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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
Douglas Burgess (2002), professor of history in Yeshiva University and an affiliated professor at Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law
Hannah Buxbaum (1992), John E. Schiller Chair in Legal Ethics at Indiana University School of Law
Richard M. Buxbaum (1952), Jackson H. Ralston Professor of International Law at University of California, Berkeley School of Law
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
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
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
Gerald Cassidy (1967), co-founder and CEO of Cassidy & Associates, author, and lobbyist
Louis W. Dawson (1919), president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Henry D. Edelman (1973), first president and chief executive officer of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
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


Frank Joslyn Baum (1905), film producer and author, son of L. Frank Baum
Steven W. Carabatsos, screenwriter and story editor for Star Trek
Michael S. Chernuchin (1981), television writer and producer who worked on Law & Order and Brooklyn South
Frank Rosenfelt (1950), former CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studio




Government






= United States government

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Executive branch




= U.S. attorneys general
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Arnold Burns (1953), served as United States Deputy Attorney General
William P. Rogers (1937), served as United States Attorney General



= Other cabinet and cabinet-level officials
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William J. Lynn III (1980), United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
Edmund Muskie (1939), United States Secretary of State, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981
Samuel Pierce (1949), United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
William P. Rogers (1937), United States Secretary of State, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1973



Legislative branch (U.S. Congress)




= Senators
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Edmund Muskie (1939), United States Senator from Maine (1959–1980)



= Representatives
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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
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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
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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
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Mary H. Donlon (1920), United States Customs Court (now the United States Court of International Trade) (1955–1977)



U.S. diplomatic figures

Arthur Dean (1923), Special Deputy Secretary of State with the rank of ambassador who was the chief U.S. negotiator of the Korean Armistice Agreement
William vanden Heuvel (1952), Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations
Sol Linowitz (1938), United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998
Michael Punke (1989), United States Ambassador to the World Trade Organization (2010–2017)



Other U.S. government figures

Michael Atkinson (1991), Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (2018–2020)
Tyrone Brown (1967), commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission and consulting counsel at Wiley Rein LLP
Oliver D. Burden (1897), United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York from 1923 to 1936
George H. Cohen (1957), director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Philip Perry (1990), former general counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security and former general counsel for the Office of Management and Budget
Michael E. Toner (1992), former chair of the Federal Election Commission and chief counsel for the Republican National Committee




= State government

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Governors

Philip H. Hoff (1951), 73rd Governor of Vermont
John T. Morrison (1890), 6th Governor of Idaho
Edmund Muskie (1939), 64th Governor of Maine



State Attorneys General

Mark J. Bennett (1979), Attorney General of Hawaii
Thomas Carmody (1882), Attorney General of New York
Gordon MacDonald (1994), Attorney General of New Hampshire
Edward R. O'Malley (1891), Attorney General of New York
Peter N. Perretti Jr. (1956), Attorney General of New Jersey
William Sorrell (1974), Attorney General of Vermont



State Legislators

Patrice Arent (1981), Utah House of Representatives and Utah State Senate
David Bishop (1954), Minnesota House of Representatives
Parley P. Christensen (1897), Utah House of Representatives and Los Angeles City Council
James M. Coleman (1951), New Jersey General Assembly and as a judge in New Jersey Superior Court
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
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
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)
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
Marvin R. Dye (1917), associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1945-1965)
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

Quinton Lucas (2009), 55th Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
Thomas Richards (1972), 68th Mayor of Rochester, New York



County government

William F. Bleakley (1904), County Executive of Westchester County
Edwin L. Crawford (1950), Broome County, New York's first county executive and executive director of the New York State Association of Counties




= Non-United States government

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Non-United States political figures

Kissi Agyebeng (LLM 2006), Special Prosecutor of Ghana
Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou (1991), Member of the European Parliament for Greece
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



Non-United States judicial figures

Jillian Mallon (LLM 1993), judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand
Akira Ojima (LLM 1990), associate justice of the Supreme Court of Japan
Angel de Jesús Sánchez (1913), fifth chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Song Sang-Hyun (JSD 1970), judge of the International Criminal Court (2003–2015), President of the International Criminal Court from 2009 to 2015
Martín Travieso (1903), associate and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico




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
George B. Clementson (1892), first attorney to develop bicycle law as an area of practice within the law
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
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.
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
Barry Eisler (1989), novelist
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


George Bell Jr. (1894), United States Army Major General who commanded the 33rd Infantry Division in World War I and later the United States VI Corps




Sports


Cameron Argetsinger (1954), auto racing executive best known for creating the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course
L. W. Boynton (1900), head football coach at the University of Kansas, Sewanee: The University of the South, and Washington University in St. Louis
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
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


Irene Menéndez Hastings, in The Secret in Their Eyes, received her law degree from Cornell
Norman Mushari, according to God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, graduated "from Cornell Law School at the top of his class"
Ling Woo, on Ally McBeal, was an editor of the Cornell Law Review




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