List of University of Michigan Law School alumni

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

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William W. Cook

Ann Coulter

Clarence Darrow

Valerie Jarrett

• 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
• Ronald J. Allen (J.D. 1973), Northwestern University John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law, one of only four Americans to be designated as a Yangtze River 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
• Edgardo Angara (LLM 1964), former President of the University of the Philippines; Senate President of the Philippines
• George Ariyoshi (J.D. 1952), third Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)^[1]
• Susanne Baer (LLM 1993), elected to the German Federal Constitutional Court in February 2011
• Melody Barnes (J.D. 1989), Director of the President's Domestic Policy Council
• Mary Frances Berry (J.D. 1970), former chairwoman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights; current professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania
• Lester Bird (LLB 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^[2]
• Willard Lee Boyd (LAW: LL.M. 1952; S.J.D. 1962), President Emeritus of The University of Iowa, and its 15th President; Chairman of the Association of American Universities, 1979-1980
• Steven G. Bradbury (J.D. 1988), former Acting Assistant Attorney General (Office of Legal Counsel)
• William J. Bulow (LL.B. 1893), U.S. Senator from and Governor of South Dakota
• Nicole (Niki) Burnham (J.D. 1994), author, RITA award winner
• David Francis Cargo (LLB 1957), Governor of New Mexico, 1967-71; New Mexico State House of Representatives Albuquerque (1963–67)^[3]
• William W. Cook (JD 1882), heavily published and cited author of textbooks on corporate law; donor of the quadrangle to Michigan
• Ann Coulter (J.D. 1988), political personality, author
• Mike Cox (J.D. 1989), Michigan Attorney General, 2003–2010
• George Crockett Jr. (LAW: 1934), civil rights activist; helped found the National Lawyers Guild; 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^[4]
• Byron Mac Cutcheon (LL.B. 1866), American Civil War officer; Medal of Honor recipient; politician from Michigan^[5]
• Clarence Darrow (attended), trial lawyer; defense counsel in the Scopes Monkey Trial and Leopold and Loeb
• Harry M. Daugherty (LL.B. 1880), United States Attorney General, 1921–24, Republican Party boss, member of the "Ohio Gang".
• William R. Day (LL.B. 1870), United States Secretary of State, 1898; United States Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1903–1922
• Donald McDonald Dickinson (LL.B. 1867), in 1887 appointed by Grover Cleveland as United States Postmaster General; served from January 6, 1888 until the end of Cleveland's first term in 1889
• Gershwin A. Drain (J.D.), District Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan^[6]
• David M. Ebel (J.D. 1965), Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit^[7]
• Harry T. Edwards (J.D. 1965), former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit^[8]
• Larry Elder (J.D. 1977), syndicated radio and television talk show host
• John Feikens (J.D.), politician and judge from Michigan; Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (1986–present); was nominated to the same district court by three presidents^[9]
• Jeffrey L. Fisher (J.D. 1997), Stanford Law School professor; prevailing counsel in Crawford v. Washington and Blakely v. Washington
• Harold Ford, Jr. (J.D. 1996), former U.S. Representative from Tennessee; Democratic Leadership Council chair^[10]
• Ralph M. Freeman (LL.B. 1926), Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• John J. Gardner (attended 1866-1867), U.S. Representative from New Jersey; mayor of Atlantic City^[11]
• Ralph F. Gates (J.D. 1917), 37th governor of Indiana^[12]
• Richard Gephardt (J.D. 1965), U.S. Representative from Missouri (1977–2005); House Majority Leader, 1989-1995; Minority Leader, 1995-2003^[13]
• Jay Gorney (LL.B. 1919), Tin Pan Alley songwriter who co-wrote "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?;" blacklisted during McCarthy era
• Chuck Greenberg (J.D. 1985), owner, CEO of the Texas Rangers
• Wycliffe Grousbeck (J.D. 1986), owner of the Boston Celtics
• Kirby Hendee (LL.B. 1953), Wisconsin State Senator
• J. Lister Hill (attended), former U.S. Senator from Alabama^[14]
• James P. Hoffa (LL.B. 1966), President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
• Vice Admiral James W. Houck (J.D. 1985), Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy
• Wilbur E. Hurlbut (LL.B. 1893), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• Valerie Jarrett (J.D. 1981), Senior Advisor to President Obama
• Robert M. Johnson (J.D. 1971), former publisher of Newsday
• Matthew M. Joyce, United States federal judge^[15]
• Amalya Lyle Kearse (J.D. 1962) - Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit^[16]
• Paul S. Kemp (J.D. 2000), fantasy author, known for Forgotten Realms novels; defender of shared world 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^[17]
• Raymond Kethledge (J.D. 1993) - Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit^[18]

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Eric Lefkofsky

Frank Murphy

Branch Rickey

Ken Salazar

• Swift Lathers, founder of The Mears Newz newspaper^[19]
• Eric Lefkofsky (J.D. 1993), serial entrepreneur; angel investor in Groupon; president of private equity and consulting firm Blue Media, LLC; named to Forbes' 2011 list of billionaires
• Jeffrey Lehman (J.D. 1981), 11th President of Cornell
• Brian Leiter (J.D. 1987), professor, University of Chicago
• Tom Lewand (J.D. 1996), president of the Detroit Lions
• Peter Maassen (J.D.), appointed by Governor Sean Parnell to the Alaska Supreme Court; the 22nd justice appointed to the Court
• E. W. Marland (LL.B., 1893), oilman; U.S. Congressman; Oklahoma governor^[20]
• J. Thomas McCarthy (J.D. 1963), author of McCarthy's Treatise on Trademark and Unfair Competition
• Francis McNulty, Jr. (LL.B. 1888), a Republican member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1896-1898
• Charles Edward Merrill (1906–1907), co-founded stock brokerage firm Merrill Lynch with Edmund C. Lynch; worked at Merrill Lynch, 1914-56
• 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 (LL.B. 1914), United States Attorney General, 1939; United States Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1940–1949^[21]
• Gordon Myse (LL.B. 1960), Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
• Helen W. Nies (L.L.B. 1948), Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1990-1994
• Ronald L. Olson (J.D. 1967), attorney and name partner in the Los Angeles office of the law firm of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
• Rob Pelinka (J.D. 1996), sports agent, known for representing Kobe Bryant
• Lloyd Welch Pogue (J.D.), pioneering aviation attorney; chairman of the now-defunct Civil Aeronautics Board
• John Porter (J.D. 1961), United States Representative from Illinois, 1980–2001
• Rob Portman (J.D. 1984), Director of the Office of Management and Budget; United States Senator from Ohio^[22]
• Clark T Randt, Jr. (JD 1975), United States ambassador to China (2001–2009)
• Branch Rickey (LL.B. 1911), Major League Baseball executive and Hall of Famer; created the modern minor league system and signed Jackie Robinson to a contract, breaking the sport's 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^[23]
• 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^[24]
• Ken Salazar (J.D. 1981), former U.S. Senator from Colorado; former United States Secretary of the Interior^[25]
• Miriam Defensor Santiago (LL.M. 1975, S.J.D. 1976) - member of the Senate of the Philippines; Judge of the International Criminal Court
• Anthony Joseph Scirica (J.D. 1965), Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Theary Seng, Cambodian-American human-rights activist and lawyer
• Ma. Lourdes Aranal Sereno (LL.M. 1993), Filipino jurist, lawyer and law professor; in August 2010, was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; in 2012 was appointed Chief Justice of the court by President Benigno S. Aquino III
• Cynthia Leitich Smith (J.D. 1994), author
• Rick Snyder (J.D. 1982), former CEO of Gateway; current Governor of Michigan^[26]
• George Alexander Spater (J.D. 1933), chairman of American Airlines, 1968-1973
• Robert Stafford, US congressman and senator; 71st Governor of Vermont^[27]
• Bert Sugar (J.D. 1961) author of more than 80 books; editor and publisher of The Ring, a magazine devoted to boxing.
• George Sutherland (attended 1891), United States Supreme Court Justice^[28]
• 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
• Arn Tellem (J.D.), sports agent; former columnist for the New York Times
• Larry Dean Thompson (J.D.), lawyer; deputy Attorney General of the United States under United States President George W. Bush until August 2003^[29]
• William Wheeler Thornton (LL.B. 1876), judge; author; Indiana Deputy Attorney General; Indiana State Supreme Ct. Librarian
• John D. Voelker (JD 1928), justice of the Michigan Supreme Court; author of Anatomy of a Murder
• John M. Walker, Jr. (J.D. 1966), former Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit^[30]
• Moses Fleetwood Walker (attended 1881-1882), baseball player and author; first African-American to play major league professional baseball
• James Franklin Ware, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Senator
• Sarah Killgore Wertman (LAW: LLB 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
• James J. White (J.D. 1962), Robert A. Sullivan Professor of Law at Michigan Law; expert on the Uniform Commercial Code
• Ralph Wilson, owner, Buffalo Bills
• Bob Woodruff (J.D. 1987), journalist; ABC News anchor
• 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), land developer; founder of Equity Office Properties; former National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts chairman; current Chairman and majority owner of the Tribune Company

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