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The list of University of Michigan Law School alumni includes notable alumni of
University of Michigan Law School .
Alphabetized list
A-D
William W. Cook
Ann Coulter
Clarence Darrow
Ralph W. Aigler (J.D. 1907), expert on property; member of U-M faculty, 1910–1954; inducted into the
University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor
Gideon Winans Allen (LAW 1864),
Wisconsin State Assemblyman
Ronald J. Allen (J.D. 1973),
Northwestern University John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law, one of only four Americans to be designated as a
Yangtze River Scholar (China's highest academic award, formerly only for Nobel Laureates) in 2007; the first law professor to receive the award, which usually goes to scientists or economists
Justin Amash (J.D. 2005), U.S. congressman from Michigan from 2011 to 2021.
Edgardo Angara (LL.M. 1964), former president of the
University of the Philippines ; Senate President of the
Philippines
George Ariyoshi (J.D. 1952), third governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)
[1]
Susanne Baer (LL.M. 1993), elected to the
German Federal Constitutional Court in February 2011
Melody Barnes (J.D. 1989), director of the President's
Domestic Policy Council
Mitchell Berman , Professor of Law at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Mary Frances Berry (J.D. 1970), former chairwoman of the
United States Commission on Civil Rights ; current professor of history at the
University of Pennsylvania
Lester Bird (LL.B. 1959), Prime Minister of
Antigua and Barbuda
Henry Bodenstab (LL.B. 1898),
Wisconsin State Senator
Heidi Bond (J.D.), bestselling author of historical romance novels under the pseudonym Courtney Milan
[2]
Willard Lee Boyd (LAW:
LL.M. 1952;
S.J.D. 1962),
president emeritus of
University of Iowa , and its 15th president; chairman of the
Association of American Universities , 1979–1980
Steven G. Bradbury (J.D. 1988), former acting assistant attorney general (
Office of Legal Counsel )
Charles Henry Brown ,
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
John Robert Brown (J.D. 1932), Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit , one of the "
Fifth Circuit Four "
Vernon A. Bullard (LL.B. 1884),
United States Attorney for the
District of Vermont
[3]
William J. Bulow (LL.B. 1893),
U.S. Senator from and Governor of
South Dakota
Rousseau Angelus Burch (1885), Justice of the
Kansas Supreme Court
[4]
Nicole (Niki) Burnham (J.D. 1994), author,
RITA award winner
Clarence A. Buskirk , 10th
Indiana Attorney General (1874–1878)
[5]
Michael T. Cahill (1996), Dean of
Brooklyn Law School
Llewellyn L. Callaway (LL.B. 1891), chief justice of the
Montana Supreme Court .
[6]
David Francis Cargo (LL.B. 1957),
Governor of New Mexico , 1967–71; New Mexico State House of Representatives Albuquerque (1963–67)
[7]
Roger Carter (LL.M., 1968), dean of
University of Saskatchewan College of Law ; recipient of
Order of Canada .
[8]
Avern Cohn (J.D. 1949), Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
William W. Cook (JD 1882), heavily published and cited author of textbooks on corporate law; donor of the quadrangle to Michigan
Ann Coulter (J.D. 1988), political personality, author
Mike Cox (J.D. 1989),
Michigan Attorney General , 2003–2010
Andrew Cray , LGBT rights activist and husband of Delaware state senator
Sarah McBride
George Crockett Jr. (LAW: 1934), civil rights activist; helped found the
National Lawyers Guild ; first African American lawyer hired by the Department of Labor; Recorder's Court Judge, Detroit, Michigan, 1966–74; U.S. House of Representatives (D-Mich.), 1991
[9]
Byron Mac Cutcheon (LL.B. 1866),
American Civil War officer;
Medal of Honor recipient; politician from
Michigan
[10]
Clarence Darrow (attended),
trial lawyer ;
defense counsel in the
Scopes Monkey Trial and
Leopold and Loeb
Harry M. Daugherty (LL.B. 1880), United States Attorney General, 1921–24,
Republican Party
boss , member of the "
Ohio Gang ".
William R. Day (LL.B. 1870),
United States Secretary of State , 1898;
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice , 1903–1922
Pat DeWine (JD 1994), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, 2017–
Donald McDonald Dickinson (LL.B. 1867), in 1887 appointed by
Grover Cleveland as
United States Postmaster General ; served from January 6, 1888, until the end of Cleveland's first term in 1889
Gershwin A. Drain (J.D.),
District Judge on the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
[11]
Mike Duggan (J.D. 1983), incumbent and 75th mayor of Detroit, Michigan, serving since 2013, and former deputy
County Executive of
Wayne County
E-G
David M. Ebel (J.D. 1965), Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
[12]
Harry T. Edwards (J.D. 1965), former
chief judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
[13]
Larry Elder (J.D. 1977), syndicated radio and television talk show host
Rossa Fanning (LL.M 2000),
Attorney General of Ireland (2022–present)
[14]
[15]
John Feikens (J.D.), politician and judge from Michigan; Senior Judge,
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (1986–present); was nominated to the same district court by three presidents
[16]
Heidi Li Feldman (J.D. 1990), American law professor
Jeffrey L. Fisher (J.D. 1997),
Stanford Law School professor; prevailing counsel in
Crawford v. Washington and
Blakely v. Washington
Harold Ford Jr. (J.D. 1996), former
U.S. Representative from
Tennessee ;
Democratic Leadership Council chair
[17]
Ralph M. Freeman (LL.B. 1926), Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
John J. Gardner (attended 1866–1867), U.S. Representative from
New Jersey ; mayor of
Atlantic City
[18]
Ralph F. Gates (J.D. 1917), 37th governor of
Indiana
[19]
Richard Gephardt (J.D. 1965), U.S. Representative from
Missouri (1977–2005);
House Majority Leader , 1989–1995;
Minority Leader , 1995–2003
[20]
Heather K. Gerken (J.D. 1994), 17th Dean of
Yale Law School .
[21]
Charles E. Gibson Jr. (LL.B. 1952),
Vermont Attorney General
[22]
Ernest Willard Gibson (attended 1898–99),
United States Senator from Vermont
[23]
Arthur L. Gilliom (LL.B. 1913), 25th
Indiana Attorney General (1925–1929)
[24]
Paul Gillmor (J.D. 1964), U.S. Representative from
Ohio , 5th District; President of the
Ohio Senate
[25]
Jay Gorney (LL.B. 1919),
Tin Pan Alley songwriter who co-wrote "
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ;" blacklisted during McCarthy era
Ronald M. Gould (J.D. 1973), Judge, the
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
[26]
Jim Graham (D.C. City Councilmember)
Chuck Greenberg (J.D. 1985), owner, CEO of the Texas Rangers
Wycliffe Grousbeck (J.D. 1986), owner of the
Boston Celtics
H-K
Valerie Jarrett
Franklin D. Hale (LL.B. 1877),
Vermont Auditor of Accounts , and longtime U.S. Consul in several locations
Seneca Haselton (LL.B. 1875),
mayor of Burlington, Vermont ,
U.S. Minister to Venezuela , Associate Justice of the
Vermont Supreme Court
[27]
Kirby Hendee (LL.B. 1953), Wisconsin State Senator
J. Lister Hill (attended), former U.S. Senator from
Alabama
[28]
James P. Hoffa (LL.B. 1966), president,
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
James W. Houck (J.D. 1985),
Judge Advocate General of the
United States Navy
Harland Bradley Howe (LL.B. 1894),
United States District Court for the District of Vermont
Wilbur E. Hurlbut (LL.B. 1893), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
Bela S. Huntington (attended 1882–83), member of the
Oregon House of Representatives
Sada Jacobson (J.D. 2011), Olympic fencing silver and bronze medalist
Valerie Jarrett (J.D. 1981), senior advisor to President
Obama
Christopher M. Jeffries (J.D. 1974), real estate developer and namesake of Jeffries Hall
Robert M. Johnson (J.D. 1971), former publisher of
Newsday
Matthew M. Joyce ,
United States federal judge
[29]
Amalya Lyle Kearse (J.D. 1962), Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
[30]
Paul S. Kemp (J.D. 2000), fantasy author, known for
Forgotten Realms novels; defender of
shared world fiction; his novel Deceived (2011) was on the New York Times best-seller list
Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy (J.D. 1947), Senior Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
[31]
Raymond Kethledge (J.D. 1993), Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
[32]
John Knauf (1892),
justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
[33]
L-Q
Eric Lefkofsky
Frank Murphy
Cary D. Landis (LL.B., 1899), 25th
Florida Attorney General , (1931–1938)
Eric Lefkofsky (J.D. 1993), serial entrepreneur; co-founder of and angel investor in
Groupon ; president of private equity and consulting firm Blue Media, LLC; named to
Forbes ' 2011 list of billionaires
Jeffrey Lehman (J.D. 1981), 11th President of
Cornell University
Brian Leiter (J.D. 1987), professor,
University of Chicago
U. S. Lesh (LL.B., 1891), 24th
Indiana Attorney General (1921–1925)
[34]
Jason Levien (J.D. 1997), co-owner of the
Major League Soccer club
D.C. United and Welsh club
Swansea City A.F.C.
Tom Lewand (J.D. 1996), president of the
Detroit Lions
E.W. Marland (LL.B., 1893), oilman; U.S. Congressman; Oklahoma governor
[35]
J. Thomas McCarthy (J.D. 1963), author of McCarthy's Treatise on Trademark and Unfair Competition
Francis McNulty Jr. (LL.B. 1888), Republican member of the
Iowa House of Representatives from 1896 to 1898
Charles Edward Merrill (1906–1907), co-founded stock brokerage firm
Merrill Lynch with Edmund C. Lynch; worked at Merrill Lynch, 1914–56
Charles W. Miller (1884), 18th
Indiana Attorney General (1903–1907)
[36]
Robert E. Minahan (LL.B. 1894), Mayor of
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Jeffrey P. Minear (J.D. 1982), Counselor to Chief Justice
John G. Roberts Jr.
Frank Murphy (LL.B. 1914),
United States Attorney General , 1939;
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice , 1940–1949
[37]
Gordon Myse (LL.B. 1960), Judge of the
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Harry Nelson , author
Helen W. Nies (L.L.B. 1948), Chief Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit , 1990–1994
Ronald L. Olson (J.D. 1967), attorney and name partner in the Los Angeles office of the law firm of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
Kevyn Orr (J.D. 1983), partner with Jones Day LLP and emergency financial manager of the city of Detroit, Michigan from 2013 to 2014
Rob Pelinka (J.D. 1996), general manager of
Los Angeles Lakers ; former sports agent, known for representing
Kobe Bryant
Frank Plumley (attended 1867–68), United States
Congressman from Vermont
Mark F. Pomerantz (J.D. 1975), New York attorney
Lloyd Welch Pogue (J.D.), pioneering aviation attorney; chairman of the now-defunct
Civil Aeronautics Board
John Porter (J.D. 1961), United States Representative from Illinois, 1980–2001
Rob Portman (J.D. 1984), director of the
Office of Management and Budget ; United States Senator from
Ohio
[38]
R-Z
Branch Rickey
Ken Salazar
Luis María Ramírez Boettner (J.D. 1944),
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay , 1993–1996
Clark T Randt Jr. (J.D. 1975), United States ambassador to China (2001–2009)
Nicholas Ranjan (J.D. 2003), District Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Branch Rickey (LL.B. 1911),
Major League Baseball executive and
Hall of Famer ; created the modern
minor league system and signed
Jackie Robinson to a contract, breaking the sport's
20th-century color line
Richard Riordan (J.D. 1956), Mayor of Los Angeles, 1993–2001
John M. Rogers (J.D. 1974), Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
[39]
Marvin B. Rosenberry (J.D. 1893), Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Donald Stuart Russell ,
U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1965–1966; 107th Governor of South Carolina, 1963–1965
[40]
Ken Salazar (J.D. 1981), former
U.S. Senator from
Colorado ; former
United States Secretary of the Interior
[41]
Miriam Defensor Santiago (LL.M. 1975,
S.J.D. 1976), member of the
Senate of the Philippines ; Judge of the International Criminal Court
Joseph Francis Sartori 1881, founder and president,
Security First-National Bank , co-founder, president,
Los Angeles Country Club
[42]
Anthony Joseph Scirica (J.D. 1965), chief judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Robert E. Scott (S.J.D. 1973), bankruptcy scholar and professor at
Columbia Law School
Carol Sanger (J.D. 1976), reproductive rights expert, professor at
Columbia Law School
Theary Seng , Cambodian-American human-rights activist and lawyer
Ma. Lourdes Aranal Sereno (LL.M. 1993), Filipino jurist, lawyer and law professor; former
Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Myra C. Selby (J.D. 1977), first female and first African American Justice on the Indiana Supreme Court.
Cynthia Leitich Smith (J.D. 1994), author
Rick Snyder (J.D. 1982), former CEO of
Gateway ; former Governor of Michigan
[43]
George Alexander Spater (J.D. 1933), chairman of
American Airlines , 1968–1973
Oliver Lyman Spaulding (LL.B., 1896), U.S. Army brigadier general
[44]
Robert Stafford , US congressman and senator; 71st
Governor of Vermont
[45]
Bert Sugar (J.D. 1961) author of more than 80 books; editor and publisher of
The Ring , a magazine devoted to boxing (his daughter Jennifer attended Michigan as an undergrad).
George Sutherland (attended 1891),
United States Supreme Court Justice
[46]
Kent D. Syverud (J.D. 1981), dean of the
Washington University School of Law
Masaaki Tanaka (LL.M), president and chief executive officer of UnionBanCal Corporation and its principal subsidiary, Union Bank of California
Daniel Tarullo (J.D. 1977), member of
Board of Governors of the United States
Federal Reserve Board since January 28, 2009
Hobart Taylor Jr. , executive vice chairman of the
President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities ,
[47] Special Counsel to President Lyndon Johnson,
[48] and director of the
Export–Import Bank of the United States .
[49] First African American editor of the
Michigan Law Review .
[50]
Arn Tellem (J.D.), sports agent; former columnist for
The New York Times
Larry Dean Thompson (J.D.), lawyer;
deputy Attorney General of the United States under United States President
George W. Bush until August 2003
[51]
William Wheeler Thornton (LL.B. 1876), judge; author; Indiana Deputy Attorney General; Indiana State Supreme Ct. Librarian
Norman O. Tietjens (J.D. 1930) – judge of the
United States Tax Court
[52]
[53]
John D. Voelker (JD 1928),
justice of the
Michigan Supreme Court ; author of
Anatomy of a Murder
John M. Walker Jr. (J.D. 1966), former Chief Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
[54]
Moses Fleetwood Walker (attended 1881–1882),
baseball player and author; first African-American to play
major league
professional baseball
Johnnie Mac Walters , former
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Albert D. Walton (LL.B. 1907), former US Attorney for the district of Wyoming
James Franklin Ware , Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Senator
Charles W. Waterman (LL.B. 1889), U.S. Senator from
Colorado
Walter W. Wensinger (LL.B. 1917), highly decorated lieutenant general in the Marine Corps during World War II.
Sarah Killgore Wertman (LL.B. 1871), née Sarah Killgore, the first woman to be admitted to the bar of any US state
David Westin (J.D. 1977), president of
ABC News
Mary Collins Whiting (1835–1912), lawyer, business woman, teacher
James J. White (J.D. 1962), Robert A. Sullivan Professor of Law at Michigan Law; expert on the
Uniform Commercial Code
G. Mennen Williams (J.D. 1936), 41st Governor of Michigan and the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under President
John F. Kennedy
Ralph Wilson , owner,
Buffalo Bills
Bob Woodruff (J.D. 1987), journalist;
ABC News
anchor
Frank Wu , dean of
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
John C.H. Wu (J.D. 1928), principal author of the constitution of the
Republic of China
Sam Zell (LSA B.A. 1963; J.D. 1966),
land developer ; founder of
EQ Office ; former National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts chairman; current chairman and majority owner of the
Tribune Company
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