Alma mater

Washington and Lee University

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
John Minor Wisdom	A.B.	Judge	1925
Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.	B.S.	Associate Justice	1929
Thomas Alonzo Clark	B.S.	Judge	1942
Harry Walker Wellford	B.A.	Judge	1947
John Malach Shaw	B.S.	Judge	1953
Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1956
Henry Coke Morgan Jr.	B.S.	Judge	1957
Charles Randolph Butler Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1962
Robert E. Payne	B.A.	Judge	1963
Jerome Turner	B.A.	Judge	1964
J. Michael Luttig	B.A.	Judge	1976
Walter DeKalb Kelley Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1977
Jean-Paul Boulee	B.A.	Judge	1993
Gray M. Borden		U.S. Magistrate Judge	2001
Stephen Chad Meredith	B.A.	Judge	2003
Abram Penn Staples		Justice	–
Alexander Harman		Justice	–
Archibald C. Buchanan		Justice	–
Asbury Christian Compton		Justice	–
Astor Hogg		Justice	–
Claude W. Eggleston		Justice	–
Duncan Lawrence Groner		Chief Justice	–
E. Howard MCCALEB		Justice	–
Edward S. Delaplaine II		Justice	–
Frank H. Rudkin		Judge	–
Frank Upchurch Jr.		Judge	–
Henry W. Holt		Justice	–
Herbert B. Gregory		Justice	–
John C. Roach		Justice	–
Kennon C. Whittle		Justice	–
Peter B. Silvain Jr.		U.S. Magistrate Judge	–
Richard Wilde Walker		Judge	–
Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr.		Justice	–
Samuel Jordan Graham		Judge	–
Solomon Wachtler		Judge	–
Walter Garrett Riddick		Judge	–
William Folsom Moore		Justice	–

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