The list of University of Michigan Law School alumni includes notable alumni of

University of Michigan Law School The University of Michigan Law School (Michigan Law) is the law school of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1859, the school offers Master of Laws (LLM), Master of Comparative Law (MCL ...

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* Ralph W. Aigler (J.D. 1907), expert on property; member of U-M faculty, 1910–1954; inducted into the

University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor The University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor, founded in 1978, recognizes University of Michigan athletes, coaches, and administrators who have made significant contributions to the university's athletic programs.

Gideon Winans Allen Gideon Winans Allen (March 28, 1835 – February 28, 1912), was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Gideon Winans Allen was born in New London Township, Ohio on March 28, 1835. He moved to Trempealeau, Wisconsin in 1856 and to ...

(LAW 1864), Wisconsin State Assemblyman * Ronald J. Allen (J.D. 1973),

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law, one of only four Americans to be designated as a

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Scholar (China's highest academic award, formerly only for Nobel Laureates) in 2007; the first law professor to receive the award, which usually goes to scientists or economists *

Justin Amash Justin Amash ( ; born April 18, 1980) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2021. Originally a Republican, Amash joined the Libertarian Party in April 2020, becoming the party's first (an ...

(J.D. 2005), U.S. congressman from Michigan from 2011 to 2021. *

Edgardo Angara Edgardo Javier Angara (, September 24, 1934 – May 13, 2018) was a Filipino politician who served as the President of the Senate of the Philippines from 1993 to 1995. He was a Senator from 1987 to 1998 and then served as Secretary of Agricult ...

(LL.M. 1964), former president of the

University of the Philippines The University of the Philippines (UP; fil, Pamantasan ng Pilipinas Unibersidad ng Pilipinas) is a state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by Republic Act No. 9500 (UP Charter of 20 ...

; Senate President of the

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George Ariyoshi George Ryoichi Ariyoshi ( ja, 有吉良一, born March 12, 1926) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the third governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986. A Democrat, he is Hawaii's longest-serving governor and the first American of ...

(J.D. 1952), third governor of Hawaii (1974–1986) *

Susanne Baer Susanne Baer, FBA (born 16 February 1964) is a German legal scholar and one of the 16 judges of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. Baer has been the William W. Cook Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan Law School since wi ...

(LL.M. 1993), elected to the German Federal Constitutional Court in February 2011 * Melody Barnes (J.D. 1989), director of the President's

Domestic Policy Council The Domestic Policy Council (DPC) is the principal forum used by the president of the United States for the consideration of domestic policy matters and senior policymaking, Cabinet, and White House officials. The Council is part of the Office ...

* Mitchell Berman, Professor of Law at the

University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and oldes ...

Mary Frances Berry Mary Frances Berry (born February 17, 1938) is an American historian, writer, lawyer, activist and professor who focuses on U.S. constitutional and legal, African-American history. Berry is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Tho ...

(J.D. 1970), former chairwoman of the

United States Commission on Civil Rights The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (CCR) is a bipartisan, independent commission of the United States federal government, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 during the Eisenhower administration, that is charged with the responsibility fo ...

; current professor of history at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

Lester Bird Sir Lester Bryant Bird KNH (21 February 1938 – 9 August 2021) was an Antigua and Barbuda politician and athlete who served as the second prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004. He was chairman of the Antigua Labour Party (AL ...

(LL.B. 1959), Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda * Henry Bodenstab (LL.B. 1898), Wisconsin State Senator * Heidi Bond (J.D.), bestselling author of historical romance novels under the pseudonym Courtney Milan * Willard Lee Boyd (LAW: LL.M. 1952; S.J.D. 1962),

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University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 col ...

, and its 15th president; chairman of the

Association of American Universities The Association of American Universities (AAU) is an organization of American research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education. Founded in 1900, it consists of 63 universities in the United States ( ...

, 1979–1980 * Steven G. Bradbury (J.D. 1988), former acting assistant attorney general (

Office of Legal Counsel The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) is an office in the United States Department of Justice that assists the Attorney General's position as legal adviser to the President and all executive branch agencies. It drafts legal opinions of the Attorney ...

) * Charles Henry Brown,

Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives The Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives is the Speaker or presiding officer of the Vermont House of Representatives, the lower house of the Vermont Legislature. The Speaker presides over sessions of the Houses, recognizes members s ...

* John Robert Brown (J.D. 1932), Judge of the

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following federal judicial districts: * Eastern District of Louisiana * M ...

, one of the " Fifth Circuit Four" * Vernon A. Bullard (LL.B. 1884),

United States Attorney United States attorneys are officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts. Each U.S. attorney serves as the United States' chief federal ...

for the District of Vermont *

William J. Bulow William John Bulow (January 13, 1869February 26, 1960) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the first Democratic Governor of South Dakota, serving from 1927 to 1931. He received the highest number of votes of any Democratic candidate f ...

(LL.B. 1893), U.S. Senator from and Governor of

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* Rousseau Angelus Burch (1885), Justice of the

Kansas Supreme Court The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the state of Kansas. Composed of seven justices, led by Chief Justice Marla Luckert, the court supervises the legal profession, administers the judicial branch, and serves as the st ...

* Nicole (Niki) Burnham (J.D. 1994), author,

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award winner * Clarence A. Buskirk, 10th Indiana Attorney General (1874–1878) *

Michael T. Cahill Michael T. Cahill is a law professor, and the Dean and President of Brooklyn Law School. He is also the former co-Dean of Rutgers Law School. Biography Raised in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Cahill graduated from Pequannock Township High School ...

(1996), Dean of

Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn Law School (BLS) is a private law school in New York City. Founded in 1901, it has approximately 1,100 students. Brooklyn Law School's faculty includes 60 full-time faculty, 15 emeriti faculty, and a number of adjunct faculty. Brookly ...

* Llewellyn L. Callaway (LL.B. 1891), chief justice of the

Montana Supreme Court The Montana Supreme Court is the highest court of the state court system in the U.S. state of Montana. It is established and its powers defined by Article VII of the 1972 Montana Constitution. It is primarily an appellate court which reviews ...

.Supreme Court Commission Is Named By The Justices
, ''The Anaconda Standard'' (March 8, 1903), p. 3. * David Francis Cargo (LL.B. 1957),

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, 1967–71; New Mexico State House of Representatives Albuquerque (1963–67) * Roger Carter (LL.M., 1968), dean of

University of Saskatchewan College of Law The College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan is the university's law school. Located in Saskatoon in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, the College of Law was established in 1912 and is the oldest law school in Western Canada, a disti ...

; recipient of

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the cen ...

. * Avern Cohn (J.D. 1949), Judge,

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (in case citations, E.D. Mich.) is the federal district court with jurisdiction over of the eastern half of the Lower Peninsula of the State of Michigan. The Court is based ...

William W. Cook William Wilson Cook (1858 – 1930) was an American attorney and legal scholar. He wrote extensively on matters of corporate law, including the seminal text, ''Cook on Corporations''. Cook was also an early, major benefactor of the University o ...

(JD 1882), heavily published and cited author of textbooks on corporate law; donor of the quadrangle to Michigan *

Ann Coulter Ann Hart Coulter (; born December 8, 1961) is an American conservative media pundit, author, syndicated columnist, and lawyer. She became known as a media pundit in the late 1990s, appearing in print and on cable news as an outspoken critic of ...

(J.D. 1988), political personality, author * Mike Cox (J.D. 1989),

Michigan Attorney General The Attorney General of the State of Michigan is the fourth-ranking official in the U.S. state of Michigan. The officeholder is elected statewide in the November general election alongside the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, m ...

, 2003–2010 * Andrew Cray, LGBT rights activist and husband of Delaware state senator

Sarah McBride Sarah McBride (born August 9, 1990) is an American activist and politician who has been a Democratic member of the Delaware Senate since January 2021. She was previously the National Press Secretary of the Human Rights Campaign. After winning ...

* George Crockett Jr. (LAW: 1934), civil rights activist; helped found the

National Lawyers Guild The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is a progressive public interest association of lawyers, law students, paralegals, jailhouse lawyers, law collective members, and other activist legal workers, in the United States. The group was founded in 19 ...

; first African American lawyer hired by the Department of Labor; Recorder's Court Judge, Detroit, Michigan, 1966–74; U.S. House of Representatives (D-Mich.), 1991 * Byron Mac Cutcheon (LL.B. 1866),

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...

officer;

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valo ...

recipient; politician from

Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

Clarence Darrow Clarence Seward Darrow (; April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer who became famous in the early 20th century for his involvement in the Leopold and Loeb murder trial and the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. He was a leading member of t ...

(attended), trial lawyer;

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in the Scopes Monkey Trial and

Leopold and Loeb Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. (November 19, 1904 – August 29, 1971) and Richard Albert Loeb (; June 11, 1905 – January 28, 1936), usually referred to collectively as Leopold and Loeb, were two wealthy students at the University of Chicago ...

* Harry M. Daugherty (LL.B. 1880), United States Attorney General, 1921–24, Republican Party

boss Boss may refer to: Occupations * Supervisor, often referred to as boss * Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier * Crime boss, the head of a criminal organization * Fire boss, ...

, member of the " Ohio Gang". * William R. Day (LL.B. 1870),

United States Secretary of State The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...

, 1898; United States Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1903–1922 *

Pat DeWine Richard Patrick "Pat" DeWine (born February 22, 1968) is an American attorney, politician and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court since 2017. He is the son of former United States Senate, U.S. Senator and Ohio Attorney ...

(JD 1994), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, 2017– * Donald McDonald Dickinson (LL.B. 1867), in 1887 appointed by

Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American ...

United States Postmaster General The United States Postmaster General (PMG) is the chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service (USPS). The PMG is responsible for managing and directing the day-to-day operations of the agency. The PMG is selected and appointed by ...

; served from January 6, 1888, until the end of Cleveland's first term in 1889 *

Gershwin A. Drain Gershwin Allen Drain (born January 24, 1949) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Drain received his Bachelor of Science in 1970 from Western Michigan University, wh ...

(J.D.), District Judge on the

* Mike Duggan (J.D. 1983), incumbent and 75th mayor of Detroit, Michigan, serving since 2013, and former deputy

County Executive A county executive, county manager or county mayor is the head of the executive branch of government in a United States county. The executive may be an elected or an appointed position. When elected, the executive typically functions either as a ...

of Wayne County

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* David M. Ebel (J.D. 1965), Judge of the

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* Harry T. Edwards (J.D. 1965), former

chief judge A chief judge (also known as presiding judge, president judge or principal judge) is the highest-ranking or most senior member of a lower court or circuit court with more than one judge. According to the Federal judiciary of the United States, th ...

of the

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Larry Elder Laurence Allen Elder (born April 27, 1952) is an American right-wing political commentator and conservative talk radio host. Elder hosts ''The Larry Elder Show'', based in California. The show began as a local program on Los Angeles radio stat ...

(J.D. 1977), syndicated radio and television talk show host *

Rossa Fanning Rossa A. Fanning (born 1976) is an Irish barrister and legal academic who has been the Attorney General of Ireland since December 2022. His practice at the Bar has been primarily focused on commercial litigation and insolvency. Early life Fa ...

(LL.M 2000),

Attorney General of Ireland The Attorney General of Ireland ( ga, An tArd-Aighne) is a constitutional officer who is the legal adviser to the Government and is therefore the chief law officer of the State. The attorney general is not a member of the Government but does pa ...

(2022–present) *

John Feikens John Feikens (December 3, 1917 – May 15, 2011) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Education and career Born December 3, 1917, in Clifton, New Jersey, Feikens received ...

(J.D.), politician and judge from Michigan; Senior Judge,

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (in case citations, E.D. Mich.) is the United States district court, federal district court with jurisdiction over of the eastern half of the Lower Peninsula of the State o ...

(1986–present); was nominated to the same district court by three presidents *

Heidi Li Feldman Heidi Li Feldman is an American professor of law at Georgetown Law. Her areas of research are torts, ethics, political philosophy, and legal theory. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute. Education Feldman attended Brown Un ...

(J.D. 1990), American law professor * Jeffrey L. Fisher (J.D. 1997),

Stanford Law School Stanford Law School (Stanford Law or SLS) is the law school of Stanford University, a private research university near Palo Alto, California. Established in 1893, it is regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world. Stanford La ...

professor; prevailing counsel in ''

Crawford v. Washington ''Crawford v. Washington'', 541 U.S. 36 (2004), is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision that reformulated the standard for determining when the admission of hearsay statements in criminal cases is permitted under the Confrontation Claus ...

'' and '' Blakely v. Washington'' *

Harold Ford Jr. Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is an American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S. Congressman who served from 1997–2007 in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party ...

(J.D. 1996), former

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

from

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

;

Democratic Leadership Council The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) was founded in 1985 and closed in 2011. Founded and directed by Al From, prominent members include Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton (who was elected president in 1992 and 1996), Delaware Senator Joe Biden ( ...

chair * Ralph M. Freeman (LL.B. 1926), Judge,

* John J. Gardner (attended 1866–1867), U.S. Representative from

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

; mayor of Atlantic City *

Ralph F. Gates Ralph Fesler Gates (February 24, 1893 - July 28, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 37th governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1945 to 1949. A lawyer and veteran of World War I, he is credited with returning his party to pow ...

(J.D. 1917), 37th governor of

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

Richard Gephardt Richard Andrew Gephardt (; born January 31, 1941) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader fro ...

(J.D. 1965), U.S. Representative from

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

(1977–2005);

House Majority Leader Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, also known as floor leaders, are congresspeople who coordinate legislative initiatives and serve as the chief spokespersons for their parties on the House floor. These leaders are ele ...

, 1989–1995; Minority Leader, 1995–2003 * Heather K. Gerken (J.D. 1994), 17th Dean of

Yale Law School Yale Law School (Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824 and has been ranked as the best law school in the United States by '' U.S. News & Worl ...

. * Charles E. Gibson Jr. (LL.B. 1952),

Vermont Attorney General The Vermont Attorney General is a statewide elected executive official in the U.S. state of Vermont who is elected every two years. It was created by an act of the Vermont General Assembly in 1790, repealed in 1797, and revived in 1904. The office ...

* Ernest Willard Gibson (attended 1898–99), United States Senator from Vermont * Arthur L. Gilliom (LL.B. 1913), 25th Indiana Attorney General (1925–1929) * Paul Gillmor (J.D. 1964), U.S. Representative from

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

, 5th District; President of the Ohio Senate *

Jay Gorney Jay Gorney (December 12, 1896– June 14, 1990) was an American theater and film song writer. Life and career Gorney was born Abraham Jacob Gornetzsky on December 12, 1896, in Białystok, Russia (now part of Poland), the son of Frieda (Perlst ...

(LL.B. 1919),

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songwriter who co-wrote " Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?;" blacklisted during McCarthy era *

Ronald M. Gould Ronald Murray Gould (born October 17, 1946) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1999. Education Gould was born in 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduate ...

(J.D. 1973), Judge, the

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts: * District ...

Jim Graham James McMillan Nielson Graham (August 26, 1945 – June 11, 2017) was a Scottish-born American politician and a member of the Council of the District of Columbia. He was a Democrat who represented Ward 1 in Washington, D.C. from 1999 until ...

(D.C. City Councilmember) * Chuck Greenberg (J.D. 1985), owner, CEO of the Texas Rangers * Wycliffe Grousbeck (J.D. 1986), owner of the Boston Celtics

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* Franklin D. Hale (LL.B. 1877),

Vermont Auditor of Accounts The Vermont State Auditor of Accounts is one of six constitutional officers in Vermont, elected statewide every two years. The Office provides an independent and objective assessment of Vermont's governmental operations. The current Auditor is ...

, and longtime U.S. Consul in several locations *

Seneca Haselton Seneca Haselton (February 26, 1848 – July 21, 1921) was a Vermont educator, attorney and politician. He is notable for his service as mayor of Burlington, Vermont (1891-1894), U.S. Minister to Venezuela (1894-1895), and an associate justice o ...

(LL.B. 1875), mayor of Burlington, Vermont, U.S. Minister to Venezuela, Associate Justice of the

Vermont Supreme Court The Vermont Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Vermont. Unlike most other states, the Vermont Supreme Court hears appeals directly from the trial courts, as Vermont has no intermediate appeals court. The Court ...

* Kirby Hendee (LL.B. 1953), Wisconsin State Senator * J. Lister Hill (attended), former U.S. Senator from

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* James P. Hoffa (LL.B. 1966), president,

International Brotherhood of Teamsters The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), also known as the Teamsters Union, is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of The Team Drivers International Union and The Teamsters National Union, the un ...

* James W. Houck (J.D. 1985), Judge Advocate General of the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

* Harland Bradley Howe (LL.B. 1894),

United States District Court for the District of Vermont The United States District Court for the District of Vermont (in case citations, D. Vt.) is the United States district court, federal district court whose jurisdiction is the federal district of Vermont. The court has locations in Brattleboro, ...

* Wilbur E. Hurlbut (LL.B. 1893), Wisconsin State Assemblyman * Bela S. Huntington (attended 1882–83), member of the Oregon House of Representatives *

Sada Jacobson Sada Molly Jacobson (born February 14, 1983) is an American Olympic fencer. She is the 2008 Olympic Individual Sabre silver medalist in women's sabre (one of three Olympic medals), the 2004 Olympic Individual Sabre bronze medalist in women's ...

(J.D. 2011), Olympic fencing silver and bronze medalist *

Valerie Jarrett Valerie June Jarrett ( Bowman; born November 14, 1956) is an American businesswoman and former government official. She currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Obama Foundation. She previously served as the senior advisor to U.S. ...

(J.D. 1981), senior advisor to President

Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Obama was the first Af ...

* Christopher M. Jeffries (J.D. 1974), real estate developer and namesake of Jeffries Hall * Robert M. Johnson (J.D. 1971), former publisher of '' Newsday'' * Matthew M. Joyce,

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Amalya Lyle Kearse Amalya Lyle Kearse (born June 11, 1937)Goldstein, Tom. "Amalya Lyle Kearse; Woman in the News", ''The New York Times'', June 25, 1979. is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a worl ...

(J.D. 1962), Judge,

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (in case citations, 2d Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. Its territory comprises the states of Connecticut, New York and Vermont. The court has appellate ju ...

Paul S. Kemp Paul S. Kemp is a fantasy author known for his ''Forgotten Realms'' and ''Star Wars'' novels. Education Kemp is a graduate of the University of Michigan–Dearborn. Kemp is a 2000 graduate of the University of Michigan School of Law.Kemp mention ...

(J.D. 2000), fantasy author, known for

Forgotten Realms ''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as ...

novels; defender of

shared world A shared universe or shared world is a fictional universe from a set of creative works where more than one writer (or other artist) independently contributes a work that can stand alone but fits into the joint development of the storyline, chara ...

fiction; his novel ''Deceived'' (2011) was on the ''New York Times'' best-seller list * Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy (J.D. 1947), Senior Judge,

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (in case citations, 6th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: * Eastern District of Kentucky * Western District of ...

Raymond Kethledge Raymond Michael Kethledge (born December 11, 1966) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008. Kethledge appeared on Donald Trump's list of ...

(J.D. 1993), Judge,

* John Knauf (1892), justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court

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* Cary D. Landis (LL.B., 1899), 25th

Florida Attorney General The Florida attorney general is an elected cabinet official in the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general serves as the chief legal officer of the state and is head of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs. The office is one of Florida's t ...

, (1931–1938) *

Eric Lefkofsky Eric Paul Lefkofsky (born September 2, 1969) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Tempus, and the co-founder of Groupon, Echo Global Logistics (ECHO), InnerWorkings (INWK), and Mediaocean. He is an early investor in U ...

(J.D. 1993), serial entrepreneur; co-founder of and angel investor in

Groupon Groupon is an American global e-commerce marketplace connecting subscribers with local merchants by offering activities, travel, goods and services in 13 countries. Based in Chicago, Groupon was launched there in November 2008, launching soon af ...

; president of private equity and consulting firm Blue Media, LLC; named to ''

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'' 2011 list of billionaires * Jeffrey Lehman (J.D. 1981), 11th President of

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(J.D. 1987), professor,

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* U. S. Lesh (LL.B., 1891), 24th Indiana Attorney General (1921–1925) * Jason Levien (J.D. 1997), co-owner of the Major League Soccer club

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and Welsh club

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* Tom Lewand (J.D. 1996), president of the Detroit Lions *

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(LL.B., 1893), oilman; U.S. Congressman; Oklahoma governor * J. Thomas McCarthy (J.D. 1963), author of ''McCarthy's Treatise on Trademark and Unfair Competition'' * Francis McNulty Jr. (LL.B. 1888), Republican member of the

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from 1896 to 1898 * Charles Edward Merrill (1906–1907), co-founded stock brokerage firm Merrill Lynch with Edmund C. Lynch; worked at Merrill Lynch, 1914–56 * Charles W. Miller (1884), 18th Indiana Attorney General (1903–1907) * Robert E. Minahan (LL.B. 1894), Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin * Jeffrey P. Minear (J.D. 1982), Counselor to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. *

Frank Murphy William Francis Murphy (April 13, 1890July 19, 1949) was an American politician, lawyer and jurist from Michigan. He was a Democrat who was named to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1940 after a political career that included serving ...

(LL.B. 1914),

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, 1939; United States Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1940–1949 *Gordon Myse (LL.B. 1960), Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals *Harry Nelson (author), Harry Nelson, author *Helen W. Nies (L.L.B. 1948), Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1990–1994 *Ronald Olson, Ronald L. Olson (J.D. 1967), attorney and name partner in the Los Angeles office of the law firm of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP *Kevyn Orr (J.D. 1983), partner with Jones Day LLP and emergency financial manager of the city of Detroit, Michigan from 2013 to 2014 *Rob Pelinka (J.D. 1996), general manager of Los Angeles Lakers; former sports agent, known for representing Kobe Bryant *Frank Plumley (attended 1867–68), United States Vermont's 2nd congressional district, Congressman from Vermont *Mark F. Pomerantz (J.D. 1975), New York attorney *L. Welch Pogue, Lloyd Welch Pogue (J.D.), pioneering aviation attorney; chairman of the now-defunct Civil Aeronautics Board *John Porter (Illinois politician), John Porter (J.D. 1961), United States Representative from Illinois, 1980–2001 *Rob Portman (J.D. 1984), director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, Office of Management and Budget; United States Senator from

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*Luis María Ramírez Boettner (J.D. 1944), Minister of Foreign Affairs (Paraguay), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay, 1993–1996 *Clark T. Randt Jr., Clark T Randt Jr. (J.D. 1975), United States ambassador to China (2001–2009) *Nicholas Ranjan (J.D. 2003), District Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania *Branch Rickey (LL.B. 1911), Major League Baseball executive and National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Hall of Famer; created the modern minor league baseball, minor league system and signed Jackie Robinson to a contract, breaking the sport's baseball color line, 20th-century color line *Richard Riordan (J.D. 1956), Mayor of Los Angeles, 1993–2001 *John M. Rogers (J.D. 1974), Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit *Marvin B. Rosenberry (J.D. 1893), Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court *Donald Stuart Russell, U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1965–1966; 107th Governor of South Carolina, 1963–1965 *Ken Salazar (J.D. 1981), former U.S. Senator from Colorado; former United States Secretary of the Interior *Miriam Defensor Santiago (LL.M. 1975, S.J.D. 1976), member of the Senate of the Philippines; Judge of the International Criminal Court *Joseph Francis Sartori 1881, founder and president, Security Pacific Bank, Security First-National Bank, co-founder, president, Los Angeles Country Club *Anthony Joseph Scirica (J.D. 1965), chief judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit *Robert E. Scott (S.J.D. 1973), bankruptcy scholar and professor at Columbia Law School *Carol Sanger (J.D. 1976), reproductive rights expert, professor at Columbia Law School *Theary Seng, Cambodian-American human-rights activist and lawyer *Ma. Lourdes Sereno, Ma. Lourdes Aranal Sereno (LL.M. 1993), Filipino jurist, lawyer and law professor; former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines *Myra C. Selby (J.D. 1977), first female and first African American Justice on the Indiana Supreme Court. *Cynthia Leitich Smith (J.D. 1994), author *Rick Snyder (J.D. 1982), former CEO of Gateway, Inc., Gateway; former Governor of Michigan *George A. Spater, George Alexander Spater (J.D. 1933), chairman of American Airlines, 1968–1973 *Oliver Lyman Spaulding (general), Oliver Lyman Spaulding (LL.B., 1896), U.S. Army brigadier general * Robert Stafford, US congressman and senator; 71st List of Governors of Vermont, Governor of Vermont *Bert Sugar (J.D. 1961) author of more than 80 books; editor and publisher of The Ring (magazine), The Ring, a magazine devoted to boxing (his daughter Jennifer attended Michigan as an undergrad). *George Sutherland (attended 1891), United States Supreme Court Justice *Kent D. Syverud (J.D. 1981), dean of the Washington University School of Law *Masaaki Tanaka (LL.M), president and chief executive officer of UnionBanCal Corporation and its principal subsidiary, Union Bank of California *Daniel Tarullo (J.D. 1977), member of Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve Board since January 28, 2009 *Hobart Taylor Jr., executive vice chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities, Special Counsel to President Lyndon Johnson, and director of the Export–Import Bank of the United States. First African American editor of the ''Michigan Law Review''. *Arn Tellem (J.D.), sports agent; former columnist for ''The New York Times'' *Larry Thompson, Larry Dean Thompson (J.D.), lawyer; United States Deputy Attorney General, deputy Attorney General of the United States under United States President George W. Bush until August 2003 *William Wheeler Thornton (LL.B. 1876), judge; author; Indiana Deputy Attorney General; Indiana State Supreme Ct. Librarian *Norman O. Tietjens (J.D. 1930) – judge of the United States Tax Court''Official Congressional Directory'' (1979), p. 749.United States Tax Court, "Memorial Proceedings for the Honorable Norman O. Tietjens, Judge, United States Tax Court", ''Reports of the Tax Court of the United States'', Vol. 81, p. iii–xxi. *John D. Voelker (JD 1928), Justice (official), justice of the Michigan Supreme Court; author of ''Anatomy of a Murder'' *John M. Walker Jr. (J.D. 1966), former Chief Judge,

*Moses Fleetwood Walker (attended 1881–1882), baseball player and author; first African-American to play Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada, major league professional baseball *Johnnie Mac Walters, former Commissioner of Internal Revenue *Albert D. Walton (LL.B. 1907), former US Attorney for the district of Wyoming *James Franklin Ware, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Senator *Charles W. Waterman (LL.B. 1889), U.S. Senator from Colorado *Walter W. Wensinger (LL.B. 1917), highly decorated lieutenant general in the Marine Corps during World War II. *Sarah Killgore Wertman (LL.B. 1871), née Sarah Killgore, the first woman to be admitted to the bar of any US state *David Westin (J.D. 1977), president of ABC News *Mary Collins Whiting (1835–1912), lawyer, business woman, teacher *James J. White (J.D. 1962), Robert A. Sullivan Professor of Law at Michigan Law; expert on the Uniform Commercial Code *G. Mennen Williams (J.D. 1936), 41st Governor of Michigan and the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under President John F. Kennedy *Ralph Wilson, owner, Buffalo Bills *Bob Woodruff (J.D. 1987), journalist; ABC News News presenter, anchor *Frank H. Wu, Frank Wu, dean of University of California, Hastings College of the Law *John C.H. Wu (J.D. 1928), principal author of the constitution of the Republic of China *Sam Zell (LSA B.A. 1963; J.D. 1966), real estate development, land developer; founder of EQ Office; former National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts chairman; current chairman and majority owner of the Tribune Company

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