Alma mater

Cornell University

89 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
Roger Gordon Strand		Judge	1961
Harry Thomas Edwards	B.S.	Judge	1962
John Anthony Kline	Public Administration	Presiding Justice	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
Michael Edward Pastor		Judge	1971
Helen Irene Bendix		Associate Justice	1973
John Arnold Kronstadt	B.A.	Judge	1973
John Arnold Kronstadt	B.A.	Judge	1973
Marsha J. Pechman	B.A.	Judge	1973
Sharon Prost	B.S.	Judge	1973
Sandra Lynn McLean	Nursing	Judge	1974
Therese Marie Stewart		Associate Justice	1978
Christopher C. Conner	B.A.	Judge	1979
Stephen C. Robinson	B.A.	Judge	1979
Luis A. Lavin	Labor and Industrial Relations	Associate Justice	1981
Patricia L. Cohen		U.S. Magistrate Judge	1982
Leslie Gail Landau		Judge	1983
Julia Craig Kelety	magna cum laude	Judge	1985
Kari Anne Dooley	B.A.	Judge	1985
Amy Joan St. Eve	B.A.	Judge	1987
Tana Lin	B.A.	Judge	1987
Mark C. Kim		Judge	1988
Ramon Ernesto Reyes Jr.	B.S.	Judge	1988
Robin Stacie Rosenbaum	B.A.	Judge	1988
Kathleen Blanchard	magna cum laude	Judge	1990
Ronnie Abrams	B.A.	Judge	1990
Audra M. Mori		Judge	1992
Daniel Jonathan Lowenthal		Judge	1993
Alison Julie Nathan	B.A.	Judge	1994
Dorothy Chung-Soo Kim		Associate Justice	1994
Alyson Lynn Lewis		Judge	1996
Anne Hwang	B.A.	Judge	1997
Anne Hwang		Judge	1997
Kenneth Kiyul Lee	B.A.	Judge	1997
John Frank Murphy	B.S.	Judge	1999
Lee Philip Rudofsky	B.S.	Judge	2001
Lisa Wen-Jia Wang	B.S.	Judge	2002
Kyle Christopher Dudek	B.S.	Judge	2007
Shelyna V. Brown	Diversity & Inclusion	Judge	2021
Albert M. Crampton		Justice	–
Anne M. Patterson		Associate Justice	–
Barbara Milano Keenan		Justice	–
Barry T. Albin		Justice	–
Donald F. Froeb		Judge	–
Edward James Daly		Justice	–
Ellen A. Gorman		Justice	–
George W. Musser		Justice	–
H Sol Clark		Judge	–
Howard H. Dana Jr.		Justice	–
Joseph Weintraub		Justice	–
Leah W. Sears		Justice	–
Marvin Rood Dye		Judge	–
Miriam C. Shearing		Justice	–
Randolph A. Weatherbee		Justice	–
Richard C. Wesley		Judge	–
Robert Boochever		Justice	–
Robert M. Gross		Judge	–
Robert M. Sohngen		Justice	–
Roberto A. Rivera-Soto		Justice	–
Ronald E. Nehring		Justice	–
Samuel Rabin		Judge	–
Stewart Freeborn Hancock Jr.		Judge	–
Thomas Edward Fairchild		Justice	–
Walter Chadwick Noyes		Judge	–
Walter L. Carpeneti		Justice	–
William H. Cuddeback		Judge	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Verify against the primary source before relying.