Alma mater

Emory University

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
James Robert Elliott	Ph.B.	Judge	1930
Walter Pettus Gewin	B.L.S.	Judge	1932
Charles Allen Moye Jr.	A.B.	Judge	1939
Richard Cameron Freeman	A.B.	Judge	1950
William Clark O'Kelley	A.B.	Judge	1951
Lynn Carlton Higby	B.A.	Judge	1960
Hugh Lawson	B.A.	Judge	1963
James Larry Edmondson	B.A.	Judge	1968
James Earl Towery		Judge	1976
John Andrew Ross	B.A.	Judge	1976
Mark Howard Cohen	B.A.	Judge	1976
Robert Andrew Kirsch	B.A.	Judge	1988
Eric Ross Komitee	B.A.	Judge	1992
Marian Fitzgerald Gaston		Judge	1993
Rebecca Grady Jennings	B.A.	Judge	1999
Anna Marie Manasco	B.A.	Judge	2002
Embry Jerode Kidd	B.A.	Judge	2005
Megan Blair Benton	B.A., M.A.	Judge	2007
Ada Brown		Justice	–
Arnold Shulman		Judge	–
Bond Almand		Justice	–
Clarence Cooper		Judge	–
Deborah Ann Robinson		U.S. Magistrate Judge	–
G Conley Ingram		Justice	–
George A. Shahood		Judge	–
Harold D. Melton		Justice	–
Harold N. Hill		Justice	–
Irwin W. Stolz Jr.		Judge	–
John Sammons Bell		Judge	–
Joseph D. Quillian		Justice	–
L Arthur Lawrence		Judge	–
Leah W. Sears		Justice	–
Richard Bell		Justice	–
Robert Lee Russell Jr.		Judge	–
Thomas O. Marshall		Justice	–
William H. Thomas		Justice	–
Willis B. Hunt Jr.		Justice	–

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