Alma mater

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Raymond John Ikola	Electrical Engineering	Associate Justice	1962
Mark Benedict Simons		Associate Justice	1967
Richard L. Seabolt	General Studies, with distinction	Judge	1971
Ferdinand Paulino Inumerable		Judge	1972
Harry Mark Elias		Judge	1972
Jeffrey Steven Ross		Judge	1972
John Joseph Kralik		Judge	1975
John Dorsey Conley		Judge	1978
Lawrence Paul Riff		Judge	1978
Patricia L. Cohen		U.S. Magistrate Judge	1978
Gregory Warren Pollack	with high distinction	Judge	1980
Steven M. Gevercer	General Studies	Judge	1980
Theresa Mary Traber		Judge	1980
Kenneth C. Mennemeier Jr.		Judge	1981
Michael C. Small	History	Judge	1982
Ramona Gail See	Political Science	Judge	1982
Anne-Christine Theresa Massullo		Judge	1983
Valerie Francene Salkin		Judge	1988
Annemarie G. Pace	Philosophy	Judge	1990
Linda Harris Colfax		Judge	1996
Taryn A. Merkl	History, Political Science, with honors	U.S. Magistrate Judge	1996
Elizabeth C. Peterson		Judge	1997
Margaret Schneider Remillard		U.S. Magistrate Judge	2001
Bayard H. Paine		Justice	–
Charles David Breitel		Judge	–
Elwyn Riley Shaw		Justice	–
Emily A. Benjamini		Judge	–
George Agler Eberly		Justice	–
Hector Eduardo Gutierrez		Judge	–
Henry George Coors		Justice	–
Irwin S. Moise		Justice	–
Isadore E. Levine		Justice	–
James E. Horan		Judge	–
James H. Cartwright		Justice	–
James R. Cho	high honors	U.S. Magistrate Judge	–
Lisa S. Gretchko		U.S. Bankruptcy Judge	–
Loren E. Murphy		Justice	–
Lott R. Herrick		Justice	–
Myra Consetta Selby		Justice	–
Oliver Starr		Justice	–
Richard Duncan Simons		Judge	–
Robert C. Brower		Justice	–
Stephen Henry Levinson		Justice	–
Thomas S. Ogata		Justice	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-09-30. Verify against the primary source before relying.