Law school

University of Notre Dame

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Nicholas John Sinnott	A.B.	Judge	1892
Ambrose O'Connell	Ph.B.	Associate Judge	1907
Joseph Peter Kinneary	B.A.	Judge	1928
Robert Allen Grant	A.B.	Judge	1928
William Blakely Jones	A.B.	Judge	1928
Stephen John Roth	Ph.B.	Judge	1931
Raymond Joseph Broderick	A.B.	Judge	1935
Edward Raymond Neaher	A.B.	Judge	1937
Brian Barnett Duff	A.B.	Judge	1953
John Corbett O'Meara	A.B.	Judge	1955
Thomas Michael Shanahan	B.A.	Judge	1956
Harry Daniel Leinenweber	B.A.	Judge	1959
Paul Austin Crotty	B.A.	Judge	1962
Paul Joseph Kelly Jr.	B.B.A.	Judge	1963
Robert Gary Klausner	B.A.	Judge	1963
Daniel Anthony Manion	A.B.	Judge	1964
Joseph Henry Huber		Judge	1964
William J. Zloch	B.A.	Judge	1966
Thomas Matthew Reardon		Judge	1968
Emilio M. Garza	B.A.	Judge	1969
Patrick John Zika		Judge	1970
David M. Lawson	B.A.	Judge	1973
Federico A. Moreno	B.A.	Judge	1974
Martha Alicia Vázquez	B.A.	Judge	1975
Charles R. Wilson	B.A.	Judge	1976
Jon Ernest DeGuilio	B.A.	Judge	1977
Matthew F. Kennelly	B.A.	Judge	1978
Michael J. Strickroth		Judge	1978
Timothy J. Corrigan	B.A.	Judge	1978
Tracy E. Christopher	with honors	Chief Justice	1978
Anne-Christine Theresa Massullo	Business Administration	Judge	1980
Julie Ann Palafox	Business Administration	Judge	1980
Philip S. Gutierrez	B.A.	Judge	1981
Philip S. Gutierrez	B.A.	Judge	1981
Michael Marc Kelly		Judge	1982
James Francis Rigali	Economics	Judge	1983
James C. Dever III	B.B.A.	Judge	1984
Barbara Marie Scheper		Judge	1985
Colm Felix Connolly	B.A.	Judge	1986
Michael Brian Brennan	B.A.	Judge	1986
Matthew William Brann	B.A.	Judge	1987
Thomas Michael Hardiman	B.A.	Judge	1987
John Robert Blakey	B.A.	Judge	1988
Matthew S. Harris		Judge	1988
Stephen Robert Clark Sr.	B.A.	Judge	1988
Edward Sunyol Kiel	J.D.	Judge	1991
Margaret M. Garnett	B.A.	Judge	1992
Heather K. McShain	Mathematics	U.S. Magistrate Judge	1996
Stephen Henley Locher	B.A.	Judge	2000
Alan C. Page		Justice	–
Albert T. Frantz		Justice	–
Anthony Rene Villalobos		Judge	–
Charles D. Susano Jr.		Judge	–
Clifford F. Brown		Justice	–
Dana Anderson Fabe		Justice	–
Daniel Alton Moore Jr.		Justice	–
Douglas Gonzales		Judge	–
Frederick J. Martone		Justice	–
Harold Thomas Wilson Jr.		Judge	–
James E. Murphy		Justice	–
Joan Orie Melvin		Judge	–
John Code Mowbray		Justice	–
John E. Martin		Presiding Judge	–
John W. Dell		Judge	–
John W. Thornton Jr.		Judge	–
Joseph H. Pellegrino		Judge	–
Joseph L Falvey Jr.		Judge	–
Joseph P. Albright		Justice	–
Kathleen A. Blatz		Justice	–
Kristina Brigitta Lindquist	Philosophy, European Studies	Judge	–
Louis P. Peck		Justice	–
Mary Isabel Yu		Associate Justice	–
Michael D. O'Hara		Justice	–
Michael J. Sullivan		Judge	–
Michael Louis Fansler		Justice	–
Robert Pleus		Judge	–
Robert R. Thomas		Justice	–
Roger I. McDonough		Justice	–
Rudolph J. Gerber		Judge	–
Theresa Raphael McGonigle		Judge	–
Thomas A. Bishop		Judge	–
Thomas A. Zlaket		Justice	–
Thomas Michael Shanahan		Justice	–
William Graves		Justice	–

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