Alma mater

Brown University

60 U.S. federal judges studied here. See where it ranks among law schools by judges produced.

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Jonathan Russell Bullock		Judge	1834
John Power Knowles	A.B.	Judge	1836
Alfred Delavan Thomas		Judge	1861
George Moulton Carpenter		Judge	1864
Arthur Lewis Brown	A.B.	Judge	1876
Charles Evans Hughes	A.B.	Chief Justice	1881
Charles Evans Hughes	A.B.	Judge	1881
Frank Sigel Dietrich	A.B.	Judge	1887
John Christopher Mahoney	A.B.	Judge	1905
John Patrick Hartigan	A.B.	Judge	1910
Ira Lloyd Letts	Ph.B.	Judge	1913
Edward William Day	Ph.B.	Judge	1922
Otto Kerner Jr.	A.B.	Judge	1930
Joseph Louis Tauro	A.B.	Judge	1953
A. Richard Caputo	A.B.	Judge	1960
Terrence William Boyle	B.A.	Judge	1967
Kenneth Winston Starr	M.A.	Judge	1969
Francisco Augusto Besosa	A.B.	Judge	1971
Joseph Craig Scott		Judge	1972
Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson	A.B.	Judge	1973
Robert N. Chatigny	A.B.	Judge	1973
Edmund A. Sargus Jr.	A.B.	Judge	1975
Ann I. Jones	American History, magna cum laude	Judge	1977
Robert Nichols Scola Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1977
John James McConnell Jr.	A.B.	Judge	1980
David S. Jones	magna cum laude	U.S. Bankruptcy Judge	1985
Jean Marie Nelson	History, magna cum laude	Judge	1986
Anne Rachel Traum	A.B.	Judge	1991
Michelle M. Ahnn		Judge	1995
Dorothy Rebecca McLaughlin		Judge	1996
Leslie Abrams Gardner	B.A.	Judge	1997
Alexandra Robert Gordon		Judge	–
Alfred Hahn Joslin		Justice	–
Allyn Larabee Brown		Justice	–
Angel A. Cortiñas		Judge	–
Antoinette L. Dupont		Judge	–
Charles A. Ray		Justice	–
Charles Bradley		Justice	–
Charles Matteson		Justice	–
David M. Shea		Justice	–
Fred Tarbell Field		Justice	–
G. Frederick Frost		Justice	–
James Burrill Jr.		Justice	–
James Fenner		Justice	–
Job Durfee		Justice	–
John Paul Bourcier		Justice	–
John Stiness		Justice	–
Joseph Robert Weisberger		Justice	–
Lynn Leibovitz		Judge	–
Pardon Tillinghast		Justice	–
Peleg Arnold		Justice	–
Robert G. Flanders Jr.		Justice	–
Samuel Eddy		Justice	–
Socrates H. Mihalakos		Judge	–
Theodore R. Boehm		Judge	–
Thomas Joseph Paolino		Justice	–
Vance E. Salter		Judge	–
William C. Bieluch		Judge	–
William Sweetland		Justice	–
William Washburn Moss		Justice	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-09-30. Verify against the primary source before relying.