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

Judges

JudgeDegreeRoleYear
Job BarnardLL.B.Associate Justice1867
Joseph Very QuarlesLL.B.Judge1867
Edgar AldrichLL.B.Judge1868
William Ball GilbertLL.B.Judge1872
George P. WantyLL.B.Judge1878
John Alden RinerLL.B.Judge1879
Alexis Caswell AngellLL.B.Judge1880
William Alexander CantLL.B.Judge1885
Clinton Woodbury HowardLL.B.Judge1887
Marion De VriesLL.B.Presiding Judge1888
Charles Albert BoyntonLL.B.Judge1891
Fenton Whitlock BoothLL.B.Chief Justice1892
Thomas Whitten SlickLL.B.Judge1893
Harland Bradley HoweLL.B.Judge1894
Arthur J. TuttleLL.B.Judge1895
Edward Julien MoinetLL.B.Judge1895
Fred Morton RaymondLL.B.Judge1899
Charles Casper SimonsLL.B.Judge1900
William Louis DayLL.B.Judge1900
Warren Booth BurrowsLL.B.Judge1904
Paul J. JonesLL.B.Judge1905
Guy Tresillian HelveringLL.B.Judge1906
Ralph E. JenneyLL.B.Judge1906
John Peter BarnesLL.B.Judge1907
Orie Leon PhillipsJ.D.Judge1908
Arthur A. KoscinskiLL.B.Judge1910
Elwyn Riley ShawLL.B.Judge1910
Raymond Wesley StarrLL.B.Judge1910
Jackson Leroy AdairLL.B.Judge1911
Frank Albert PicardLL.B.Judge1912
Dennis Francis DonovanLL.B.Judge1913
Frank MurphyLL.B.Associate Justice1914
Lester LeFevre CecilLL.B.Judge1917
Thomas Francis McAllisterA.B.Judge1918
Cyrus Nils TavaresJ.D.Judge1925
Arthur Mumford SmithLL.B.Associate Judge1926
Carl Andrew WeinmanJ.D.Judge1926
George Scott RegisterJ.D.Judge1926
Ralph McKenzie FreemanLL.B.Judge1926
William George JuergensJ.D.Judge1928
John Robert BrownJ.D.Judge1932
Talbot SmithJ.D.Judge1934
Stephen John RothLL.B.Judge1935
William W. KnoxJ.D.Judge1935
Frank Gordon TheisJ.D.Judge1936
Shiro KashiwaJ.D.Judge1936
Cecil F. PooleLL.B.Judge1938
W. Wallace KentJ.D.Judge1940
John FeikensJ.D.Judge1941
Horace Weldon GilmoreJ.D.Judge1942
Wendell Alverson MilesJ.D.Judge1942
John William PotterJ.D.Judge1946
Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr.J.D.Judge1947
Cornelia Groefsema KennedyJ.D.Judge1947
Douglas Woodruff HillmanLL.B.Judge1948
Helen Wilson NiesJ.D.Judge1948
James HarveyJ.D.Judge1948
Joseph Wilson MorrisLL.M.Judge1948
Leroy John Contie Jr.J.D.Judge1948
Avern Levin CohnJ.D.Judge1949
Albert Joseph EngelLL.B.Judge1950
James Paul ChurchillLL.B.Judge1950
John Albert NordbergJ.D.Judge1950
Lawrence GubowLL.B.Judge1950
Philip PrattLL.B.Judge1950
Glenn Everell MencerJ.D.Judge1952
Joseph Edward Stevens Jr.J.D.Judge1952
Robert William PorterJ.D.Judge1952
Stewart Albert NewblattJ.D.Judge1952
Paul V. GadolaJ.D.Judge1953
Ralph B. Guy Jr.J.D.Judge1953
Richard Paul MatschJ.D.Judge1953
Warren Keith UrbomJ.D.Judge1953
David Dudley Dowd Jr.J.D.Judge1954
Charles Byron RenfrewJ.D.Judge1956
Richard Mansfield BilbyJ.D.Judge1958
John David KellyJ.D.Judge1959
Hezekiah Russel HollandLL.B.Judge1961
Amalya Lyle KearseJ.D.Judge1962
Paul D. BormanJ.D.Judge1962
Joe Billy McDadeJ.D.Judge1963
Harold Michael FongJ.D.Judge1964
Anthony Joseph SciricaJ.D.Judge1965
David M. EbelJ.D.Judge1965
Harry Thomas EdwardsJ.D.Judge1965
Rosemary S. PoolerJ.D.Judge1965
John Mercer Walker Jr.J.D.Judge1966
Howard D. McKibbenJ.D.Judge1967
Bruce D. BlackJ.D.Judge1971
David William McKeagueJ.D.Judge1971
Deanell Reece TachaJ.D.Judge1971
Richard Lowell NygaardJ.D.Judge1971
Gershwin Allen DrainJ.D.Judge1972
George Caram Steeh IIIJ.D.Judge1973
Ronald Murray GouldJ.D.Judge1973
John M. RogersJ.D.Judge1974
Carol E. JacksonJ.D.Judge1976
Marilyn L. HuffJ.D.Judge1976
Richard Allen GriffinJ.D.Judge1977
Roger L. GregoryJ.D.Judge1978
Gregory Kent FrizzellJ.D.Judge1984
Robert James JonkerJ.D.Judge1985
Nancy TorresenJ.D.Judge1987
Cathy Ann BencivengoJ.D.Judge1988
Mark Allen BarnettJ.D.Judge1988
Elizabeth Cheryl CoombeJ.D.Judge1992
Raymond M. KethledgeJ.D.Judge1993
Frances Kay BehmJ.D.Judge1994
LaShonda Annette HuntJ.D.Judge1995
Judith Ellen LevyJ.D.Judge1996
Chad Andrew ReadlerJ.D.Judge1997
Steven Charles SeegerJ.D.Judge1997
Sarah Elisabeth GeraghtyJ.D.Judge1999
J. Nicholas RanjanJ.D.Judge2003
Aileen Mercedes CannonJ.D.Judge2007
Antonio Miguel PozosJ.D.Judge2007
Elliott NorthcottJudge–
George SutherlandAssociate Justice–
John Stanley WebsterJudge–
Matthew M. JoyceJudge–
Nelson McVicarJudge–

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