List of Washington and Lee University School of Law alumni
Washington and Lee University School of Law is a private law school in Lexington, Virginia. Following are some of its notable alumni.
Academia
[edit]- Ronald J. Bacigal, 1967, professor at the University of Richmond School of Law[1]
- Charles A. Graves, 1872, professor at Washington and Lee School of Law and at the University of Virginia School of Law[2]
- Robert Huntley, 1950 and 1957, dean and president of Washington and Lee University and former president and CEO of Best Products
- Robert Shepherd, 1959 and 1961, professor emeritus of law at the University of Richmond School of Law[3]
- Paul S. Trible Jr., 1971, president of Christopher Newport University and United States Senate[4]
- Henry St. George Tucker III, 1876, dean of Washington and Lee School of Law and the George Washington University Law School, and United States House of Representatives from Virginia[5]
Business
[edit]- Robert Huntley, 1957, president and CEO of Best Products and dean and president of Washington and Lee University
- Sydney Lewis, 1943 (finished his J.D. degree at George Washington University), founder of Best Products and recipient of the National Medal of Arts[6]
- Gordon P. Robertson, CEO of the Christian Broadcasting Network
Entertainment
[edit]- David Brown, 2000, former host of the Marketplace radio program, current anchor of the Texas Standard
Government
[edit]- Mary Beth Long, 1998, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs at the United States Department of Defense
Judiciary
[edit]U.S. Supreme Court
[edit]- Joseph Rucker Lamar, 1878 (attended, did not graduate) Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia[7]
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr., 1931, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court[8]
Federal Courts
[edit]- Nathan P. Bryan, 1895, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and US Senator from the State of Florida[9]
- Mark Steven Davis, 1988, United States District Court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia[10]
- Duncan Lawrence Groner, 1894, judge for United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit[11]
- James Hay 1877, judge on the United States Court of Claims and United States Representative from Virginia[12]
- Jerrauld Jones, 1980, a judge on the Norfolk Circuit Court
- Walter DeKalb Kelley Jr., 1977 and 1981, former federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia[13]
- Jackson L. Kiser, 1952, judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
- Harry Jacob Lemley, 1910, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
- John Ashton MacKenzie, 1939, judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia[14]
- Robert E. Payne, 1967, judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia[15]
- Heartsill Ragon, a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and US Congressman from Arkansas
- James Clinton Turk, 1952, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
- Sol Wachtler, chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals[16]
- H. Emory Widener Jr., 1953, former judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit[17]
State Supreme Courts
[edit]- Brynja McDivitt Booth, 1996, justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland
- William T. Brotherton Jr., chief justice of the Supreme Court of West Virginia
- Archibald C. Buchanan, 1914, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
- Christian Compton, 1950 and 1953, justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia[18]
- John W. Eggleston, 1910, Chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
- Herbert B. Gregory, 1911, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
- Daniel B. Lucas, poet and justice on the Supreme Court of West Virginia
- Charles W. Mason, 1911, justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
- William Ray Price Jr., 1978, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri[19]
- Daniel K. Sadler, justice on the New Mexico Supreme Court
- Abram Penn Staples, 1908, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia and Attorney General of Virginia
- Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr., 1943 and 1947, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
- Kennon C. Whittle, 1914, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
Law
[edit]Attorney General
[edit]- Bruce L. Castor Jr., 1986, Attorney General (interim), Solicitor General of Pennsylvania, and presidential Impeachment Counsel 2021[20]
- Tom Sansonetti, 1976, United States Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division
- Abram Penn Staples, 1908, Attorney General of Virginia and justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
Solicitor General
[edit]- Bruce L. Castor Jr., 1986, Solicitor General of Pennsylvania, Attorney General (interim), presidential Impeachment Counsel 2021[20]
- John Goode, ~1851, Solicitor General of the United States and United States Congressman from Virginia[21]
- John W. Davis, 1895 and 1892, Solicitor General; Ambassador to Britain; argued more cases before the Supreme Court than anyone else in the twentieth century[22]
Government
[edit]- John P. Fishwick Jr., former United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Attorney in private practice in Roanoke, Virginia
- R. Booth Goodwin, 1996, United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia
- Robert W. Ray, 1985, former head of the US Office of the Independent Counsel and partner at Fox Rothschild[23]
- Peter G. Strasser, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Private practice
[edit]- Robert J. Grey Jr., 1976, American Bar Association President 2004–2005[24]
- Linda A. Klein, 1983, past president of the American Bar Association and a managing partner for the Georgia offices of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz[25]
- Morgan Meyer, 1999, lawyer for Bracewell & Giuliani in Dallas, Texas, and Texas House of Representatives[26]
- Prescott Prince, 1983, attorney defending Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
- Christopher Wolf, 1980, partner at Hogan Lovells and founder and co-chair of the Future of Privacy Forum
Literature and journalism
[edit]- Terry Brooks, 1969, The New York Times bestselling author of fantasy fiction[27]
- Clarence J. Brown, 1915, president of Brown Publishing Company and United States Congressman from Ohio
- Daniel B. Lucas, poet and justice on the Supreme Court of West Virginia
Military
[edit]- Newton D. Baker, 1894, U.S. Secretary of War and Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio[28]
- Edwin Gray Lee, 1859, Brigadier General in the Confederate States of America
- John Otho Marsh Jr., 1951, Secretary of the Army and United States Congressman[29]
Politics
[edit]United States Senate
[edit]- Nathan P. Bryan, 1895, United States Senate from Florida and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit[9]
- William James Bryan, 1899, United States Senate from Florida[30]
- Joe Donnelly, 1981, United States Senate from Indiana[31]
- Scott Marion Loftin, 1899, United States Senate from Florida [32]
- Miles Poindexter, 1891, United States Senate from Washington [33]
- Alfred E. Reames, 1893, United States Senate from Oregon[34]
- Paul S. Trible Jr., 1971, United States Senate from Virginia and president of Christopher Newport University[4]
United States Congress
[edit]- Samuel B. Avis, United States House of Representatives
- Franklin Brockson, United States House of Representatives
- Clarence J. Brown, 1915, United States House of Representatives and president of Brown Publishing Company
- Edward Cooper, United States House of Representatives
- William Fadjo Cravens, United States House of Representatives
- John J. Davis, 1856, United States House of Representatives[35]
- John Goode, United States House of Representatives and Solicitor General of the United States[21]
- Bob Goodlatte, 1977, United States House of Representatives[36]
- Morgan Griffith, 1983, United States House of Representatives[37]
- James Hay, 1877, United States House of Representatives and judge on the United States Court of Claims[12]
- James Murray Hooker, 1896, United States House of Representatives
- John Otho Marsh Jr., 1951, United States House of Representatives and U.S. Secretary of the Army[29]
- Robert Murphy Mayo, 1859, United States House of Representatives[38]
- Heartsill Ragon, United States House of Representatives and judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
- Henry St. George Tucker III, 1876, United States House of Representatives and dean of Washington and Lee School of Law and the George Washington University Law School[5]
- David Gardiner Tyler, 1869, United States House of Representatives[39]
- Seward H. Williams, 1895, United States House of Representatives
- Harry M. Wurzbach, 1896, United States House of Representatives
Diplomacy
[edit]- John W. Davis, 1895 and 1892, Ambassador to Britain and U.S. Solicitor General; argued more cases before the U. S. Supreme Court than anyone else in the twentieth century[22]
Governor
[edit]- Spencer Cox, 2001, Governor of Utah[40]
- George Washington Hays, Governor of Arkansas
- Homer A. Holt, 1918 and 1923, Governor of West Virginia[41]
- James L. Kemper, 1842, Governor of Virginia[42]
- Ruby Laffoon, 1890, Governor of Kentucky[43]
- Henry M. Mathews, 1857, Governor of West Virginia[44]
- Thomas Chipman McRae, Governor of Arkansas and United States House of Representatives[45]
- Charles L. Terry Jr., Governor of Delaware[46]
- William M. Tuck, 1921, Governor of Virginia[47]
- Junius Edgar West, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
State
[edit]- William Ross Allen, Virginia House of Delegates[48]
- Robert D. Bailey Jr., West Virginia Secretary of State
- Morgan Meyer, 1999, Texas House of Representatives and lawyer with Bracewell & Giuliani in Dallas, Texas[26]
- Mark Obenshain, 1987, Senate of Virginia
- Mark J. Peake, 1988, Senate of Virginia
- Lacey E. Putney, Virginia House of Delegates[49]
- Susan Swecker, chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia[50]
Local
[edit]- Newton D. Baker, 1894, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and U.S. Secretary of War[28]
- Vance A. Funk III, 1968, Mayor of Newark, Delaware
Sports
[edit]References
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