United States government Executive branch U.S. presidents •
Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States •
Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
U.S. attorneys general •
Francis Biddle •
Charles Joseph Bonaparte, also
United States Secretary of the Navy and founder of the precursor to the
FBI •
William M. Evarts, also
Secretary of State and a Senator from New York •
Merrick Garland, also former Chief Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit •
Alberto Gonzales •
Ebenezer R. Hoar •
Loretta Lynch •
Richard Kleindienst •
Richard Olney, later also
Secretary of State •
Janet Reno •
Elliot Richardson •
William French Smith Other cabinet and cabinet-level officials •
Spencer Abraham,
Secretary of Energy, Senator from
Michigan •
Elliott Abrams,
Deputy National Security Advisor •
Dean Acheson,
Secretary of State; instrumental in the creation of
Lend-Lease, the
Marshall Plan,
NATO, the
International Monetary Fund and the
World Bank, together with the precursors of the
European Union and the
World Trade Organization, and influential in the decision to enter the
Korean War •
Alexander Acosta,
Secretary of Labor •
Brock Adams,
Secretary of Transportation, Senator and Representative from
Washington •
Charles Francis Adams III,
Secretary of the Navy •
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior,
Governor of Arizona •
William Bennett,
Secretary of Education, and Director of the
Office of National Drug Control Policy •
Sandy Berger,
National Security Advisor •
Charles Joseph Bonaparte,
Secretary of the Navy,
United States Attorney General, founded the precursor to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation •
Joseph Califano,
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare •
John Chafee,
Secretary of the Navy,
Governor of Rhode Island, Senator from
Rhode Island •
Michael Chertoff,
Secretary of Homeland Security •
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.,
Secretary of Transportation •
John Thomas Connor,
Secretary of Commerce •
Elizabeth Dole,
Secretary of Labor,
Secretary of Transportation, Senator from
North Carolina •
James Freis, global fraud expert and former Director of the
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) •
Robert Todd Lincoln,
Secretary of War,
Ambassador to the United Kingdom •
Ray Mabus,
Secretary of the Navy •
Ogden L. Mills,
United States Secretary of the Treasury •
Mike Pompeo,
Secretary of State (2018-2021),
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2017–2018) •
Samantha Power,
U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations •
William Ruckelshaus,
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1970–73; 1983–85) •
Henry L. Stimson,
Secretary of State,
Secretary of War,
Governor General of the Philippines •
Caspar Weinberger,
Secretary of Defense (1981–1987) •
W. Willard Wirtz,
Secretary of Labor (1962–1969) •
Robert Zoellick,
Deputy Secretary of State,
United States Trade Representative, President of the
World Bank •
Ron Klain,
White House Chief of Staff (2021-);
Chief of Staff to Vice President Joe Biden, (2008–11)
Legislative branch (U.S. Congress) Senators •
Spencer Abraham, Senator from
Michigan (1995–2001),
United States Secretary of Energy(2001–05) •
Brock Adams, Senator (1987–1993) and Representative (1965–1977) from
Washington,
United States Secretary of Transportation, (1977–79) •
Ralph Owen Brewster, Senator from
Maine (1941–1952),
Governor of Maine(1925–1929) •
John Chafee, Senator from
Rhode Island (1976–1999),
Governor of Rhode Island (1963–69),
Secretary of the Navy (1969–72) •
Tom Cotton,
Arkansas Senator, (2015–present) and Representative (2013–2015) •
Mike Crapo, Senator (1999–present) and Representative (1993–1999) from
Idaho •
Ted Cruz, Senator (2013–present) from
Texas •
Elizabeth Dole, Senator from
North Carolina (2003–2009),
Secretary of Labor (1989–1990),
Secretary of Transportation (1983–1987) •
Thomas Eagleton, Senator from
Missouri (1968–1987), Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee (1972) •
Sam Ervin, Senator from
North Carolina (1954–1974) •
Russ Feingold, Senator from
Wisconsin (1993–2011) •
George G. Fogg, Senator from
New Hampshire (1866–1867) •
Hiram Leong Fong, Senator from
Hawaii (1959–1977) •
David H. Gambrell, Senator from
Georgia (1971–1972) •
Frederick H. Gillett, U.S. Senator (1925–1931) and U.S. Representative (1893–1925) from
Massachusetts,
Speaker of the House (1919–1925) •
Bob Graham, Senator from
Florida (1987–2005),
Governor of Florida (1979–87) •
George Frisbie Hoar, Senator from
Massachusetts (1877–1904) •
Jim Jeffords, Senator from
Vermont (1989–2007) •
Tim Kaine, Senator from
Virginia (2013–present)
Governor of Virginia (2006–2010), Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee (2016). •
Kenneth Keating, Senator (1959–1965) and Representative (1953–1959) from
New York •
Carl Levin, Senator from
Michigan (1979–2015) •
Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator (1893–1924) and Representative (1887–1893) from
Massachusetts •
Spark Matsunaga, Senator (1977–1990) and Representative (1971–1977) from Hawaii •
Claude Pepper, Senator (1936–1951) and Representative (1963–1989) from
Florida •
Larry Pressler, Senator from
South Dakota (1979–1997) •
Jack Reed, Senator from
Rhode Island (1997–present) •
Mitt Romney, Senator from
Utah (2019–present)
Governor of Massachusetts (2003-2007) •
William Roth, Senator (1971–2001) and Representative (1967–1970) from
Delaware •
Leverett Saltonstall, Senator from
Massachusetts (1945–1967),
Governor of Massachusetts (1939–45) •
Paul Sarbanes, Senator (1977–2007) and Representative (1971–1977) from
Maryland •
Charles Schumer, Senator (1999–present) and Representative (1981–99) from
New York •
Ted Stevens, Senator from Alaska (1968–2009) •
Adlai Stevenson III, Senator from
Illinois (1970–1981) •
Charles Sumner, Senator from
Massachusetts (1851–1874) •
Robert A. Taft, Senator from
Ohio, (1939–1953) •
Robert Taft Jr., (L.L.B. 1942) Senator (1971–1976) and Representative (1967–71) from
Ohio •
Mark Warner, U.S. Senator from Virginia (2009–present), and
Governor of Virginia, (2002–2006)
Representatives •
Richard S. Aldrich,
Rhode Island (1923–1933) •
Tom Allen,
Maine (1997–2009) •
John Anderson,
Illinois (1961–1981) and independent candidate in the
1980 Presidential election •
John Barrow,
Georgia (2005–2015) •
Anthony Brown,
Maryland (2017–present) and Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (2009–2016) •
Anson Burlingame,
Massachusetts (1855–1861) •
Tom Campbell,
California (1989–1993, 1995–2001) and dean of the
Haas School of Business •
Joaquin Castro,
Texas (2013–present) •
Patrick A. Collins,
Massachusetts (1883–1889), Mayor of
Boston, Massachusetts (1902–1905) •
Jim Cooper,
Tennessee (1983–present) •
Christopher Cox,
California (1989–2005), Chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (2005–2009) •
William C. Cramer,
Florida (1955–1971) •
Artur Davis,
Alabama (2003–2011) •
William Thomas Ellis,
Kentucky (1889–1895) •
George Eustis,
Louisiana (1855–1859) •
Daniel J. Flood,
Pennsylvania (1945–1947, 1949–1953, 1955–1980) •
Barney Frank,
Massachusetts (1981–2012) •
Alan Grayson,
Florida (2009–2017) •
Josh Gottheimer, New Jersey (2017–present) •
Jane Harman,
California(1993–1999; 2001–2011) •
Bill Jefferson,
Louisiana (1991–2009) •
Joseph P. Kennedy III,
Massachusetts (2013–2021) •
Sander Levin,
Michigan (1983–2019) •
Walter I. McCoy,
New Jersey (1911–1914) •
Tom Petri,
Wisconsin (1979–2015) •
John Sarbanes,
Maryland (2007–present) •
Adam Schiff,
California (2001–present) •
Pat Schroeder,
Colorado (1973–1997) (first woman elected to position) •
Terri Sewell,
Alabama (2011–present) •
Brad Sherman,
California (1997–present) •
William H. Sowden,
Pennsylvania (1885–1889) •
Sylvester Turner,
Texas (2025),
mayor of Houston (2016–2024), member of the
Texas House of Representatives (1989–2016). •
Juan Vargas,
California (2013–present) •
Laurence Hawley Watres,
Pennsylvania (1923–1931)
Judicial branch Supreme Court justices •
Harry Blackmun •
Louis Brandeis •
William Brennan •
Stephen Breyer •
Harold Hitz Burton •
Benjamin Curtis •
Felix Frankfurter •
Horace Gray •
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. •
Ketanji Brown Jackson (sitting) •
Elena Kagan (sitting) •
Christine Arguello, (1980) District Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Colorado •
Morris S. Arnold, Senior Circuit Judge,
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals based in
Little Rock •
Richard S. Arnold, Circuit Judge, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, federal courthouse in Little Rock bears his name •
David J. Barron (J.D. 1994), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit •
John R. Bartels,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York •
Deborah Batts, former District Judge,
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York •
Cathy Bissoon, (J.D. 1993) District Judge,
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania •
Victor Allen Bolden (J.D. 1989), District Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut •
Michael Boudin, (LL.B. 1964) Senior Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit •
Andrew L. Brasher (J.D. 2006), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit •
Vernon S. Broderick (J.D. 1988), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York •
Patrick J. Bumatay (J.D. 2006), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit •
John K. Bush (J.D. 1989), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit •
Edward Earl Carnes (J.D. 1975) Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit •
Susan L. Carney, (J.D. 1977), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit •
Andrew L. Carter Jr. (J.D. 1994), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York •
Denise J. Casper (J.D. 1994), District Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts •
Herbert Young Cho Choy (J.D. 1941), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit •
Theodore D. Chuang (J.D. 1994), District Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Maryland •
Geoffrey W. Crawford (J.D. 1980), Chief Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Vermont •
Tiffany P. Cunningham (J.D. 2001), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit •
Paul A. Engelmayer (J.D. 1987), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York •
Katherine Polk Failla (J.D. 1993), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York •
Beth Labson Freeman (J.D. 1979), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Northern District of California •
Henry Friendly, (LL.B. 1927), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1959–1974; senior circuit judge, 1974–1976 •
John P. Fullam, (LL.B. 1948), former District Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania •
Marvin J. Garbis (J.D. 1961), District Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Maryland •
James Knoll Gardner (J.D. 1965), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania •
Mark A. Goldsmith (J.D. 1977), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan •
Andrew Patrick Gordon (J.D. 1987), District Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Nevada •
Myron L. Gordon, late District Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin •
Joseph A. Greenaway, (J.D. 1981), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit •
Learned Hand, (LL.B. 1896) Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit •
George C. Hanks Jr. (J.D. 1989), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas •
Harris Hartz, (J.D. 1972), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit •
Amy Berman Jackson (J.D. 1979), District Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Columbia •
R. Brooke Jackson (J.D. 1972), District Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Colorado •
Michael J. Juneau (J.D. 1987), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana •
Gregory G. Katsas (J.D. 1989), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit •
William J. Kayatta Jr. (J.D. 1979), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit •
Jane L. Kelly (J.D. 1991), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit •
Matthew Kennelly, (J.D. 1981), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois •
Whitman Knapp, (LL.B. 1934, District Judge,
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Investigated corruption in the
NYPD •
Jonathan A. Kobes (J.D. 2000), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit •
Lucy Koh (J.D. 1993), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Northern District of California •
William Francis Kuntz (J.D. 1979), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York •
Dominic W. Lanza (J.D. 2002), District Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Arizona •
John Z. Lee (J.D. 1992), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois •
Kenneth K. Lee (J.D. 2000), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit •
Matthew Frederick Leitman (J.D. 1993), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan •
Pierre Leval (J.D. 1963) Senior Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit •
Gregory E. Maggs (J.D. 1988), Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces •
D. Price Marshall Jr. (J.D. 1989), Chief Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas •
Patricia Millett (J.D. 1988), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit •
Kevin Newsom (J.D. 1997), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit •
John T. Noonan Jr. (LL.B. 1954), Senior Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit •
Diarmuid O'Scannlain (J.D. 1963), Senior Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit •
Andy Oldham (J.D. 2005), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit •
Cornelia Pillard (J.D. 1987), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit •
Richard A. Posner (LL.B. 1962), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit •
Jed S. Rakoff (J.D. 1969), Senior Judge,
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York •
Edgardo Ramos (J.D. 1987), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York •
Thomas Morrow Reavley (J.D.1948), Senior Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit •
Lee Rudofsky (J.D. 2005), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas •
Bruce Marshall Selya (LL.B. 1958), Senior Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit •
Laurence Silberman (J.D. 1961), Senior Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit •
Michael H. Simon (J.D. 1981), District Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Oregon •
James R. Spencer (J.D 1974), Senior Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia •
Josephine Staton (J.D. 1986), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Central District of California •
A. Wallace Tashima (LL.B. 1961), third Asian American to be appointed to the
United States Court of Appeals •
Amy Totenberg (J.D. 1977), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia •
Lawrence VanDyke (J.D. 2005), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit •
Lawrence J. Vilardo (J.D. 1980), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Western District of New York •
Justin R. Walker (J.D. 2009), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky •
Derrick Watson (J.D. 1991), District Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Hawaii •
Robert L. Wilkins (J.D. 1989), Circuit Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit •
Mark L. Wolf (J.D. 1971), Senior Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts •
Joshua Wolson (J.D. 1999), District Judge,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania •
Kimba Wood (J.D. 1969), Senior Judge,
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York •
Wilhelmina Wright (J.D. 1989), District Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota State government Governors •
Ron DeSantis,
Governor of Florida, Former Member of the
United States House of Representatives (JD, 2005) •
Bruce Babbitt,
Governor of Arizona,
United States Secretary of the Interior •
Percival Proctor Baxter (1901),
Governor of Maine (1921–1925) •
Owen Brewster,
Governor of Maine, Senator from
Maine •
John Chafee,
Governor of Rhode Island, Senator from
Rhode Island,
Secretary of the Navy •
Jim Doyle,
Governor of Wisconsin •
Michael Dukakis,
Governor of Massachusetts; Democratic presidential nominee (1988) •
Pierre S. du Pont, IV,
Governor of Delaware;
US Representative from Delaware •
Joseph B. Ely,
Governor of Massachusetts (1931–1935) •
Bob Graham,
Governor of Florida, Senator from
Florida •
Jennifer Granholm,
Governor of Michigan •
Deval Patrick,
Governor of Massachusetts •
Sylvester Pennoyer,
Governor of Oregon •
Robert E. Quinn,
Governor of Rhode Island and Judge for the
Rhode Island Superior Court •
Leverett Saltonstall,
Governor of Massachusetts, Senator from
Massachusetts •
Eliot Spitzer,
Governor of New York •
Bruce Sundlun,
Governor of Rhode Island •
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico •
William Weld,
Governor of Massachusetts State politicians •
Michael G. Adams, Secretary of State of Kentucky •
John O. Bailey, State Senator and Representative in Oregon, Chief Justice of the
Oregon Supreme Court •
F. Elliott Barber Jr.,
Vermont Attorney General •
Brent Barton, State Representative of Oregon •
Mike Beltran, Florida State Representative; litigator •
Daniel Bigelow, served in first legislature of
Washington Territory, 1854 •
Roswell B. Burchard, 1903,
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island 1913 to 1915 •
Wendy Davis, Texas State Senator and 2014 Democratic Gubernatorial nominee •
Abram Ellenbogen, New York State Assemblyman •
Jesse Gabriel, State Assemblyman of California •
Raj Goyle, Candidate for
New York State Comptroller; former State Representative •
Craig Greenberg (born 1973), businessman, lawyer, and politician;
Mayor of Louisville •
Harold Groves, State Senator and Assemblyman of Wisconsin •
George Howe,
State's Attorney of
Windham County,
United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, member of the
Vermont Senate •
Brad Hoylman-Sigal,
State Senator of New York •
Sheila Kuehl, first openly gay member of the California legislature; child actress •
Patrick D. McGee (1916–70), California State Assembly and Los Angeles City Council member in the mid–20th Century •
Jonathan Miller,
State Treasurer of Kentucky, democratic candidate for
Governor of Kentucky, 2007 •
James M. Ogden,
Indiana Attorney General •
Steve Pajcic,
State Representative of Florida, democratic candidate for Governor of Florida, 1986 •
Alvin C. Reis, State Senator and Assemblyman of Wisconsin •
Charles Rogan (1858–1932), 15th Texas Lands Commissioner •
Lycurgus J. Rusk, State Assemblyman of Wisconsin •
Eric Schneiderman, New York Attorney General •
Ilana Rubel, State Representative of Idaho •
Scott Wiener, State Senator of California
State judges •
Kimberly S. Budd, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. First African American Woman to Serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court . •
John F. Aiso (LL.B. 1934), Associate Justice of the
California Court of Appeal. First Japanese American Judge in the US. •
John O. Bailey, Chief Justice of the
Oregon Supreme Court, state Senator and Representative in Oregon •
Norman L. Bassett, Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Court •
Samuel H. Blackmer (LL.B., 1927), Associate Justice of the
Vermont Supreme Court •
Amos Noyes Blandin Jr. (LL.B., 1921), Justice of the
New Hampshire Supreme Court •
James T. Brand, Chief Justice of the
Oregon Supreme Court •
Bruce Bromley, Associate Judge of the
New York Court of Appeals, partner at
Cravath, Swaine & Moore •
Raoul G. Cantero III, Associate Justice of the
Florida Supreme Court •
Chester C. Cole, Chief Justice of the
Iowa Supreme Court, founder of the
University of Iowa College of Law, founder of
Drake University Law School •
Federico Hernández Denton, Chief Justice of the
Puerto Rico Supreme Court •
James Emmert (1923), Justice of the
Indiana Supreme Court and
Indiana Attorney General. •
Jennifer Walker Elrod (J.D. 1992), Texas state district judge •
Patrick F. Fischer, Justice of the
Supreme Court of Ohio •
Paul C. Gartzke, Presiding Judge of the
Wisconsin Court of Appeals •
W. Michael Gillette,
Oregon Supreme Court justice •
Ernest W. Gibson III (LL.B. 1956), Associate Justice of the
Vermont Supreme Court •
Benjamin N. Hulburd (LL.B. 1928), Chief Justice of the
Vermont Supreme Court •
Masaji Marumoto (1906-1995), Associate Justice of the
Hawaii Supreme Court •
Sherman R. Moulton, Chief Justice of the
Vermont Supreme Court •
Mary Mullarkey, Chief Justice of the
Colorado Supreme Court •
John S. Murdock (1899), Justice of the
Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1929 to 1935. •
Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice of the
New Jersey Supreme Court •
Gerald Schroeder, Chief Justice of the
Idaho Supreme Court •
Nathaniel Tompkins, Associate Justice of the
Maine Supreme Judicial Court City government •
Isaac Adler, Mayor of Rochester, New York •
Alvin Bragg (J.D. 1995),
New York County District Attorney (2022–present) •
David Chiu (J.D.), City Attorney of
San Francisco •
Robert A. Dressler (J.D. 1973), Mayor of
Fort Lauderdale, Florida (1982–1986) •
Jorge Elorza (J.D.), Mayor of
Providence, Rhode Island (2015–present) •
Mike Feuer (J.D.),
Los Angeles City Attorney (2013–2022) •
Karen Freeman-Wilson, Mayor of
Gary, Indiana (2012–2019) •
Sam Liccardo (J.D. 1996), Mayor of the City of
San Jose, California (2015–present) •
James Marshall Head, Mayor of
Nashville, Tennessee (1900–1904) •
Ruthzee Louijeune (born 1987) (J.D. 2014),
president of the Boston City Council •
Randal William McGavock, Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee (1858–1859) and Confederate Lt. Col. •
Neville Miller (LL.B. 1920), Mayor of
Louisville, Kentucky (1933–1937) •
Adrian Perkins, Mayor of
Shreveport, Louisiana (2018–present) •
Joel Wachs,
Los Angeles City Council member (1970–2001), president of the
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts •
Michelle Wu,
mayor of Boston •
Anthony A. Williams (J.D.), Mayor of Washington, D.C. (1999–2007)
U.S. diplomatic figures •
Norman Armour, career diplomat, chief of mission in eight countries, Assistant Secretary of State •
Richard L. Baltimore, United States Ambassador to
Oman (2002–2006) •
Joseph Hodges Choate, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1848–1852) •
Norman L. Eisen (J.D. 1991),
United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic •
Nicholas Fish II, held various diplomatic posts across Europe •
Charles W. Freeman Jr.,
United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1989–1992) •
Evan G. Galbraith,
United States Ambassador to France (1981–1985) •
Rita Hauser,
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1969–1972) •
Philip Lader,
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Administrator of the
Small Business Administration •
Robert Todd Lincoln,
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom,
United States Secretary of War •
Jamie Metzl (J.D.), holder of various diplomatic and human rights positions •
Crystal Nix-Hines, attorney; television writer and producer;
U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations •
William Phillips, twice an
Undersecretary in the
State Department •
Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations •
Andrew H. Schapiro, former
United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic; partner of
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan •
Todd Stern, Special Envoy for Climate Change •
Sheldon Vance,
United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and
Chad •
Robert Zoellick, Deputy Secretary of State, US Trade Representative, President of the World Bank
Other U.S. political figures •
Paul V. Applegarth, first CEO of the
Millennium Challenge Corporation •
John B. Bellinger III,
Legal Adviser of the Department of State •
Richard C. Breeden, Chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Commission •
Charles Burson, chief of staff to
Vice President Al Gore and
Tennessee Attorney General •
Pedro Albizu Campos, leader of the Puerto Rico independence movement and the
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party •
Calvin G. Child (1858),
United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and a city judge in
Norwich, Connecticut •
Lawrence Clayton (LL.B. 1916),
Federal Reserve Board of Governors (1934–1949) •
Paul Clement,
Solicitor General of the United States •
Archibald Cox,
Solicitor General of the United States and special prosecutor during the
Watergate scandal •
Raj Date, Special Advisor for the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2011–2012) •
A. J. Delgado, senior advisor to the
2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign and member of the
Trump transition team •
Viet D. Dinh,
Assistant Attorney General of the United States •
Glenn A. Fine (J.D. 1985), Inspector General of the
Justice Department (2000–present) •
Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, prosecutor of many notable corruption trials •
David Frum, author and speechwriter for President
George W. Bush •
Ray Garrett Jr., Chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Commission •
Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the
Federal Communications Commission •
David Gergen, political consultant and presidential advisor •
David Ginsburg, presidential adviser and executive director of the
Kerner Commission •
Josh Gottheimer,
speechwriter for
Bill Clinton, strategist, candidate for the
United States House of Representatives •
Erwin Griswold,
Solicitor General of the United States and Dean of Harvard Law School •
Conrad K. Harper,
Legal Adviser of the Department of State and president of the
New York City Bar Association •
Denison Kitchel (LL.B. 1933), national campaign manager for
Barry M. Goldwater in
1964 •
Jerome Kurtz (1955),
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (1977–1980) •
Michael Leiter, Director of the
National Counterterrorism Center •
David Lilienthal, head of the
Tennessee Valley Authority •
Karen L. Loeffler,
United States Attorney for the
District of Alaska •
Ronald Machen,
United States Attorney for the
District of Columbia •
Kent Markus, advisor to Ohio Gov.
Ted Strickland and former nominee to the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit •
Kevin J. Martin, Chairman of the
Federal Communications Commission •
Fernando Martín García, Puerto Rican politician and former member of the
Senate of Puerto Rico •
Timothy Massad, Chairman of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission •
John J. McCloy, assistant
Secretary of War, administered US occupation of Germany, president of the
World Bank •
Wade H. McCree,
Solicitor General of the United States •
Joseph A. McNamara, U.S. Attorney for Vermont •
Ken Mehlman, chairman of the
Republican National Committee; campaign manager for George W. Bush's second presidential run •
Ralph Nader,
Green Party presidential candidate (1996, 2000, 2004); consumer advocate •
Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States •
Matthew G. Olsen, Director of the
National Counterterrorism Center •
David Peyman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions (2018– ) •
Loulan Pitre Jr., New Orleans lawyer and former member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives for
Lafourche Parish,
Louisiana •
Franklin Raines, Director of the
United States Office of Management and Budget •
Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman of the
Federal Trade Commission •
Angela R. Riley, chief justice of
Citizen Potawatomi Nation (2010–present) •
Joseph Sandler, longest-serving General Counsel of the
Democratic National Committee (1993–2009) •
Hagan Scotten, former
Assistant U.S. Attorney for the
Southern District of New York •
Bob Shrum, political consultant •
William Howard Taft IV,
Legal Adviser of the Department of State •
Elisse B. Walter, Chairperson of the
Securities and Exchange Commission •
Harold M. Williams, Chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and first president of the
J. Paul Getty Trust •
Lee S. Wolosky, former
White House counterterrorism official •
Juan Zarate,
Deputy National Security Advisor Non-United States government Non-United States political figures Canada •
Michael Bryant, (LL.M., magna cum laude, 1994) Attorney General of Ontario •
Loring Christie,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States (1939–1941) •
Francis Fox, Canadian
cabinet minister and
Principal Secretary •
Joseph Ghiz,
Premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada •
Robert Stanfield,
Premier of Nova Scotia, Canada •
Nigel S. Wright,
Chief of Staff of the
Office of the Prime Minister India •
Shankar Dayal Sharma, former
President of India •
Laxmi Mall Singhvi, (LL.M),
Jurist, parliamentariam,
Scholar and Diplomat •
Kapil Sibal (LLM, 1977), held various ministerial posts (2004–2014), Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh 2016–present); former Additional Solicitor General of India (1989–1990); three-time President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (1995–96, 1997–98 and 2001–2002) •
Abhishek Singhvi, lawyer, politician, youngest person to be appointed
senior counsel,
Additional Solicitor General of India and Vice President of the Supreme court bar association •
Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (LL.M 1983), was the 50th and former
Chief Justice of India, served from 9 November 2022 to 10 November 2024 •
Rohinton Fali Nariman, (LL.M 1981),
senior counsel,
Solicitor General of India, also a former judge at the
Supreme Court of India Japan • Count
Kaneko Kentarō (LL.B.),
Meiji Oligarch politician,
Genrō, drafter of the
Meiji Constitution • Marquess
Komura Jutarō (LL.B.),
Meiji Oligarch politician, senior diplomat,
Foreign Minister •
Kōno Shunji (LL.M.), Governor of
Miyazaki Prefecture Taiwan •
Eric Wu (LL.M., S.J.D.), businessman •
Annette Lu (LL.M.), former
Vice President of the Republic of China •
Ma Ying-jeou (S.J.D.),
President of the Republic of China, Chairman of the
Kuomintang, former Mayor of
Taipei United Kingdom •
Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, British
Labour Party politician •
David Lammy (LLM), UK
Minister of State for Higher Education, former
Minister of Culture, MP for
Tottenham •
Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill,
Liberal Democrat member of the British
House of Lords Other countries •
Duma Gideon Boko, 6th
President of Botswana •
Luc Frieden, incumbent
Prime Minister of Luxembourg •
Ben Bot, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands •
Juan Ponce Enrile (LL.M.), Senator at the
Senate of the Philippines •
Daniel Friedmann,
Israeli Minister of Justice •
José García-Margallo, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain •
Lindsay Grant, former Leader of the
People's Action Movement of Saint Kitts and Nevis •
Ho Peng Kee (LL.M. 1981), former Member of Parliament and Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Home Affairs in
Singapore •
Daniel Lipšic, Interior Minister of Slovakia, former Minister of Justice •
Fientje Moerman, Belgian, and later
Flemish, Minister of Economy, Enterprises, Innovation, Science and Foreign Trade •
Khalid Jawed Khan, Attorney General of Pakistan •
Kiraitu Murungi,
Kenyan Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Energy •
Luis María Ramírez Boettner, former
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay •
Mary Robinson, former President of the
Republic of Ireland and
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights •
Nawaf Salam,
Lebanon's Permanent Representative to the
United Nations •
Jovito Salonga (LL.M.),
Philippine senator •
Lobsang Sangay,
Sikyong Tibetan Government in Exile •
Surakiart Sathirathai, Deputy Prime Minister of
Thailand •
Gilbert Teodoro (LL.M.), Incumbent Secretary of the Department of National Defense of the
Philippines and former Congressman •
Ahmed Zaki Yamani,
Saudi Arabian Oil Minister and
OPEC official •
Sonny Angara (LL.M.), Senator at the
Senate of the Philippines •
Roberto Dañino (LL.M.), Prime Minister of Peru (2001-2002) and Ambassador of Peru to the United States (2002-2003)
Non-United States judicial figures International court judges •
Georges Abi-Saab, Egyptian jurist who served on the Appeals Chamber of the
International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia and
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, as Chairman of the Appellate Body of the
World Trade Organization, and as judge ad hoc at the
International Court of Justice •
Richard Reeve Baxter, United States judge appointed to the
International Court of Justice •
Thomas Buergenthal, United States judge appointed to the
International Court of Justice and the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights •
Charles N. Brower, United States judge appointed to the
Iran-US Claims Tribunal •
O-Gon Kwon, South Korean judge who served as Vice President of the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia • Sir
Robert Yewdall Jennings, British judge appointed to the
International Court of Justice •
Kenneth Keith, New Zealand judge appointed to the
International Court of Justice •
Koen Lenaerts (LL.M. 78), Belgian judge at the
European Court of Justice •
Theodor Meron, United States jurist serving as President of the
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, former President of the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia •
Raul Pangalangan, Filipino lawyer appointed to the
International Criminal Court •
Navi Pillay, South African judge appointed to the
International Criminal Court and the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda •
Nawaf Salam, Lebanese judge appointed to the
International Court of Justice •
Sang-Hyun Song, South Korean lawyer who served as President and judge of the Appeals Chamber of the
International Criminal Court •
Solomon Areda Waktolla (LL.M’14 and MPA’13) the
United Nations General Assembly appointed Justice Waktolla to serve as a Judge of
United Nations Dispute Tribunal (half time).In addition Justice Waktolla is also serving as a Judge of the Administrative Tribunal of the
African Development Bank. He is also appointed to the membership of the permanent Court of Arbitration at
Hague Netherlands. He was the Former Deputy Chief Justice of Ethiopia
National Court Judges United Kingdom •
Mary Arden, Lady Arden of Heswall. Former
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom •
Nicholas Hamblen, Lord Hamblen of Kersey. Current
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Hong Kong •
Andrew Cheung Kui-nung (LLM 1985), Permanent Judge of the
Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong (2018– ); former
Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong and President of the
Court of Appeal of Hong Kong (2011–2018)
Pakistan •
Nasira Iqbal (LLM), Chief Justice at high Court Lahore, Daughter-in-Law to
Allama lqbal.
India •
Rohinton Fali Nariman (LLM), Judge,
Supreme Court of India; former
Solicitor General of India; youngest Senior Advocate designated by
the Supreme Court of India in the history of
Republic of India •
Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, 50th Chief Justice of India
Other countries •
Albert Francis Judd (LL.B. 1864, LL.D. 1894), Chief Justice,
Kingdom of Hawaii Supreme Court •
Bora Laskin (LL.M. 1939) Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1970–1973), Chief Justice of Canada (1973–1984) •
Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff (LL.M.), Second Senate,
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany •
Sandile Ngcobo (LL.M.),
Chief Justice of South Africa •
Solomon Areda Waktolla (LL.M'14 and MPA'13), Judge at
United Nations Dispute Tribunal (half time), Judge of the Administrative Tribunal of the
African Development Bank, Former Deputy Chief Justice of the
Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia, member of the
Permanent Court of Arbitration at
Hague Netherlands •
Masaharu Ōhashi (LL.M. 1976), Justice of the
Supreme Court of Japan •
Ivan Rand (LL.B. 1912) Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1943–1959) •
Bernard Rix (LL.M. 1969), Lord Justice, English Court of Appeals •
Wishart Spence (LL.M. 1929), Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada •
Vicente Abad Santos (LL.M.), associate justice of the
Supreme Court of the Philippines •
Freda Steel (1978),
Manitoba Court of Appeal judge •
Lai In-jaw (S.J.D.), former
President of the Judicial Yuan (Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court) of the
Republic of China •
Sundaresh Menon (LL.M. 1991),
Chief Justice of Singapore •
Andrew Phang (LL.M. 1984, S.J.D. 1987), Judge of Appeal,
Supreme Court of Singapore •
Renato Corona (LL.M.), former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
Philippines International organizations figures •
Radhika Coomaraswamy,
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict •
Gerald L. Neuman,
United Nations Human Rights Committee •
Navanethem Pillay (LLM 1982, SJD 1988),
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights •
Mary Robinson, former
UN High Commissioner on Human Rights •
Robert Zoellick, President of the
World Bank Group •
Eduardo Valencia Ospina, (LL.M. 1963) Chair of the UN
International Law Commission, former Registrar of the
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