Alma mater

Cornell University

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Simon Louis Adler	B.L.	Judge	1889
Frederic Palen Schoonmaker	A.B.	Judge	1891
Harold Montelle Stephens	A.B.	Judge	1909
Henry White Edgerton	A.B.	Associate Justice	1910
Elbert Parr Tuttle	A.B.	Judge	1918
Thomas James Clary	A.B.	Judge	1920
Max Rosenn	B.A.	Judge	1929
Thomas Edward Fairchild	A.B.	Judge	1934
Lloyd Francis MacMahon	A.B.	Judge	1936
Robert Boochever	B.A.	Judge	1939
John Thomas Elfvin	B.E.E.	Judge	1942
Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1943
Ruth Bader Ginsburg	A.B.	Associate Justice	1954
David N. Hurd	B.S.	Judge	1959
Gladys Kessler	B.A.	Judge	1959
Barbara Jacobs Rothstein	B.A.	Judge	1960
Harry Thomas Edwards	B.S.	Judge	1962
Nina Gershon	B.A.	Judge	1962
Richard M. Berman	B.S.	Judge	1964
Paul L. Friedman	B.A.	Judge	1965
Edward Willis Nottingham Jr.	A.B.	Judge	1969
Nancy Garlock Edmunds	B.A.	Judge	1969
Douglas Howard Ginsburg	B.S.	Judge	1970
Barbara Milano Keenan	B.A.	Judge	1971
Edith Hollan Jones	B.A.	Judge	1971
John Arnold Kronstadt	B.A.	Judge	1973
Marsha J. Pechman	B.A.	Judge	1973
Sharon Prost	B.S.	Judge	1973
Christopher C. Conner	B.A.	Judge	1979
Stephen C. Robinson	B.A.	Judge	1979
Kari Anne Dooley	B.A.	Judge	1985
Amy Joan St. Eve	B.A.	Judge	1987
Tana Lin	B.A.	Judge	1987
Ramon Ernesto Reyes Jr.	B.S.	Judge	1988
Robin Stacie Rosenbaum	B.A.	Judge	1988
Ronnie Abrams	B.A.	Judge	1990
Alison Julie Nathan	B.A.	Judge	1994
Anne Hwang	B.A.	Judge	1997
Kenneth Kiyul Lee	B.A.	Judge	1997
John Frank Murphy	B.S.	Judge	1999
Lee Philip Rudofsky	B.S.	Judge	2001
Kyle Christopher Dudek	B.S.	Judge	2007
Walter Chadwick Noyes		Judge	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-06-28. Verify against the primary source before relying.