Alma mater

Princeton University

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

Judges

JudgeDegreeRoleYear
Joseph Lamb BodineA.B.Judge1905
Joseph Lamb BodineA.B.Justice1905
Harold Raymond MedinaA.B.Judge1909
Richard HartshorneLitt.B.Judge1909
Thurman Wesley ArnoldB.A.Associate Justice1911
Shackelford Miller Jr.A.B.Judge1914
Reynier Jacob Wortendyke Jr.A.B.Judge1916
John Biggs Jr.Litt.B.Judge1918
John Marshall HarlanA.B.Associate Justice1920
Edward DumbauldA.B.Judge1926
Howard Francis CorcoranA.B.Judge1928
Oliver GaschA.B.Judge1928
Caleb Rodney Layton IIIA.B.Judge1930
Arthur Stephen LaneB.A.Judge1934
Francis Lund Van DusenA.B.Judge1934
John Lewis Smith Jr.A.B.Judge1935
John Lewis Smith Jr.A.B.Judge1935
Thomas Roberts McMillenA.B.Judge1938
James Levin LatchumA.B.Judge1940
Lunsford Richardson PreyerA.B.Judge1941
Vincent Lyons BroderickA.B.Judge1941
Harold R. Tyler Jr.A.B.Judge1943
Warren William EgintonA.B.Judge1948
George Hughes RevercombA.B.Judge1950
John Francis GerryA.B.Judge1950
Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr.A.B.Judge1951
William Albert NorrisB.A.Judge1951
Charles Byron RenfrewA.B.Judge1952
William Lockhart GarwoodB.A.Judge1952
Howard David HermansdorferA.B.Judge1953
Jon Ormond NewmanA.B.Judge1953
Rudi M. BrewsterB.A.Judge1954
Walter King StapletonA.B.Judge1956
Alan Cooke KayA.B.Judge1957
William Hendricks Yohn Jr.B.A.Judge1957
D. Brook BartlettB.A.Judge1959
James RobertsonB.A.Judge1959
Lynn S. AdelmanA.B.Judge1961
Thomas Selby Ellis IIIB.S.E.Judge1961
David C. BramletteB.A.Judge1962
Harvey Bartle IIIB.A.Judge1962
John Winslow BissellA.B.Judge1962
Joseph Eron IrenasA.B.Judge1962
William Henry Barbour Jr.B.A.Judge1963
Robert H. WhaleyA.B.Judge1965
Alvin Anthony SchallB.A.Judge1966
Sidney H. SteinA.B.Judge1967
Andrew David HurwitzA.B.Judge1968
Andrew David HurwitzA.B.Justice1968
Benson Everett LeggA.B.Judge1970
Henry Harold Kennedy Jr.A.B.Judge1970
Anthony John TrengaA.B.Judge1971
Jerome B. SimandleB.S.E.Judge1971
Richard R. CliftonA.B.Judge1972
Samuel A. Alito Jr.A.B.Associate Justice1972
James Earl ToweryJudge1973
Legrome D. DavisB.A.Judge1973
Brian Jordan DavisB.A.Judge1974
Alvin W. ThompsonB.A.Judge1975
Denny ChinB.A.Judge1975
Paul L. SeaveJudge1975
Sonia SotomayorB.A.Associate Justice1976
Ethan P. SchulmanJudge1978
Sharon Louise KalemkiarianJudge1979
Debra Ann LivingstonB.A.Judge1980
Elena KaganA.B.Associate Justice1981
Cathy SeibelA.B.Judge1982
Fernando Lazaro Aenlle-RochaA.B.Judge1983
Fernando Lazoro Aenlle-RochaJudge1983
Robin Lee RosenbergB.A.Judge1983
Vanessa W. VallartaPublic and International AffairsJudge1983
Steven M. CollotonA.B.Judge1985
Gregory George KatsasA.B.Judge1986
Stephanie Elizabeth Thornton-HarrisJudge1986
Yvonne Gonzalez RogersA.B.Judge1987
Nicole C. BershonJudge1989
Melissa DamianB.A.Judge1990
Jennifer Choe GrovesA.B.Judge1991
Liam Patrick HardyEngineering, magna cum laudeJudge1995
Leonard Enrique MarquezJudge1996
Christy Criswell WiegandA.B.Judge1997
Michael Hun ParkA.B.Judge1998
Araceli Martinez-OlguinA.B.Judge1999
Dale Edwin HoA.B.Judge1999
Candace Rae Jackson-AkiwumiA.B.Judge2000
Daniel Joe Powell CalabrettaA.B.Judge2000
Daniel Joe Powell CalabrettaJudge2000
Gina Raquel Méndez-MiróM.A.Judge2000
Matthew Alexander SchwartzB.A.Judge2000
Adam Ben AbelsonB.A.Judge2005
Tiffany Rene JohnsonB.A.Judge2009
Whitney Downs HermandorferB.A.Judge2009
Arleigh M. WoodsPresiding Justice
Benjamin R. JonesJustice
Charles B. MikellJudge
Charles Blakey BlackmarJustice
Charles K. WigginsJustice
Douglas A. WallaceJudge
James A. BakerJustice
John Jacob WinnJudge
Jonathan D. GerberJudge
Joseph R. HuddlestonJudge
Peter Vivian DanielAssociate Justice
Thomas Griffith HaightJudge
Will GarwoodJustice

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