• Source: List of Duke University School of Law alumni

Duke University School of Law is a private law school in Durham, North Carolina. Following are some of its notable alumni.




Academia



Garrett Epps, 1991 – professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law
Pamela Gann, 1973 – president of Claremont McKenna College
Robert W. Hillman – distinguished professor of law at University of California, Davis
Ben F. Johnson, 1949 – dean of the Emory University School of Law and Georgia State University College of Law
Ivan C. Rutledge – dean of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Michael P. Scharf, 1988 – professor of law and director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Rodney A. Smolla, 1978 – president of Furman University
Michael Sorrell, 1994 – president of Paul Quinn College
Kenneth Starr, 1973 – president of Baylor University, dean of Pepperdine University School of Law, United States Solicitor General, and Independent Counsel during the Clinton Administration
Zephyr Teachout, 1999 – professor of Fordham University School of Law




Business


John H. Adams, 1962 – founding director of the Natural Resources Defense Council
John Canning Jr., 1969 – co-founder of Madison Dearborn Partners and co-owner of Milwaukee Brewers
Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, 1957 – chairman of Louis Dreyfus Energy Services and father of actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Gary Lynch, 1975 – chief legal officer of Morgan Stanley
Happy R. Perkins, 1980 – former vice president and general counsel of GE Energy
Gao Xiqing, 1986 – vice chairman, president, and chief investment officer of the China Investment Corporation




Entertainment


Keith Lucas, non-degreed – Academy Award-nominated writer and producer of Judas and the Black Messiah
Bascom Lamar Lunsford, 1913 – folk musician
Tucker Max, 2001 – humorist and entrepreneur (associated with "fratire")
Charlie Rose, 1968 – host of the Charlie Rose Show on PBS
Teddy Schwarzman, 2006 – Academy Award-nominated film producer, known for The Imitation Game
Angela Seo, 2015 – avant-garde musician best known for her work in experimental band Xiu Xiu
David H. Steinberg, 1993 – writer and director for film and television




Government


Michael Dreeben, 1981 – Deputy Solicitor General of the United States, and a member of the legal teams involved in the Special Counsel investigation led by Robert Mueller
Michael Elston, 1994 – former chief of staff and counselor with the Office of the Deputy Attorney General
John Jay Hoffman, 1992 – Attorney General of New Jersey
Kenneth Starr, 1973 – United States Solicitor General, Independent Counsel during the Clinton Administration, president of Baylor University, and dean of Pepperdine University School of Law




Judiciary


Cheri Beasley, LLM 2018 – first Black female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Charles Becton, 1969 – North Carolina Court of Appeals judge
Garrett Brown Jr., 1968 – U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey chief judge
J. Michelle Childs, LLM 2016, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina judge
Robert L. Clifford, 1950 – Supreme Court of New Jersey associate justice
Curtis Lynn Collier, 1974 – U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee senior judge
Colm Connolly, 1991 – U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware judge
Timothy J. Corrigan, 1981 – U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida judge
Mark A. Davis, LLM 2018 – North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice
James C. Dever III, 1987 – U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina judge
Bernice B. Donald, LLM 2018 – United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit judge
Allyson Kay Duncan, 1975 – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit judge
Christine Durham, 1971 – first female justice of the Utah Supreme Court
Richard Gergel, 1979 – U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina judge
Paul W. Grimm, LLM 2016 – United States District Court for the District of Maryland judge
David Gustafson, 1981 – United States Tax Court judge
Eva Guzman, LLM 2014 – Texas Supreme Court justice
Todd M. Hughes, 1992 – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit judge; first openly gay U.S. Circuit Court Judge
Carolyn Kuhl, 1977 – Los Angeles Superior Court judge
Denise Majette, 1979 – former Georgia state judge and former U.S. House of Representative from Georgia
Sarah A. L. Merriam, LLM 2018,– United States District Court for the District of Connecticut judge
Mandisa Maya, 1990 – president of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
Graham Calder Mullen, 1969 – U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina senior judge
David Nuffer, LLM 2018 – United States District Court for the District of Utah judge
William H. Pauley III, 1977 – U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York senior judge
Johnnie B. Rawlinson, LLM 2016 – United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit judge
Robin L. Rosenberg, 1989 – U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida judge
Allison Jones Rushing, 2007 – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit judge
Kenneth Starr, 1973 – U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia judge
Gary S. Stein, 1956 – Supreme Court of New Jersey associate justice
Donna Stroud, LLM 1914 – North Carolina Court of Appeals judge
A. William Sweeney, 1948 – Supreme Court of Ohio justice
Patricia Timmons-Goodson, LLM '14 – North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice
Michael B. Thornton, 1982 – United States Tax Court judge
Gerald B. Tjoflat, 19'57 – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit judge
Ernest C. Torres, 1968 – U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island judge
Peter Verniero, 1984 – Supreme Court of New Jersey associate justice and New Jersey Attorney General
Sarah Hawkins Warren, 2008 – Georgia Supreme Court associate justice and Georgia Solicitor General
Charles K. Wiggins, 1976 – Washington Supreme Court associate justice
Don Willett, 1992, LLM 2016 – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit judge and Texas Supreme Court justice
Mary Ellen Coster Williams, 1977 – U.S. Court of Federal Claims senior judge




Law


Marc Elias, 1993 – partner at Perkins Coie LLP, general counsel for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign
Jeffrey Lichtman, 1990 – criminal defense attorney
Arlinda Locklear, 1976 – lawyer, the first Native American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court




Literature and journalism


Ben Fountain, 1983 – novelist known for Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Monty Sarhan, 1999 – CEO and publisher of,Cracked magazine




Military


Dan McCarthy, 1983 – JAG chief prosecutor, United States Navy




Politics



David Addington, 1981 – chief of staff and former legal counsel to Vice President Dick Cheney, Willis Smith, U.S. Senate from North Carolina
Claude Allen, 1990 – former Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
Daniel T. Blue Jr., 1973 – North Carolina Senate and former speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Susan Bysiewicz, 1986 – Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and former Connecticut Secretary of State
Bill Campbell, 1977 – Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
Jim Courter, 1966 – U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey
Nick Galifianakis, 1953 – U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina
Tom Grady, 1982 – U.S. House of Representatives from Florida
Jaime Aleman Healy, 1979 – Panama's Ambassador to the United States
Darren Jackson, 1996 – House Minority Leader, North Carolina House of Representatives
Mike Levin, 2005 – U.S. House of Representatives from California
Denise Majette, 1979 – U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia
David McKean, 1986 – U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, former Director of Policy Planning
Floyd McKissick Jr., 1984 – North Carolina Senate
Jerry Meek, 1997 – former Chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party
Richard Nixon, 1937 – 37th President of the United States
Manuel Sager, 1985 – Swiss Ambassador to the United States
Dave Trott, 1985 –U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan
Mike Turzai, 1987 – Speaker of the House, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
William B. Umstead, 1921 – former Governor of North Carolina, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives for North Carolina




Religion


D. Todd Christofferson, 1972 – Apostle, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints




Sports


Jay Bilas, 1992 – ESPN commentator and former Duke Blue Devils basketball player and coach
Jim Drucker 1976 – ESPN legal correspondent, commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, and commissioner of the Arena Football League
Matt Jones, 2003 – radio host and controlling owner of Ohio Valley Wrestling
Drew Rosenhaus, 1990 – sports agent and owner of Rosenhause Sports
Quin Snyder, 1995 – head coach of the Utah Jazz
Zachary Kleiman, 2013 – general manager of the Memphis Grizzlies




Fictional alumni


Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie – fictional character portrayed by Catherine Bell on JAG, earned her law degree from Duke University School of Law.
Sam Seaborn – fictional character portrayed by Rob Lowe on The West Wing, graduated from Duke Law School




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