Alma mater

University of Kansas

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Owen DeVol Cox	B.A.	Judge	1931
Frank Gordon Theis	B.A.	Judge	1933
Donald S. Voorhees	A.B.	Judge	1938
Earl Eugene O'Connor	B.S.	Judge	1948
Sam A. Crow	B.A.	Judge	1949
James Kenneth Logan	A.B.	Judge	1952
George Thomas VanBebber	B.A.	Judge	1953
Shelby Highsmith	B.A.	Judge	1958
Monti L. Belot	B.A.	Judge	1965
Deanell Reece Tacha	B.A.	Judge	1968
Mary Beck Briscoe	B.A.	Judge	1969
Gary A. Fenner	B.A.	Judge	1970
Ann D. Montgomery	B.S.	Judge	1971
Kathryn Hoefer Vratil	B.A.	Judge	1971
Laurel Defoe White	Broadcast Journalism	Judge	1974
Julie A. Robinson	B.S.	Judge	1978
Carlos Murguia	B.S.	Judge	1979
Thomas D. Schroeder	B.S.	Judge	1981
Mary Helen Murguia	B.A., B.S.	Judge	1982
Brian Curtis Wimes	B.G.S.	Judge	1990
David Ryan Stras	B.A.	Judge	1995
Martha Ruthie Hagan	Chemistry, cum laude	U.S. Bankruptcy Judge	2000
Allen T. Compton		Justice	–
Alok Ahuja		Judge	–
David Stras		Justice	–
Earl Eugene O'Connor		Justice	–
Edward F. Arn		Justice	–
Edward Larson		Judge	–
Frederick N. Six		Justice	–
Gary Fenner		Judge	–
Harry T. Wedell		Justice	–
Jerry G. Elliott		Judge	–
Joan F. Kessler		Judge	–
John J. Bukaty Jr.		Judge	–
Karen Arnold-Burger		Judge	–
Laurence R. Smith		Judge	–
Mary Beck Briscoe		Judge	–
Melissa Standridge		Judge	–
Patricia Dolores Nieto		Judge	–
Robert H. Kaul		Justice	–
Robert H. Miller		Justice	–
Robert J. Russell		Judge	–
Rosalie E. Wahl		Justice	–
Stephen D. Hill		Judge	–
Thomas Henchion Doyle		Judge	–
Timothy John Hollenhorst		Judge	–
Walter G. Thiele		Justice	–
William C. Perry		Justice	–

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