List of Cornell Law School alumni
Following is a list of notable alumni of the Cornell Law School .
Academia
Jessica Berg (1994), Dean and Professor at UC Davis School of Law
Edward J. Bloustein (1959), former President of Rutgers University
Jonathan Brand (1996), 15th President of Cornell College and president of Doane University [ 1]
Douglas Burgess (2002), professor of history in Yeshiva University and an affiliated professor at Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law [ 2]
Hannah Buxbaum (1992), John E. Schiller Chair in Legal Ethics at Indiana University School of Law [ 3]
Richard M. Buxbaum (1952), Jackson H. Ralston Professor of International Law at University of California, Berkeley School of Law [ 4]
Terry Calvani (1972), former professor of Antitrust Law at Vanderbilt University Law School , FTC Commissioner, and Member of the Competition Authority (Ireland)
Paul L. Caron (1983), Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law [ 5]
Dan Coenen (1978), University Professor and Harmon W. Caldwell Chair in Constitutional Law at the University of Georgia Law School
Anna Dolidze (JSD 2013), Professor of International Law at the University of Western Ontario
Marc A. Franklin (1956), Frederick I. Richman Professor of Law at Stanford Law School
Charles Garside (1923), former President of the State University of New York
Michael Goldsmith (1975), Woodruff J. Deem Professor of Law at Brigham Young University Law School
William B. Gould IV (1961), Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law at Stanford Law School
Ernest Huffcut (1888), Professor of Law at Indiana University School of Law
Julie O'Sullivan (1984), Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
Gregory Parks (2008), Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law [ 6]
John W. Reed (1942), Thomas M. Cooley Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School
Ruth Roemer (1939), Professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health . The Ruth Roemer Social Justice Leadership Award is named in her honor.
R. Smith Simpson (1931), co-creator with Peter F. Krogh of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University 's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Business
J. Carter Bacot (1958), former president and CEO of the Bank of New York
Val A. Browning (1918), president and board chairman of the Browning Arms Company [ 7]
Gerald Cassidy (1967), co-founder and CEO of Cassidy & Associates , author, and lobbyist[ 8]
Louis W. Dawson (1919), president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York [ 9]
Henry D. Edelman (1973), first president and chief executive officer of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation [ 10]
Sol Linowitz (1938), chairman of Xerox
Myron Charles Taylor (1894), CEO of U.S. Steel
Robert D. Ziff (1992), former co-CEO of Ziff Brothers Investments
Entertainment
Government
United States government
Executive branch
U.S. attorneys general
Other cabinet and cabinet-level officials
Legislative branch (U.S. Congress)
Senators
Representatives
John G. Alexander (1916), United States Representative for Minnesota's 3rd congressional district (1939–1941)
Rob Andrews (1982), United States Representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional district (1990–2014)
Katherine Clark (1989), United States Representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district (2013–present)
Barber Conable (1948), United States Representative for New York's 30th congressional district (1983–1985), President of the World Bank (1986–1991)
Sharice Davids (2010), United States Representative for Kansas's 3rd congressional district (2019–present)
Reuben L. Haskell (1898), United States Representative for New York's 10th congressional district (1915–1919)
Frank Horton (1947), United States Representative for New York's 36th congressional district (1963–1973), 34th district (1973–1983), and 29th district (1983–1993)
Charles Samuel Joelson (1939), United States Representative for New Jersey's 8th congressional district (1961–1969)
Norman F. Lent (1957), United States Representative for New York's 4th congressional district (1973–1993)
Edward Worthington Pattison (1957), United States Representative for New York's 29th congressional district (1975–1979)
John Raymond Pillion (1927), United States Representative for New York's 42nd congressional district (1953–1965)
Alexander Pirnie (1926), United States Representative for New York's 34th congressional district (1959–1963) and 32nd district (1963–1973), awarded the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star Medal for service in Europe during World War II
Howard W. Robison (1939), United States Representative for New York's 39th congressional district (1958–1975)
Henry P. Smith (1936), United States Representative for New York's 40th congressional district (1965–1973)
Judicial branch
Federal Courts of Appeals
Mark J. Bennett (1979), United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Robert Boochever (1941), United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1980–1986)
Peter W. Hall (1977), United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2004–2021)
Alison J. Nathan (2000), United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Amy J. St. Eve (1990), United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Elbert Parr Tuttle (1923), one of the "Fifth Circuit Four ," United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1954–1981), United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (1981–1996), and chief judge of the Fifth Circuit from 1960 to 1967. Tuttle received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981 and the courthouse for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is named in his honor.
Ellsworth Van Graafeiland (1940), United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1974–2004)
Richard C. Wesley (1974), United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Federal District Courts
Simon L. Adler (1889), United States District Court for the Western District of New York (1928–1934)
Frederic Block (1959), United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (1994–2005)
Leonie Brinkema (1976), United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (1993–present)
John M. Cashin (1915), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1955–1970)
John H. Chun (1994), United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (2022-present)
Albert Wheeler Coffrin (1947), United States District Court for the District of Vermont (1972–1993), chief judge of the District of Vermont from 1983 to 1988
Brian Cogan (1979), United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2006–present)
Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr. (1903), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1929–1957)
Paul A. Crotty (1967), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Phillip S. Figa (1976), United States District Court for the District of Colorado (2003–2008)
Robert Dixon Herman (1938), United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (1969–1990)
Frederick Bernard Lacey (1948), United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (1971–1986)
Lloyd Francis MacMahon (1938), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1959–1989), chief judge of the Southern District of New York from 1980 to 1982
Anne M. Nardacci (2002), United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Stacey D. Neumann (2005), United States District Court for the District of Maine (2024- )
Pamela Pepper (1989), United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin , chief judge of the Eastern District of Wisconsin from 2019
Hernan Gregorio Pesquera (1948), United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (1972–1982), chief judge of the District of Puerto Rico from 1980 to 1982
Aubrey Eugene Robinson (1947), United States District Court for the District of Columbia (1966–2000), chief judge of the District of Columbia from 1982 to 1992
Stephen C. Robinson (1984), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (2003–2010)
Shira Scheindlin (1975), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1994–2012)
Karen Gren Scholer (1982), United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (2018–present)
Gary L. Sharpe (1974), United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (2004–present), chief judge of the Northern District of New York from 2011
Roger Gordon Strand (1961), United States District Court for the District of Arizona (1985–2000)
Joseph L. Tauro (1956), United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1972–2013), chief judge of the District of Massachusetts from 1992 to 1999
Christy C. Wiegand (2000), United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (2020–present)
Thomas Samuel Zilly (1962), United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (1988–2004)
Other federal courts
State government
Governors
State Attorneys General
State Legislators
Patrice Arent (1981), Utah House of Representatives and Utah State Senate [ 17]
David Bishop (1954), Minnesota House of Representatives [ 18]
Parley P. Christensen (1897), Utah House of Representatives and Los Angeles City Council [ 19]
James M. Coleman (1951), New Jersey General Assembly and as a judge in New Jersey Superior Court [ 20]
Constance E. Cook (1943), member of the New York State Assembly who in 1970 coauthored the first legislation that legalized abortion
Dale Denno (1975), Maine House of Representatives and assistant attorney general of Maine [ 21]
Frances Kellor (1897), secretary and treasurer of the New York State Immigration Commission, chief investigator for the Bureau of Industries and Immigration of New York State, and chairman of the Women's Committee for the National Hughes Alliance
Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr. (1962), Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly (1982–1995)
State judges
Barry T. Albin (1976), associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey (2002–present)
William F. Bleakley (1904), justice of the New York Supreme Court [ 22]
Robert Boochever (1941), associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alaska (1972–1980), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alaska from 1975 to 1978
Abraham S. Bordon (1914), justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1961)[ 23]
Albert M. Crampton (1922), justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois (1948–1953)
Howard H. Dana Jr. (1966), associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1993–2007)
Rowland L. Davis (1897), associate justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division , Fourth Department (1921–1926), Third Department (1926–1931), and Second Department (1931–1939)
J. Michael Diaz (2002), judge of Washington Court of Appeals [ 24]
Marvin R. Dye (1917), associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1945-1965)[ 25]
Ellen Gorman (1982), associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (2007–2022)
Stewart F. Hancock Jr. (1950), associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1986–1993)
Irving G. Hubbs (1891), associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1929–1939)
Anthony T. Kane (1969), associate justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division , Third Department (2002–2009)
Gordon MacDonald (1994), chief justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire (2021–present)
Louis W. Marcus (1889), justice of the New York Supreme Court (1905–1923)
Anne M. Patterson (1983), associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey (2011–present)
Cuthbert W. Pound (1887), associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1915–1934), chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1932 to 1934
Phillip Rapoza (1976), chief justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court (2006–2015), associate justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court (1998–2006)
Roberto A. Rivera-Soto (1977), associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey (2004–2011)
Robert M. Sohngen (1908), justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1947–1948)
Harry Taylor (1893), associate justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division , Fourth Department (1924–1936)
Joseph Weintraub (1930), chief justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey (1957–1973), associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey (1956–1957)
Richard C. Wesley (1974), associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1997–2003)
Paul Yesawich (1951), associate justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division , First Department (1974–1981), Third Department (1981–1999)
City government
County government
Non-United States government
Kissi Agyebeng (LLM 2006), Special Prosecutor of Ghana
Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou (1991), Member of the European Parliament for Greece[ 28]
Carlos Mendoza Davis (LLM 1995), Governor of Baja California Sur (2015–2021)
Anna Dolidze (JSD 2013), chief legal adviser to the President of Georgia , appointed to the High Council of Justice
Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero (LLM 1973), Ambassador of Colombia to the United States and Colombian Minister of Justice and Law
Huang Kuo-chang (JSD 2006), Taiwanese politician, activist, legal scholar, researcher, and writer
Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol (LLM 2002, JSD 2005), Princess of Thailand
Kotaro Nagasaki (1994), member of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan
Laxmi Mall Singhvi (JSD 1955), served as High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom (1991–1997)
Martín Travieso (1903), served as provisional Governor of Puerto Rico , a member of the first Senate of Puerto Rico , Mayor of San Juan
Tsai Ing-wen (LLM 1980), first woman to serve as President of Taiwan (2016-2024)
Jan van Zanen (LLM 1984), Mayor of The Hague
Law
Paul Batista (1974), trial lawyer and author of the leading treatise on civil RICO
David Buckel (1987), LGBT rights lawyer who worked with Lambda Legal and The Legal Aid Society [ 30]
George B. Clementson (1892), first attorney to develop bicycle law as an area of practice within the law [ 31]
Jonathan Cuneo (1977), general and legislative counsel in the first case to challenge the Joe Camel cigarette advertising campaign and the case on behalf of defrauded Enron investors[ 32]
Mary H. Donlon (1920), first female editor-in-chief of a US law review and first woman partner of a Wall Street law firm
Milton S. Gould (1933), founding partner of Shea & Gould . The Milton Gould Award for Outstanding Advocacy is named in his honor.
Gitanjali Gutierrez (2001), first lawyer to meet with a detainee at Guantanamo Bay , Information Commissioner for Bermuda
Marc Kasowitz (1977), founding partner of Kasowitz Benson Torres
Frances Kellor (1897), founding member of the American Arbitration Association and expert in international arbitration
Ron Kuby (1983), criminal and civil rights lawyer, counsel on cases such as Texas v. Johnson
Gail Laughlin (1898), first woman from Maine to practice law and founder of the National League for Women's Service
William F. Lee (1976), intellectual property lawyer, co-managing partner of WilmerHale , first Asian-American to lead a major US law firm
Samuel Leibowitz (1915), criminal and civil rights lawyer, represented The Scottsboro Boys and argued Norris v. Alabama . The Samuel Leibowitz Professorship was endowed in his honor.
Leonard Leo (1989), conservative legal activist, co-chair of the board of the Federalist Society
Harold O. Levy (1977), Executive Director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and former Chancellor of New York City Schools
Shannon Minter (1993), civil rights attorney
Jan Schlichtmann (1977), environmental and toxic tort attorney, lead plaintiffs' lawyer in Anderson v. Cryovac, Inc. , subject of the book A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr and the film of the same name , in which Schlichtmann was portrayed by John Travolta .
Edward Silver (1948), labor lawyer, first elected chairman of Proskauer Rose . The Silver Scholar Program is named in his honor.[ 33]
Tejshree Thapa (1993), human rights attorney, developed legal argument for prosecuting rape as a crime against humanity before the ICTY
Justin DuPratt White (1890), founding partner of White & Case . The J. DuPratt White Professorship was endowed in his honor.
Literature and journalism
Gordon G. Chang (1976), author, Forbes columnist, and partner at Baker & McKenzie and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison [ 34]
Barry Eisler (1989), novelist[ 35]
Ari Melber (2009), journalist, chief legal correspondent for MSNBC , and host of The Beat with Ari Melber
Michael Punke (1989), author of The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge , which was the basis for the film The Revenant
Military
Sports
Cameron Argetsinger (1954), auto racing executive best known for creating the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course [ 36]
L. W. Boynton (1900), head football coach at the University of Kansas , Sewanee: The University of the South , and Washington University in St. Louis [ 37]
Joseph Cresci (1967), president of Ogden Recreation Inc who oversaw the operations Suffolk Downs , Scarborough Downs , Waterford Park , Fairmount Park , and Wheeling Downs and vice president and general manager of the Garden State Racing Association [ 38]
Bob DuPuy (1973), former president of Major League Baseball
Teddy Mayer (1962), co-founder and manager of McLaren Racing
Pablo Morales (1994), gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics , and former world-record holder in the 100 metres butterfly
Rick Olczyk (1996), assistant general manager of the Seattle Kraken
Harry Taylor (1893), professional baseball player with the Louisville Colonels and the Baltimore Orioles
Glenn Scobey Warner (1894), legendary football coach and innovator
Paul Yesawich (1951), played in five NBA games for the Syracuse Nationals
Fictional alumni
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