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The following is an incomplete list of alumni of
Stanford Law School .
Law and government
United States government
Executive branch
David L. Anderson (1990),
United States Attorney for the
Northern District of California
William Baer (1975), Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice
Xavier Becerra (1984), 25th
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2021–present),
Attorney General of California (2017–2021)
U.S. Congressman (1993–2017)
Geoffrey Berman (1984),
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Joshua B. Bolten (1980),
White House Chief of Staff (2006–2009)
Brooksley Born (1964), former chair of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Warren Christopher (1949), 63rd
U.S. Secretary of State
Nelson Cunningham , Cofounder of
Kissinger Associates , former Special Advisor to the President for Western Hemisphere affairs
Fred Dutton (1949), Special Assistant to U.S. President John F. Kennedy, managed Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign
John Ehrlichman (1951), infamous figure in the
Watergate scandal
Ivan K. Fong (1987), General Counsel of the
Department of Homeland Security
David J. Hayes (1978), Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the
U.S. Department of the Interior
Roderick M. Hills (1955), former Chairman of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1975–1977) and Cofounder of
Munger, Tolles & Olson
Shirley Hufstedler (1949), first
U.S. Secretary of Education (1979–1981) and Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (1968–1979)
Robert K. Hur (2001),
United States Attorney for the
District of Maryland
Peter Koski (2005),
United States Department of Justice trial attorney
Reuben Jeffery III , Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs at the
U.S. Department of State and former Chairman of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission
Carol Lam (1985), former
United States Attorney for the
Southern District of California
Michelle Kwok Lee (1992), Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Cheryl Mills (1990), Chief of Staff to
U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton
Wendy J. Olson (1990),
United States Attorney for the
District of Idaho
Robert S. Rivkin , 21st General Counsel of the
U.S. Department of Transportation
John Roos (1980),
United States Ambassador to Japan (2009–2013)
Tony West (1992),
Associate Attorney General of the United States
Legislative branch
Judicial branch
Carlos Bea (1958), Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Richard Harvey Chambers (1932), Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Daniel P. Collins (1988), Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Benjamin Cushing Duniway (1931), Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Raymond C. Fisher (1966), Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Michelle Friedland (2000), Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Britt Grant (2007), Judge of the
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Cynthia Holcomb Hall (1954), Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Procter R. Hug, Jr. (1958), Judge and former Chief Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Gilbert H. Jertberg (1922), Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Cheryl Ann Krause (1993), Judge of the
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Steven Menashi (2008), Judge of the
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Justin Miller (1914), Judge of the
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
William Albert Norris (1954), Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
John B. Owens (1996), Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Florence Y. Pan (1993), Judge of the
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Peter J. Phipps (1998), Judge of the
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Pamela Ann Rymer (1964), Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Sri Srinivasan (1995), Judge of the
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Wayne Alley (1957), Judge of the
Western District of Oklahoma
D. Brook Bartlett (1962), Judge of the
Western District of Missouri
Jesus Bernal (1989), Judge of the
Central District of California
Rudi M. Brewster (1960), Judge of the
Southern District of California
Paul G. Cassell (1984), Judge of the
District of Utah
Deborah K. Chasanow (1974), Judge of the
District of Maryland
Samuel Conti (1948), Judge of the
Northern District of California
Christopher Reid Cooper (1993), Judge of the
District of Columbia
Walter Early Craig (1934), Judge of the
District of Arizona
James Donato (1988), Judge of the
Northern District of California
Gary Feinerman (1991), Judge of the
Northern District of Illinois
Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr. (1994), Judge of the
Northern District of California
Joan B. Gottschall (1973), Judge of the
Northern District of Illinois
Thomas Poole Griesa (1958), Judge of the
Southern District of New York
Harry Lindley Hupp (1955), Judge of the
Central District of California
Susan Yvonne Illston (1973), Judge of the
Northern District of California
Rachel Kovner (2006), Judge of the
Eastern District of New York
Fred Kunzel (1927), Judge of the
Southern District of California
Charles A. Legge (1954), Judge of the
Northern District of California
Lawrence Tupper Lydick (1942), Judge of the
Central District of California
Brian Morris (1992), Judge of the
District of Montana
Kimberly J. Mueller (1995), Judge of the
Eastern District of California
S. James Otero (1976), Judge of the
Central District of California
Halil Suleyman Ozerden (1998), Judge of the
Southern District of Mississippi
Robert Francis Peckham (1945), Judge of the
Northern District of California
John Rolly Ross (1926), Judge of the
District of Nevada
James V. Selna (1970), Judge of the
Central District of California
Fern M. Smith (1975), Judge of the
Northern District of California
Christina A. Snyder (1972), Judge of the
Central District of California
Gus Jerome Solomon (1929), Judge of the
District of Oregon
Sunshine Sykes (2001), Judge of the
Central District of California
Bruce Rutherford Thompson (1936), Judge of the
District of Nevada
Vaughn R. Walker (1970), Judge of the
Northern District of California
James Ware (1972), Judge of the
Northern District of California
Stanley Alexander Weigel (1928), Judge of the
Northern District of California
David Keith Winder (1958), Judge of the
District of Utah
State judiciary
Barbara Durham (1968), Chief Justice of the
Washington Supreme Court (1995–1998)
Ronald M. George (1964), Chief Justice of California (1996–2011)
Patricia Guerrero (1997), Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of California (2022–present)
Elizabeth A. Grimes , Associate Justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Eight
Rhoda V. Lewis (1929), Associate Justice of the
Hawaii Supreme Court and first woman to serve on the Court (1959–1967)
Carlos R. Moreno (1975), Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of California (2001–2011)
Frank K. Richardson (1938), Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of California (1974–1983)
Homer R. Spence (1915), Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of California (1945–1960)
Delbert E. Wong (1949), first Chinese-American judge in the continental United States
Non-United States government
Other government
Edward C. DuMont (1986), Solicitor General of California
Dana K. Chipman (1986),
Judge Advocate General of the United States Army
Matt Gonzalez (1990),
Ralph Nader 's 2008 vice presidential running mate, former president of
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Charles F. Lettow (1968), Judge of the
United States Court of Federal Claims
Dick Murphy , 33rd Mayor of
San Diego , California
Chuck Reed (1978), Mayor of
San Jose, California
Gordon Rosenmeier (1932), former
Minnesota State Senator
William A. Sutherland (1898), former
California State Assemblyman
John Van de Kamp (1959), 28th
Attorney General of California
Jenifer Rajkumar (2008), current District Leader in
Lower Manhattan and candidate for the
New York State Assembly 's 65th District
Academia
Kerry Abrams (1998), Dean of
Duke University Law School
Michelle Alexander (1992), associate professor of law at
Ohio State University and author of
The New Jim Crow
H. Verlan Andersen (1946), former professor of law and business at
Brigham Young University
Douglas G. Baird , professor of law and former Dean at the
University of Chicago Law School
Bernard Bell , professor of law at
Rutgers School of Law–Newark
Stuart Banner , legal historian and professor of law at the
UCLA School of Law
Lillian BeVier , constitutional law scholar and professor emerita at the
University of Virginia Law School
Brian W. Casey , president of
DePauw University and former associate dean for academic affairs at
Harvard University
Cara H. Drinan , professor of law at
The Catholic University of America 's
Columbus School of Law
Aaron Edlin , scholar of law and economics; professor of economics at the
University of California, Berkeley
Lia Epperson , civil rights lawyer; professor of law at
American University Washington College of Law
Robin Feldman , legal scholar and professor of law at
UC Hastings College of Law
Laura E. Gomez , former president of the
Law and Society Association and law professor at the
UCLA School of Law
Joseph Grundfest , scholar of corporate law, corporate governance, securities regulation, and professor at Stanford Law School
Chris Guthrie (1994), Dean of
Vanderbilt University Law School
Gillian K. Hadfield , professor of law and economics at the
University of Southern California
Michael Heller , real estate law scholar and professor of law at
Columbia Law School
C. Scott Hemphill , antitrust and intellectual property scholar and professor of law at
New York University Law School
Daniel P. Kessler (1993), health law scholar and professor at Stanford Law School and
Stanford Business School
Michael Klarman (1983), constitutional law scholar and
Harvard Law School professor
Gillian Lester (1998), Dean of
Columbia Law School
David F. Levi (1980), former Dean of
Duke University Law School and former Judge of the
Eastern District of California
Sanford Levinson , constitutional law scholar and professor of law at the
University of Texas School of Law
Bernadette Meyler , constitutional law scholar and professor of law at Stanford Law School
Naomi Mezey , civil procedure scholar and professor of law at
Georgetown University Law Center
Antony Page (1997), Dean of the
Florida International University College of Law
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Nathaniel Persily , election law and constitutional law scholar and professor at Stanford Law School
Gary R. Roberts , professor of law and former Dean of the
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Catherine Sandoval (1990), professor at
Santa Clara University School of Law and first Hispanic commissioner in the
California Public Utilities Commission
Gregory Shaffer , international trade law scholar and law professor at the
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Norman Spaulding , civil procedure scholar and professor of law at Stanford Law School
Richard Harold Steinberg , international law scholar and professor of law at the
UCLA School of Law
Allen S. Weiner , international legal scholar and co-director of the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation at Stanford Law School
Robert Weisberg , criminal law scholar and professor of law at Stanford Law School
Paul R. Williams , president of the
Public International Law & Policy Group and law professor at the
American University Washington College of Law
Kimberly Yuracko (1998), professor at
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and former Dean
Graham J. Zellick CBE QC , Ford Foundation Fellow (1970–71),
Vice Chancellor of the
University of London (1997-2003)
Activism
Maya Harris (1992), Vice President for Peace and Social Justice at the
Ford Foundation
Denis Hayes (1985), Founder,
Earth Day Network
Greg Lukianoff , President of the
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
Edward Michael Keating (1950), newspaper publisher, journalist, author; founder and publisher of
Ramparts (magazine) and activist within the
New Left movement
Rebecca Love Kourlis (1976), Executive Director at the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System
Anthony Romero (1990), Executive Director of the
American Civil Liberties Union (2001–present)
Marc Rotenberg , President and Executive Director of the
Electronic Privacy Information Center
John D. Trasviña (1983), President of the
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)
Business
Chuck Armstrong (1967), president of the
Seattle Mariners
Michael Arrington (1995), Internet journalist and entrepreneur
Riley Bechtel (1977), billionaire, Chairman and CEO,
Bechtel Corporation
Orlando Bravo (1997), billionaire, co-founder and managing partner of private equity firm
Thoma Bravo
James Crown (1980), President of Henry Crown and Company
David C. Drummond (1985), Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer of
Google
Bill Franke (1961), Chairman of
Wizz Air and
Frontier Airlines
Joel Greenblatt (1981, dropped out), hedge fund manager and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Gotham Asset Management
Larry Irving , former Vice President of Global Government Affairs for the
Hewlett-Packard Company and President and CEO of the Irving Information Group
Richard Jencks , television executive and counsel, former President of
CBS Broadcast Group
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Fred von Lohmann , Senior Copyright Counsel at
Google
Alex Karp (1992), billionaire and co-founder of Palantir Technologies
Daniel Lubetzky (1993), billionaire and co-founder of Kind
William Neukom (1967), first General Counsel at
Microsoft , president of the
American Bar Association
Daniel Ninivaggi (1991), CEO of
Lordstown Motors and Chairman of
Garrett Motion , former CEO of
Icahn Enterprises
Mark Oldman , Cofounder of Vault.com and wine critic
Penny Pritzker (1984), billionaire and CEO of Pritzker Realty
Peter Thiel (1992), founder of
PayPal
Kent Walker (1987), Senior Vice President for Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer at
Google
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Dennis Woodside (1995), COO of
Dropbox (service)
Media and journalism
Raymond Bonner (1967), investigative reporter for
The New York Times and the
International Herald Tribune
Amanda Brown , author of
Legally Blonde
Ailsa Chang , journalist for
NPR and a host on "
All Things Considered "
Robert Cochran (1974), creator of the television shows
24 and
La Femme Nikita
Jami Floyd (1996), broadcast journalist and legal analyst, hosting "
All Things Considered ," for
WNYC New York Public Radio
Christy Haubegger (1992), founder of
Latina magazine and film producer
Dahlia Lithwick (1995), Senior Editor at
Slate
David Margolick , Contributing Editor at
Condé Nast Portfolio , former Contributing Editor at
Vanity Fair
Twist Phelan , author
Carlos Watson (1995), television host and journalist
Katharine Weymouth (1992), Publisher of
The Washington Post
Michael G. Wilson (1966), Producer of
James Bond films
Other
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