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Following is a list of notable alumni from the
Vanderbilt University Law School.
Academia
Attorneys
Attorney General
Government
Private practice
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Lucius E. Burch Jr. (J.D. 1936), attorney, best known for his contributions to conservation and
civil rights, and attorney for
Martin Luther King Jr.
[5]
[6]
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Bobby Lee Cook,
defense attorney, inspiration for the television series
Matlock main character
Ben Matlock, which starred
Andy Griffith as a Georgia attorney.
[7]
[8]
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Margie Pitts Hames (J.D. 1961), civil rights lawyer who argued the
abortion rights case
Doe v. Bolton before the
U.S. Supreme Court
[9]
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John Jay Hooker (J.D. 1957), lawyer, entrepreneur, political
gadfly, special assistant to
Robert F. Kennedy
[10]
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Robert J. Kabel (J.D. 1972), attorney and lobbyist involved in developing the
Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (1999) and the
Dodd-Frank Act (2010)
[11]
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James F. Neal (J.D. 1957), trial lawyer,
Watergate prosecutor who prosecuted
Jimmy Hoffa and top officials of the
Nixon Administration, special investigator of the
Abscam and
Iran-contra scandals
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John Randolph Neal Jr. (LL.B 1896), attorney, best known for his role as chief counsel during the 1925
Scopes trial
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Neil Papiano (LL.B 1961), lawyer, and managing partner of Iverson, Yoakum, Papiano & Hatch
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Jack Thompson (J.D. 1976), disbarred attorney and activist against
obscenity and violence in media and entertainment
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Horace Henry White (LL.B 1887), lawyer, authored legal volumes White's Notarial Guide and White's Analytical Index.
[12]
Business
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James M. Anderson (J.D. 1966), former president and CEO of the
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
[13]
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Paul S. Atkins (J.D. 1983), CEO of Patomak Global Partners LLC
[14]
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Thomas W. Beasley (J.D. 1973), co-founder of
CoreCivic
[15]
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James W. Bradford (J.D. 1974), former CEO of
AFG Industries
[16]
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Mark Dalton (J.D. 1975), attorney, CEO of the
Tudor Investment Corporation
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Mark L. Feidler (J.D. 1981), chairman of
Equifax
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Mitch Glazier (J.D. 1991), chairman and CEO of the
Recording Industry Association of America
[17]
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Robert Selph Henry (LL.B 1910), vice president of the
Association of American Railroads (1934–1958)
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Justin Ishbia (J.D. 2004), businessman and founding partner of Shore Capital Partners
[18]
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Jackson W. Moore (J.D. 1973), former executive chairman of
Union Planters Bank and
Regions Financial Corporation
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Mike McWherter (J.D. 1981), chairman of the board of First State Bank
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Tom Tait (J.D. 1985), CEO of Tait & Associates, Inc. and Tait Environmental Services, Inc.
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Darrin Williams (J.D. 1993), former politician, CEO of
Southern Bancorp Inc.
[19]
Entertainment
Government
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Bill Corr (J.D.), chief of staff for the
Secretary of Health and Human Services and deputy secretary of the
HHS
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James Danly (J.D. 2013), commissioner of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[20]
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Phyllis Fong (J.D. 1978), Inspector General of the
United States Department of Agriculture
[21]
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Vince Foster, former Deputy White House Chief of Staff
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J. Christopher Giancarlo (J.D. 1984), former Chairman of the United States
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
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Dorsey B. Hardeman (LL.B), former executive director and commissioner of the
Texas Water Commission
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E. William Henry (J.D. 1957),
Federal Communications Commission Chairman (1963–1966)
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Robert L. King (J.D. 1971),
Assistant Secretary of Education, serving as head of the
Office of Postsecondary Education
[22]
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Paul C. Ney Jr. (JD, MBA 1984),
General Counsel of the Department of Defense of the United States
[23]
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Stephen D. Potts (LL.B 1954), 4th Director of the
United States Office of Government Ethics
[24]
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Ronald J. Rychlak (J.D. 1983), adviser of the
Holy See to the United Nations, delegate of the Assembly of States Parties to the
International Criminal Court
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Hans von Spakovsky (J.D. 1984),
Federal Election Commission commissioner
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Yoo Myung-hee (J.D. 2002),
minister for trade of
South Korea
[25]
Judicial
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Tamara W. Ashford (J.D. 1994),
Article I
judge of the
United States Tax Court
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Jennings Bailey (LL.B 1890),
judge of the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
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Jeffrey S. Bivins (J.D. 1986), chief justice of the
Supreme Court of Tennessee
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Claria Horn Boom (J.D. 1994),
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for Eastern and Western
Kentucky
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John P. Bourcier (J.D. 1953), former Justice of the
Rhode Island Supreme Court
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Cornelia Clark (J.D. 1979),
Justice of the
Tennessee Supreme Court
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Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. (J.D. 1981),
Chief Judge of the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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Martha Craig Daughtrey (J.D. 1968),
senior United States circuit judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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Frank Drowota (B.A. 1960, J.D. 1965), former
Chief Justice of the
Tennessee Supreme Court
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Eric Eisnaugle (J.D. 2003), judge of the
Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal
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Oscar Richard Hundley (LL.B 1877), judge of the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
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William Joseph Haynes Jr. (J.D. 1973), former
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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Thomas Aquinas Higgins (LL.B 1957),
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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John W. Holland (LL.B 1906), former
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
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Jeremy Kernodle (J.D. 2001),
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
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William C. Koch Jr. (J.D. 1972), former justice of the
Supreme Court of Tennessee
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W. H. Kornegay (LL.B 1890),
Oklahoma Supreme Court justice (1931–1932), delegate to Oklahoma
Constitutional Convention
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James C. Mahan (J.D. 1973), senior
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the District of Nevada
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Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. (LL.B 1960), lawyer and
jurist, senior
United States circuit judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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Jon Phipps McCalla (J.D. 1974), senior
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
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Leon Clarence McCord (Law, 1900), senior
United States circuit judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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Travis Randall McDonough (J.D. 1997),
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
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Benjamin K. Miller (J.D. 1961), former chief justice of the
Illinois Supreme Court
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Brian Stacy Miller (J.D. 1995),
Chief United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
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John Musmanno (J.D. 1966), senior judge of the
Pennsylvania Superior Court
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John Trice Nixon (LL.B 1960), senior
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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Tom Parker (J.D.), chief justice of the
Alabama Supreme Court
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Tommy Parker (J.D. 1989),
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
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Marlin T. Phelps (J.D.), former chief justice of the
Supreme Court of Arizona
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Thomas W. Phillips (J.D. 1969), senior
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
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Jonathan Pittman (J.D. 1990), associate judge of the
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
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Sam C. Pointer Jr. (A.B. 1955),
United States district judge for
Northern Alabama, noted figure in complex
multidistrict
class-action litigation
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Kevin H. Sharp (J.D. 1993),
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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Sarah Hicks Stewart (J.D. 1992), associate justice of the
Supreme Court of Alabama
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Jane Branstetter Stranch (J.D. 1978),
United States circuit judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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Aleta Arthur Trauger (M.A. 1972),
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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Thomas A. Varlan (J.D. 1981),
Chief United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
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Roger Vinson (J.D. 1971), senior
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, former member of the
United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
[26]
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Samuel Cole Williams (LL.B 1884),
Tennessee Supreme Court, first dean of the Lamar School of Law (also known as
Emory University School of Law), and Chancellor of First Chancery Division of Tennessee
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Billy Roy Wilson (J.D. 1965),
senior
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
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Thomas A. Wiseman Jr. (J.D. 1954),
senior judge of the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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Staci Michelle Yandle (J.D. 1987),
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
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Harry W. Wellford (LL.B 1950),
senior
United States circuit judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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Walton J. Wood,
associate justice of the
California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Two and the first
public defender in United States history
Military
Politics
U.S. vice presidents
Governors
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Greg Abbott (J.D. 1984), 48th
governor of Texas
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Theodore Bilbo (Law, 1900), 39th and 43rd
governor of Mississippi (1916–1920; 1928–1932)
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Frank G. Clement (LL.B 1942), 41st
governor of Tennessee (1963–1967)
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Lee Cruce (Law, 1885), 2nd
governor of Oklahoma (1911–1915)
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Jeff Davis (Law, 1882),
20th
governor of Arkansas (1901–1907)
[28]
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Joseph W. Folk (LL.B 1890), 31st
governor of Missouri (1905–1909)
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Hill McAlister (LL.B 1897), 34th
governor of Tennessee (1933–1937)
[29]
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Malcolm R. Patterson (Law, 1882), 30th
governor of Tennessee (1907–1911)
U.S. Senators
U.S. House of Representatives
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William Vollie Alexander, Jr. (J.D. 1960),
United States representative from
Arkansas (1969–1993)
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John L. Burnett (Law 1876),
United States representative from
Alabama (1899–1919)
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Jo Byrns (LL.B 1882), 41st
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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Joseph W. Byrns Jr. (J.D. 1928),
United States representative from
Tennessee (1938–1941)
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William Wirt Hastings (J.D. 1889),
United States representative from
Oklahoma (1915–1921)
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Henderson M. Jacoway (J.D. 1898),
United States representative from
Arkansas (1911–1923)
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Joseph T. Johnson (LL.B 1883),
United States representative from
South Carolina (1901–1915)
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Ric Keller (J.D. 1992),
United States representative from Florida (2001–2009)
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Charles M. La Follette (J.D.),
United States representative from
Indiana (1943–1947)
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Leonard Lance (J.D. 1977),
United States representative from
New Jersey (2009– )
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Fritz G. Lanham (Law, 1897–98),
United States representative from
Texas (1919–1947)
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Oscar Lovette (J.D. 1896),
United States representative from
Tennessee (1931–1933)
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Luke Messer (J.D. 1994),
United States representative from
Indiana (2013– )
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Malcolm R. Patterson (Law, 1882),
United States representative from
Tennessee (1901–1906)
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Ben Quayle (J.D. 2002),
United States representative from
Arizona (2011–2013)
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Frazier Reams (J.D. 1922),
United States representative from
Ohio (1951–1955)
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Charles C. Reid (J.D. 1887),
United States representative from
Arkansas (1901–1911)
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John Rose (J.D. 1993),
United States representative from
Tennessee (2019– )
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Joseph E. Washington (LL.B 1874),
United States representative from
Tennessee (1887–1897)
Ambassadors and diplomats
State
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Lance Cargill (J.D. 1996),
speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
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Riley Darnell (J.D. 1965),
Tennessee secretary of state
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Neria Douglass (J.D. 1977), 50th
Maine State Treasurer
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Douglas Henry (J.D. 1951), member of the
Tennessee Senate representing the 21st district, activist
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Roy Herron (J.D. 1980), former chairman of the
Tennessee Democratic Party
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John Jay Hooker (J.D. 1957), former candidate for governor of Tennessee
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William Harding Mayes (LL.B 1881),
lieutenant governor of Texas
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J. Washington Moore (LL.B 1891), Tennessee state representative
[30]
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Edward T. Seay (LL.B 1891), speaker of the
Tennessee Senate
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Jody Wagner (J.D. 1980), 12th
Virginia Secretary of Finance
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Justin P. Wilson (J.D. 1970), lawyer, Tennessee state comptroller of the treasury
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