Alma mater

University at Buffalo

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Robert D. Kalish		Judge	1968
Allan B. Weiss		Judge	1969
Dennis E. Ward		Judge	1973
John J. Ark		Judge	1973
Larry D. Martin		Judge	1973
Mark Alan Borenstein	honors	Judge	1973
Richard C. Kloch Sr.		Acting Judge	1973
Thomas P. Aliotta		Judge	1974
Frederick J. Marshall		Judge	1976
Patrick F. MacRae		Judge	1976
Steven Irwin Milligram		Judge	1976
E. Jeannette Ogden		Judge	1977
Harry Leo Powazek	Education	Judge	1977
Thomas P. Brown		Judge	1977
Frank Caruso		Judge	1978
Janice A. Taylor		Judge	1978
Deborah Haendiges		Judge	1980
Christopher E. Cahill		Judge	1982
Paula L. Feroleto		Judge	1982
Susan M. Kushner		Acting Judge	1982
Joseph A. McBride		Judge	1983
Mark A. Montour		Judge	1983
Richard J. McNally Jr.		Judge	1983
Kathy J. King		Judge	1984
Frank A. Sedita III		Judge	1985
Gail A. Donofrio		Judge	1985
Timothy J. Walker	Business Administration, cum laude	Acting Judge	1985
Grace Marie Hanlon	English Language and Literature, General	Judge	1986
Robert A. Schwartz		Acting Judge	1986
Rolf M. Thorsen		Acting Judge	1986
David Gugerty		Judge	1987
Donna M. Siwek		Judge	1987
George R. Villegas		Judge	1987
John L. Michalski		Judge	1987
Judith A. Sinclair		Judge	1987
Victoria M. Argento		Acting Judge	1987
James P. McClusky		Judge	1988
John Barry Licata		Judge	1988
Alecia J. Mazzo	Political Science	Acting Judge	1989
Deborah A. Chimes	cum laude	Judge	1989
Kevin M. Carter		Acting Judge	1989
Henry J. Nowak Jr.	magna cum laude	Judge	1990
John B. Gallagher		Judge	1990
Paul B. Wojtaszek		Judge	1990
Lynn Wessel Keane		Judge	1993
Lourdes M. Ventura		Judge	1994
Christopher P. Baker		Judge	1995
Erin Pelnik Gall		Judge	1996
Catherine Nugent Panepinto		Judge	1997
Kristina Anna Karle		Acting Judge	1997
Andra Lynn Ackerman		Judge	1998
Bahatti E. Pitt		Justice	1998
Amy C. Martoche		Judge	1999
Emilio L. Colaiacovo		Judge	2001
William K. Taylor	magna cum laude	Judge	2001
Ronald Castorina Jr.		Judge	2004
Raymond William Walter		Judge	2007
Sam L. Valleriani		Judge	2008
Alison Y. Tuitt		Judge	–
Ann M. Taddeo		Judge	–
Colin J. Bilash		Judge	–
Deborah A. Dowling		Judge	–

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