Alma mater

University of San Francisco

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Ming William Chin	Political Science	Associate Justice	1964
Madeleine I. Flier		Associate Justice	1968
Runston Gould Maino		Judge	1968
Bryan Francis Foster	History	Judge	1970
Mary Ellen Wiss		Judge	1972
Ronald I. Toff		Judge	1973
Victoria Marie Chavez		Associate Justice	1975
Gail Brewster Bereola	Government	Judge	1976
Jacki C. Brown		Judge	1977
Nancy Case Shaffer		Judge	1977
Marie Seth Weiner	cum laude	Judge	1980
Martin Joseph Jenkins		Associate Justice	1980
Stephen M. Murphy		Judge	1981
Beverly K. Wood		Judge	1983
Steven M. Gevercer		Judge	1983
Virginia M. George		Judge	1984
James Edward McFetridge		Judge	1985
Michael Robert Deems		Judge	1985
Denise Lee Whitehead		Judge	1986
Michael Peter Candela		Judge	1987
Nona Louise Klippen		Judge	1988
Sandra K. Bean	Ed.D.	Judge	1988
Steven George Counelis	Government, magna cum laude	Judge	1988
Kristine Alane-Cour Eagle		Judge	1989
Scott Douglas Patton		Judge	1990
Benjamin T. Reyes II		Judge	1992
Jeffrey Raymond Finigan		Judge	1993
Michael Bertram McNaughton		Judge	1993
Christopher Edward Krueger		Judge	1994
Stephen P. Acquisto		Judge	1994
Eric Robert Fleming		Judge	1995
Rochelle C. East		Judge	1996
Joseph J. Burghardt		Judge	1997
H. Shaina Colover		Judge	1998
Jose S. Franco		Judge	1998
Ursula M. Jones Dickson		Judge	1998
Burke Strunsky		Judge	1999
Carly Brooke Dolan		Judge	2001
Wade Maxwell Rhyne		Judge	2001
Christopher Martin Honigsberg		Judge	2005
Lupe C. Garcia		Judge	2995
Alesia Francine Jones		Judge	–
Barbara J. R. Jones		Presiding Justice	–
Bridgid Moira McCann		Judge	–
Buell Arthur Nesbett		Justice	–
Charles E. Wilson II		Judge	–
Daniel R. Foley		Judge	–
James A. Richman		Associate Justice	–
James G. Bertoli	1985	Judge	–
James Reginald Reilly		Judge	–
Kevin R. Murphy		Judge	–
Marco Daniel Nunez		Judge	–
Raymond L. Sullivan		Justice	–
Roger Ross		Judge	–
Russell Latimer Moore III		Judge	–

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