Alma mater

Loyola Marymount University

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Richard D. Aldrich		Associate Justice	1960
Theodore Randolph Howard		Judge	1968
William Wiley Bedsworth Jr.	cum laude	Judge	1968
Irma Jean Brown	Sociology	Judge	1970
James Lawrence Crandall		Judge	1970
Robert James Moss		Judge	1973
Kathleen Ann Kennedy	Economics, magna cum laude	Judge	1974
Manuel Angelo Ramirez		Presiding Justice	1974
Maureen Duffy-Lewis		Judge	1974
Rolf Michael Treu		Judge	1974
Teresa A. Beaudet		Judge	1974
Raul Anthony Sahagun		Judge	1976
Manuel Jose Covarrubias		Judge	1977
Patricia Bamattre-Manoukian		Chief Justice	1977
Peter John Siggins		Presiding Justice	1977
Thomas Michael Goethals	Dean's List	Associate Justice	1977
Victoria Gerrard Chaney		Associate Justice	1977
Christopher Bradley Marshall		Judge	1978
Fumiko Hachiya Wasserman	Dean's List	Judge	1978
Lori Robin Behar		Judge	1978
Peter John Mirich Jr.		Judge	1978
Victoria Marie Chavez		Associate Justice	1978
Donald R. Alvarez		Judge	1979
Frederick Carl Shaller		Judge	1979
Janet M. Frangie		Judge	1979
Lisa Bonnie Lench		Judge	1979
Michael Joseph Gaffey	History	Judge	1979
Susanne M. Fenstermacher		Judge	1979
Thomas Lyle Willhite Jr.		Associate Justice	1979
Graciela L. Freixes		Judge	1980
Brian Frank Gasdia		Judge	1981
David A. Rosen	cum laude	Judge	1981
David Robert Worley		Judge	1981
Gregory Wilson Alarcon		Judge	1981
Robert Alan Burlison		Judge	1981
Joel Martin Wallenstein		Judge	1982
Carol Louise Williams Elswick		Judge	1983
Margaret Miller Bernal		Judge	1983
Michael Villalobos		Judge	1983
Patrick Henry Donahue		Judge	1983
Richard Edward Pacheco		Judge	1983
Susan M. Gill		Judge	1983
Tomson Tio Ong		Judge	1983
Helen E. Zukin		Judge	1984
Margaret Lynn Oldendorf		Judge	1984
Maria Cavalluzzi	History	Judge	1984
Paul R. Bernal		Judge	1984
Robert Steven Harrison		Judge	1984
Shellie Laurel Samuels		Judge	1984
Deirdre Hughes Hill		Judge	1985
Kimberly Kay Menninger		Judge	1985
Tari Lynn Cody		Judge	1985
Deborah Lorraine Sanchez		Judge	1986
Jacqueline Honovich Lewis	Business	Judge	1986
Philip Lee Soto		Judge	1986
Daniel S. Murphy	Dean's List	Judge	1987
Laura Conway Ellison		Judge	1987
Patricia Ann Hunter	magna cum laude	Judge	1987
William L. Sadler		Judge	1987
Debra Ann Cole-Hall		Judge	1988
Rachel Cano	B.A. Political Science	Judge	1988
Michael Garcia		Judge	1989
Mitchell Lee Beckloff		Judge	1989
Roger Tetsuo Ito		Judge	1989
Sam Ohta		Judge	1989
Thomas Anthony Delaney		Judge	1989
Jeanne Ellen Schechter		Judge	1990
Roberto Longoria		Judge	1990
Wendy Ellen Segall		Judge	1990
Daniel Zeke Zeidler		Judge	1991
David W. Stuart	with honors	Judge	1993
Hilleri G. Merritt		Judge	1993
Michelle Williams Court		Judge	1993
Cathryn Franco Brougham		Judge	1994
Serena Raquel Murillo		Judge	1996
Susan Jung Townsend		Judge	1996
Christopher K. Lui		Judge	1997
Nick Alex Dourbetas		Judge	1997
Akemi D. Arakaki		Judge	1998
James Justin Hosking		Judge	1998
Julian Carlo Recana		Judge	1998
Ronda Jeanne McKaig		Judge	2001
Blanca A. Banuelos		Judge	2003
Chad Allen Louie		Judge	2003
John Charles Weller		Judge	2005
Andre De La Cruz	Dean's List	Judge	2006
Troy Garrett Davis		Judge	2006
Michael Kulp Wendler		Judge	2007
Andrew E. Cooper	2000	Judge	–
Antoine F. Raphael		Judge	–
Charlaine F. Olmedo		Judge	–
Corey G. Lee		Judge	–
Cynthia M. Herrera		Judge	–
Dorothy B. Reyes		Judge	–
Firdaus Firoze Dordi		Judge	–
Gary John Ferrari		Presiding Judge	–
Geanene Marie Yriarte		Judge	–
George F Bird Jr.		Judge	–
Gilbert Manuel Lopez		Judge	–
Glenn Robert Salter		Judge	–
Gustavo N. Sztraicher		Judge	–
Henry James Hall		Judge	–
Jeannie M. Joseph		Judge	–
Joanne Motoike		Judge	–
Joseph Ray Porras		Judge	–
Kathleen Elizabeth O'Leary		Presiding Justice	–
Kathryn Ann Solorzano		Judge	–
Kelly Chong Mok		Judge	–
Lauren Weis Birnstein		Judge	–
Lawrence Perry Yellin		Judge	–
Lewis W. Clapp		Judge	–
Lisa R. Washington		Judge	–
Lisa Tamashiro Coen		Judge	–
Lori Ann Fournier		Judge	–
Maria Andrea Davalos		Judge	–
Michael J. McLaughlin		Judge	–
Michael John Shultz		Judge	–
Peter Andrew Krause		Associate Justice	–
Richard Foster Walmark		Judge	–
Robert Serna		Judge	–
Susan L. Lopez-Giss		Judge	–
Teresa Tracy Sullivan		Judge	–
Terrance Theron Lewis		Judge	–
Thomas R. Sokolov		Judge	–
Victor E. Chavez	1959	Presiding Judge	–
Wendy W. Y. Chang		Judge	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-06-30. Verify against the primary source before relying.