Alma mater

University of Southern California

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Elisha Avery Crary	B.A.	Judge	1929
Albert Lee Stephens Jr.	A.B.	Judge	1936
Manuel Lawrence Real	B.S.	Judge	1948
William W Schwarzer	A.B.	Judge	1948
Arthur Lawrence Alarcón	B.A.	Judge	1949
Malcolm Millar Lucas	B.A.	Judge	1950
Malcolm Millar Lucas	B.A.	Chief Justice	1950
Gordon Thompson Jr.	B.S.	Judge	1951
David R. Thompson	B.S., business	Judge	1952
Charles Edward Wiggins	B.S.	Judge	1953
William Matthew Byrne Jr.	B.S.	Judge	1953
Edward Rafeedie	B.S.	Judge	1956
Ferdinand Francis Fernandez	B.S.	Judge	1958
Ferdinand Francis Fernandez	B.S.	Judge	1958
J. Lawrence Irving	B.S.	Judge	1959
Harold Michael Fong	A.B.	Judge	1960
Harold Michael Fong	A.B.	Judge	1960
Mark Stanton Millard		Judge	1960
Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr.	B.S.	Judge	1962
Oliver Winston Wanger	B.S.	Judge	1963
Alicemarie Huber Stotler	B.A.	Judge	1964
Alicemarie Huber Stotler	B.A.	Judge	1964
John A. Torribio Jr.		Judge	1965
Richard D. Huffman Sr.		Presiding Justice	1965
Roger Brown Robbins	Public Administration	Judge	1965
James A. Kaddo		Judge	1966
Art Wilkie McKinster	with honors	Associate Justice	1968
Richard Lowell Nygaard	B.S.	Judge	1969
Jed Quinn Beebe	A.B. Political Science	Judge	1971
Maureen Duffy-Lewis	Speech Communication	Judge	1971
Patrick Thomas Madden		Judge	1972
Rudolph A. Diaz		Judge	1972
David A. Williams	Business	Judge	1973
Gregory W. Jones		Judge	1974
Patricia Bamattre-Manoukian	M.P.A. in Public Administration	Chief Justice	1974
Maria Elena Stratton	magna cum laude	Associate Justice	1975
Michael Edward Pastor		Judge	1975
Nora Margaret Manella		Judge	1975
William Quentin Liebmann		Judge	1975
Frederick Carl Shaller		Judge	1976
Louise Suzette Clover		Judge	1976
Michael Cornell Kelley	summa cum laude	Judge	1976
Patricia Dolores Nieto		Judge	1977
Gregg Leonard Prickett		Judge	1978
Ralph Christopher Hofer		Judge	1978
Brian Frank Gasdia		Judge	1979
Carol Louise Williams Elswick	Political Science	Judge	1979
Randall J. Sherman		Judge	1979
Rhonda N. Burgess	B.S. Public Administration/Political Science	Judge	1979
George R. G. Lomeli	magna cum laude	Judge	1980
Susan M. Gill	English & History	Judge	1980
Amy Christine Yerkey		Judge	1981
Brian Christophe Yep		Judge	1981
Dalila Corral Lyons	Public Administration	Judge	1981
David G. Brown		Judge	1981
John Dorsey Conley	Public Administration	Judge	1981
Marc Dempsey Gross		Judge	1981
Maren E. Nelson		Judge	1981
Thomas DeSantos		Associate Justice	1981
Timothy B. Taylor	cum laude	Judge	1981
Timothy M. Casserly		Judge	1981
Tomson Tio Ong		Judge	1981
Bonnie Sudderth	Public Affairs and Public Administration, magna cum laude	Chief Justice	1982
Carol Jane Najera		Judge	1982
Lance Priest Jensen		Judge	1982
Pamela Lynn Smith-Steward		Judge	1982
Brian M. Arax		Judge	1983
Glenda S. Allen-Hill		Judge	1983
Mary Helen Strobel		Judge	1983
Ana Maria Luna-Chidley		Judge	1984
Charles Quinten Clay III		Judge	1985
Catherine Joan Pratt		Judge	1987
James Noel Bianco		Judge	1987
John Lawrence Segal		Associate Justice	1987
Kerry R. Bensinger		Judge	1987
Stephen Peter Pfahler		Judge	1987
David Eric Hizami		Judge	1988
Richard Raymond Monroy Jr.		Judge	1988
Victor Lamarr Wright	Journalism	Judge	1988
Colin Philip Leis		Judge	1989
Elena Jeannette Duarte		Associate Justice	1989
Kristin Sherratt Escalante	Architecture	Judge	1989
Jon Robert Takasugi		Judge	1990
Clifford T. Blakely Jr.	Economics	Judge	1992
Valerie Francene Salkin		Judge	1992
Victor Murray Hwang		Judge	1992
Curtis Arthur Kin	International Relations	Judge	1993
Elizabeth R. Feffer		Judge	1993
Tamara Elaine Hall		Judge	1993
Victoria B. Wilson		Judge	1993
Mark Anthony Young		Judge	1995
Steven E. Stone		Judge	1996
Andrew E. Cooper		Judge	1997
Christopher B. Harmon		Judge	1997
Richard Y. Lee		Judge	1997
Victor A. Rodríguez	International Relations	Associate Justice	1997
Enrique Eduardo Camarena		Judge	1998
Sheila Olivarez Recio		Judge	1998
Michael R. Amerian		Judge	1999
Anne Hwang		Judge	2002
Kimberley Baker Guillemet		Judge	2005
Bobbi Tillmon Mallory		Judge	–
Brenda Johns Penny		Judge	–
Carlton Gomez Davis		Judge	–
Charles (Carlos) Chung		Judge	–
Conrad L. Mallett Jr.		Justice	–
Curtis B. Rappé		Judge	–
David Kingston Reinert		Judge	–
Deborah Lynne Christian	Public Administration	Judge	–
Denise M. McLaughlin-Bennett		Judge	–
Fred Hall		Justice	–
Fred Jiru Fujioka		Judge	–
Geoffrey A. Goodman		Judge	–
Gilbert Manuel Lopez		Judge	–
Harvey Allen Silberman		Judge	–
Henry James Hall		Judge	–
Jennifer Kathryn Rockwell		Judge	–
Kenneth John Melikian		Judge	–
Kevin James McCormick		Judge	–
Kevin Pierre Stennis		Judge	–
Lee W. Tsao		Judge	–
Lia Raeshawn Martin		Judge	–
Michael Anthony Tynan		Judge	–
Michael E. Perez		Judge	–
Miguel T. Espinoza	Public Policy	Judge	–
Nicole Marie Heeseman		Judge	–
Robert S. Tafoya	Education	Judge	–
Stephanie Grogan Jones		Judge	–
Thomas P. White		Justice	–
Thomas R. Sokolov		Judge	–
Tricia Jane Taylor		Judge	–
Vincent Hichiro Okamoto		Judge	–

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