Alma mater

Santa Clara University

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Robert Louis Dondero		Associate Justice	1967
Franklin East Bondonno		Judge	1970
Stephen Michael Moloney		Judge	1971
Franklin Daniel Elia		Associate Justice	1972
Gary Leigh Moorhead		Judge	1972
Gary Michael Pohlson		Judge	1972
Robert Denis McGuiness		Judge	1972
Derek Guy Johnson		Judge	1973
Eddie Charles Sturgeon		Judge	1973
Therese Marie Foley		Judge	1973
Thomas Charles Rogers		Judge	1973
Mark Hanson Pierce		Judge	1974
Thomas Michael Goethals	History, cum laude	Associate Justice	1974
Charles Suren Poochigian		Associate Justice	1975
Richard Hughes DuBois		Judge	1975
Allen Howard Sumner		Judge	1976
Martin Joseph Jenkins		Associate Justice	1976
Antonio Arredondo Reyes		Judge	1977
Carlos A. Cabrera		Judge	1977
David R. Lampe		Judge	1977
Dennis James McLaughlin	with honors	Judge	1977
Javier Alcala		Judge	1977
Mary E. Arand		Judge	1979
Cynthia A. Sevely		Judge	1980
Delbert Calvin Gee		Judge	1980
Drew Charles Takaichi		Judge	1980
Larry Eugene Hayes	magna cum laude	Judge	1980
Lincoln Michael Clark		Judge	1980
Daniel M. Crowley		Judge	1982
James Edward McFetridge		Judge	1982
Theresa J. Canepa		Judge	1982
Timothy J. Schmal		Judge	1982
Cara Lee Beatty		Judge	1983
James Patrick Cramer	Engineering	Judge	1983
John Daniel Freeland		Judge	1983
Patrick M. Broderick		Judge	1983
William J. Monahan		Judge	1983
Carol Weinstein Overton		Judge	1984
Gilbert Glen Ochoa		Judge	1984
Thomas Joseph Nixon		Judge	1984
Helen Elizabeth Williams		Judge	1986
James Francis Rigali		Judge	1986
John P. Bianco		Judge	1986
Lori Elaine Pegg		Judge	1986
Peter Hunt Kirwan		Judge	1986
Robert Anthony Fultz		Judge	1986
Jeffrey F. Fraser		Judge	1987
Paul R. Bernal		Judge	1987
Dora Maria Rios		Judge	1988
Elisabeth Keiko Mineta		Judge	1988
Christopher Gayle Rudy		Judge	1989
Kathleen L. DeSoto Chambers		U.S. Magistrate Judge	1989
Adrienne M. Grover		Associate Justice	1990
Christopher C. Hite		Judge	1991
Joan Marie Chrostek		Judge	1991
Shauna L. Chastain	English	Judge	1991
Griffin M. J. Bonini	Dean's List	Judge	1992
Sandra K. Bean		Judge	1992
Stuart J. Scott		Judge	1992
Wendy Getty		Judge	1992
Jeffrey Yates Hamilton Jr.		Judge	1993
Nahal Iravani-Sani		Judge	1993
Valerie R. Chrissakis		Judge	1993
Vedica Shon Puri		Judge	1994
Daniel Toru Nishigaya	summa cum laude	Judge	1995
Eric Scott Geffon	magna cum laude	Judge	1995
Jonathan Mark Skiles		Judge	1995
Susan Marie Jakubowski		Judge	1995
Nathan Daniel Ide		Judge	1996
Shelyna V. Brown		Judge	1996
Andre Manssourian		Judge	1997
Rachel Elisabeth Holt		Judge	1997
Andrew C. Kim		Judge	1998
Byron Browning Conway	B.A.	Judge	1998
Samuel John Dalesandro		Judge	2001
Heather Mardel Jones		Judge	2002
Emma C. Smith		Judge	2006
Braden Comegys Woods		Judge	–
Christopher R. Bowen	Anthropology & French	Judge	–
Edward A. Panelli		Associate Justice	–
Eugenia Ann Eyherabide		Judge	–
Francis Michael Devaney		Judge	–
Gary Rico Orozco	Business Administration	Judge	–
James Louis Stoelker		Judge	–
Jesus Valencia Jr.		Judge	–
JoAnne McCracken	magna cum laude	Judge	–
Nancy Lynn Ayers		Judge	–
Noel Edwin Manoukian		Justice	–
Pamela Monica Villanueva		Judge	–
Paul Attilio Delucchi		Judge	–
Raquel A. Márquez		Judge	–
Raymonda Burnham Marquez		Judge	–
Robert D. Durham		Justice	–
Sharon Maureen Reardon		Judge	–
Shawna Marie Schwarz		Judge	–
Stephanie George Garratt		Judge	–
Stephanie Grogan Jones		Judge	–
Theresa Raphael McGonigle		Judge	–
Thomas Tang		Judge	–
Vanessa Ann Zecher		Judge	–
Virginia Guadalupe Marcoida		Judge	–
William A. Thorne Jr.		Judge	–

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