Law school

Duke University

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
J. Spencer Bell	B.A.	Judge	1927
James Braxton Craven Jr.	A.B.	Judge	1939
George Harrold Carswell	A.B.	Judge	1941
Robert Daniel Potter	A.B.	Judge	1947
Gerard Louis Goettel	B.A.	Judge	1950
Gustave Diamond	A.B.	Judge	1951
John Alton Reed Jr.	A.B.	Judge	1954
Gerald Bard Tjoflat	LL.B.	Judge	1957
Graham Calder Mullen	B.A.	Judge	1962
James Parker Jones	A.B.	Judge	1962
Orinda Dale Evans	A.B.	Judge	1965
Karen LeCraft Henderson	B.A.	Judge	1966
Susan Yvonne Illston	B.A.	Judge	1970
Amy Dale Hogue	summa cum laude	Judge	1974
William H. Pauley III	A.B.	Judge	1974
Allyson Kay Duncan	J.D.	Judge	1975
Elizabeth Erny Foote	M.A.	Judge	1975
Richard Mark Gergel	B.A.	Judge	1975
Hollis Horton III	magna cum laude	Justice	1978
Kathleen Mary Williams	B.A.	Judge	1978
James Leon Holmes	Ph.D.	Judge	1979
Jeffrey W. Johnson		Associate Justice	1982
John Joseph Tharp Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1982
Mary Stenson Scriven	B.A.	Judge	1983
Jane Louise Kelly	B.A.	Judge	1987
Eli Jeremy Richardson	B.S.E.	Judge	1989
Robin Lee Rosenberg	M.A.	Judge	1989
Herman N. Johnson Jr.		U.S. Magistrate Judge	1991
Timothy James Kelly	B.A.	Judge	1991
Deborah Chuang Servino	cum laude	Judge	1992
Don R. Willett	M.A.	Judge	1992
Todd Michael Hughes	M.A.	Judge	1992
Beatriz Maria Garcia Gordon	History	Judge	1993
Natalie Pages Stone		Judge	1993
Justin Brett Busby	Public Policy Studies, International Affairs, with high honors	Justice	1995
Teresa H. Pearson	with honors	U.S. Bankruptcy Judge	1995
Jessica Adriana Uzcategui	magna cum laude	Judge	1997
Evan Andrew Young	History, summa cum laude	Justice	1999
Rodolfo Armando Ruiz II	B.S.	Judge	2002
Aileen Mercedes Cannon	B.A.	Judge	2003
Victoria Marie Calvert	B.A.	Judge	2003
Justin Reed Walker	B.A.	Judge	2004
George Carol Hanks Jr.	LL.M., judicial studies	U.S. Magistrate Judge	2014
Bonnie Sudderth		Chief Justice	2020
Patricia O'Connell Alvarez		Justice	2023
Ann K. Covington		Justice	–
Anna Blackburne-Rigsby		Chief Judge	–
Barbara J. R. Jones		Presiding Justice	–
Burton C. Conner		Judge	–
Carla McMillian		Justice	–
Charles E. Roberts		Judge	–
Charles K. Wiggins		Justice	–
Charles L. Becton		Judge	–
Christine Meaders Durham		Justice	–
Don R. Willett		Justice	–
Frank J. Montemuro		Justice	–
Gary S. Stein		Justice	–
Hale McCown		Justice	–
Jacqueline O. Shogan		Judge	–
James E. Moore		Justice	–
James T. Vaughn		Justice	–
Jefferson D. Johnson Jr.		Justice	–
John Alton Reed Jr.		Judge	–
John C. Few		Justice	–
John Speziale		Justice	–
Katherine E. Lewis		Judge	–
Keith R. Blackwell		Justice	–
Kenny Armstrong		Judge	–
Paul Martin Newby		Chief Justice	–
Peter D. Webster		Judge	–
Peter Verniero		Justice	–
Phillip A. Hubbart		Judge	–
Ray L. Brock Jr.		Justice	–
Robert Corpening Finley		Justice	–
Robert L. Clifford		Justice	–
Scott A. Brister		Justice	–
Stephen Markman		Justice	–
Susan Owens		Justice	–
Thomas C. Kleinschmidt		Judge	–
Thomas Logue		Judge	–
Thomas Rubinson	cum laude	Judge	–
Vincent Thomas Hall		Judge	–
Wanda G. Bryant		Judge	–
William A. Van Nortwick		Judge	–
William H. Lamb		Justice	–

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