C. Clevenger senior U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
W. Eugene Davis senior U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
James L. Dennis senior U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, associate justice

of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and Louisiana House of Representatives

Frank Easterbrook judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Harry T. Edwards U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Allison H. Eid U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

and an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court

Jerome Farris U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Rufus Edward Foster Tulane University Law School United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [45]
Michelle Friedland U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
L. Steven Grasz U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Toby J. Heytens University of Virginia School of Law Attorney General of Virginia and U.S. circuit judge of the

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

James C. Ho University of Chicago Law School, U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

and Solicitor General of Texas

[49]
Frank M. Hull senior U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Sandra Segal Ikuta U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Harvey M. Johnsen University of Nebraska College of Law U.S. circuit judge of the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit [22]
Carolyn B. McHugh U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Monroe G. McKay U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Theodore McKee senior U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Steven Menashi U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Eric D. Miller U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Justin Miller Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

and dean of Dean at the USC Gould School of Law and Duke University School of Law

[17]
Eric E. Murphy University of Chicago Law School U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

and Solicitor General of Ohio

[50]
John Nalbandian U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Ryan D. Nelson U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
John J. Parker University of North Carolina School of Law U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [17]
Gregory A, Phillips University of Wyoming College of Law U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

and Wyoming Attorney General

[25]
James Dickson Phillips Jr. U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Beth Robinson U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Michael Y. Scudder U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Sri Srinivasan Stanford Law School chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

and principal deputy Solicitor General of the U.S.

[51]
David Stras U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

and associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court

George Thomas Washington Yale Law School U.S circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Acting Solicitor General of the United States [17]
Paul J. Watford U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Diane Wood senior circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. District Court

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Name Chapter Notability References
Barry Ashe U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Patricia D. Barksdale U.S. magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Stanley Blumenfeld U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Nancy E. Brasel U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Michael Lawrence Brown U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
James O. Browning U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
Thomas T. Cullen U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
William L. Campbell Jr. U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Valerie E. Caproni U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Vince Chhabria U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
William M. Conley U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Finis E. Cowan U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Toby Crouse U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Theodore Roosevelt Dalton U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
John W. deGravelles U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Mary K. Dimke U.S. district judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
Daniel D. Domenico U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Martin Leach-Cross Feldman U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Sharon L. Gleason Chief U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska
Ben Charles Green U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Greg G. Guidry U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

and associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

Madeline Haikala U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Marcia Morales Howard U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
David C. Joseph U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
William F. Jung U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Steve Kim U.S. magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Dale A. Kimball senior U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
Tom Kleeh Chief U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Rachel Kovner U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Roberto Lange Chief U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota
David F. Levi Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

and Dean of the Duke University School of Law

Mary Geiger Lewis U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
Amit Mehta University of Virginia School of Law U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and

judge on the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

[17]
Susie Morgan U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Richard E. Myers II Chief U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Howard C. Nielson Jr. U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
Carl J. Nichols U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Maryellen Noreika U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Martha M. Pacold U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
James D. Peterson Chief U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Linda R. Reade senior U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
Stephanie M. Rose Chief U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Jeremy B. Rosen U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Mark C. Scarsi U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Rebecca Beach Smith senior U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Andrew H. Stone judge in the Third Judicial District Court of the State of Utah
Leonard T. Strand Chief U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
Robert R. Summerhays U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Indira Talwani U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Holly Teeter U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Jon S. Tigar U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
John J. Tuchi U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
James Clinton Turk Washington and Lee University School of Law U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia and Virginia Senate [45]
William H. Webster U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri,

director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and director of Central Intelligence,

T. Kent Wetherell II U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Allen Winsor U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Court of Federal Claims

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Name Chapter Notability References
Charles F. Lettow Stanford Law School senior judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims [52]
J. Warren Madden University of Chicago Law School judge of the United States Court of Claims and the first chairman of the National Labor Relations Board [45]
James F. Merow George Washington University Law School senior judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims [53]
Matthew H. Solomson University of Maryland School of Law judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. [54]
Harry E. Wood George Washington University Law School judge of the U.S. Court of Claims and on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims

U.S. Tax Court

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Name Chapter Notability References
Renato Beghe University of Chicago Law School judge of the U.S. Tax Court [55]
Joseph Robert Goeke University of Kentucky, College of Law senior judge of the U.S. Tax Court [55]
David Gustafson Duke University School of Law senior judge of the U.S. Tax Court [55]
Lapsley W. Hamblen Jr. University of Virginia School of Law judge of the U.S. Tax Court [56]
Austin Hoyt University of Virginia School of Law judge of the U.S. Tax Court
Alina I. Marshall University of Pennsylvania Law School judge of the U.S. Tax Court [55]
L. Paige Marvel University of Maryland School of Law senior judge of the U.S. Tax Court [55]
John Pajak Syracuse University College of Law i special trial judge of the U.S. Tax Court.
Cary Douglas Pugh University of Virginia School of Law judge of the U.S. Tax Court [55]
Michael B. Thornton Duke University School of Law senior judge of the U.S. Tax Court [55]
Norman O. Tietjens University of Michigan Law School judge of the U.S. Tax Court
Emin Toro University of North Carolina School of Law judge of the U.S. Tax Court [55]

Other federal courts

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Name Chapter Notability References
Isaac Jack Martin University of Cincinnati College of Law associate judge of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals [17]
Patrick J. McNulty University of Minnesota Law School judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota
Amit Mehta University of Virginia School of Law judge on the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.and U.S. district judge

of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

[17]
Suzanne Mitchell George Washington University Law School U.S. magistrate judge for the Western District of Oklahoma [57]
Neomi Rao University of Chicago Law School federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [58]
Jonathan R. Steinberg University of Pennsylvania Law School judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims [59]

Other state courts

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Name Chapter Notability References
Kristine Cecava University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law Cheyenne County, Nebraska district judge
Michael W. Hoover University of Wisconsin Law School deputy chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District III [60]
Lisa Neubauer University of Chicago Law School chief judge of the e Wisconsin Court of Appeals District III [61]
William A. Reppy University of Southern California Law School associate justice of the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District [62]
Vijay Shanker University of Virginia School of Law judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals [63]
Kathryn Doi Todd Loyola Law School associate justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Two [64]
William R. Wooton West Virginia University College of Law justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Virginia Senate, and West Virginia House of Delegates [65]

Military

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Name Chapter Notability References
Henry C. Bruton George Washington University Law School United States Navy rear admiral [66]
Alfred Naifeh University of Michigan Law School United States Navy World War II hero
Felix L. Sparks University of Colorado Law School, Honorary Colorado Army National Guard brigadier general and associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court [67]

Politics

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Name Chapter Notability References
E. Almer Ames Jr. Washington and Lee School of Law Virginia Senate [45]
Lucius D. Battle Stanford Law School U.S. Ambassador to Egypt [17]
Herbert Brownell Jr. Yale Law School United States Attorney General and New York State Assembly [22]
Peter S. Brunstetter University of Virginia School of Law North Carolina Senate [68]
M. Caldwell Butler University of Virginia School of Law United States House of Representatives and Virginia House of Delegates [45]
Robert Young Button University of Virginia School of Law Virginia Senate and Attorney General of Virginia [23]
Virgil Chapman University of Kentucky College of Law United States Senator and United States House of Representatives [27][69]
Warren Christopher Stanford Law School United States Secretary of State [70]
Bennett Champ Clark George Washington University Law School United States Senate and U.S. circuit judge of the

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

[17]
Felix Cole George Washington University Law School. U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, and U.S. Consul General in Warsaw [17]
James L. Connaughton Northwestern University School of Law George W. Bush administration environmental adviser and

chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality

[71]
Tom Davis University of Maryland School of Law South Carolina Senate [72]
Jennifer Decker University of Kentucky College of Law Kentucky House of Representatives [73]
James L. Dennis University of Virginia School of Law Louisiana House of Representatives, associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court,

and senior U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

[74]
John Levering Early Florida House of Representatives and mayor of Sarasota, Florida [45]
John W. Eggleston Washington and Lee University School of Law Virginia Senate and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia [75]
Joseph Bernard Gildenhorn Yale Law School U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland [76]
Harrison J. Goldin Yale Law School New York State Senate and New York City Comptroller [77]
Carte Goodwin Emory University Law School United States Senator [78]
Josh Hsu Georgetown University Law Center political advisor, special assistant to the president, and counsel to Vice President Kamala Harris [79]
Mark Hutchison Brigham Young University Law School Lieutenant Governor of Nevada [80]
Tim Johnson University of Illinois College of Law United States House of Representatives [81]
Charles R. Jonas University of North Carolina School of Law United States House of Representatives
Russell B. Long Louisiana State University Law Center United States Senate [17]
Richard Nixon Duke University School of Law President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, United States Senate, United States House of Representatives
Covey T. Oliver University of Texas School of Law U.S. Ambassador to Colombia and Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs [27]
Wyc Orr University of Tennessee College of Law Georgia House of Representatives [82]
Watkins Overton University of Chicago Law School Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee [83]
David Pressman New York University School of Law U.S. Ambassador to Hungary [84]
William P. Rogers Cornell Law School United States Secretary of State and United States Attorney General [27]
Jack Rust University of Virginia School of Law Virginia House of Delegates [85]
Nathan Sales Duke University School of Law Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism and

Acting Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights

[86]
Bill Seitz University of Cincinnati College of Law Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate [87]
Robert G. Simmons University of Nebraska College of Law United States House of Representatives and chief justice the Nebraska Supreme Court [22]
Willis Smith Duke University Law School United States Senate and North Carolina House of Representatives [27]
Ted Sorensen University of Nebraska College of Law speechwriter and adivsor for President John F. Kennedy [22]
William Spong Jr. University of Virginia School of Law United States Senator, Virginia Sentate, and Virginia House of Delegates [45][88]
Vernon W. Thomson University of Wisconsin Law School Governor of Wisconsin, United States House of Representatives, and Attorney General of Wisconsin [17]
James Clinton Turk Washington and Lee University School of Law Virginia Senate and U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia [45]
Dan Walker Northwestern University School of Law Governor of Illinois [17]
Benson K. Whitney University of Minnesota Law School U.S. Ambassador to Norway [89]
Willis Whichard University of North Carolina School of Law North Carolina Senate, North Carolina House of Representatives,

and associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court

[90]
William R. Wooton West Virginia University College of Law West Virginia Senate, West Virginia House of Delegates,

and justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

[91]

Religion

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Name Chapter Notability References
H. Verlan Andersen Stanford Law School general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Stacy F. Sauls University of Virginia School of Law Bishop of Lexington and chief operating officer of the Episcopal Church [92]

Solicitor general

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Name Chapter Notability References
Gregory G. Garre George Washington University Law School 44th Solicitor General of the United States and partner in Latham & Watkins [93]
James C. Ho University of Chicago Law School Solicitor General of Texas and U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [49]
Maureen Mahoney University of Chicago Law School Deputy Solicitor General of the United States and appellate lawyer with Latham & Watkins [94]
Eric E. Murphy University of Chicago Law School Solicitor General of Ohio and U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit [50]
Theodore Olson UC Berkeley School of Law 42nd Solicitor General of the United States [95]
Philip Perlman University of Maryland School of Law Solicitor General of the United States and Secretary of State of Maryland [27]
Sri Srinivasan Stanford Law School principal deputy Solicitor General of the U.S. and

chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

[51]
Ken Starr Duke University School of Law Solicitor General of the United States and independent counsel for the impeachment of Bill Clinton. [17]
George Thomas Washington Yale Law School Acting Solicitor General of the United States and U.S circuit judge of the

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

[17]

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