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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Samuel Alito |
Judge |
1-Apr-1950 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Donald B. Ayer |
Attorney |
30-Apr-1949 |
|
Partner, Jones Day |
| Hank Barnette |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
CEO of Bethlehem Steel, 1992-2000 |
| Frederic K. Becker |
Attorney |
1935 |
|
Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer |
| Robert R. Beezer |
Judge |
21-Jul-1928 |
30-Mar-2012 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1984-96 |
| Carolyn Berger |
Judge |
c. 1947 |
|
Justice, Delaware Supreme Court |
| Richard O. Berndt |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Partner, Gallagher Evelius & Jones |
| Mark R. Bernstein |
Attorney |
7-Apr-1930 |
27-Apr-2015 |
Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein LP |
| Buford P. Berry |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Of Counsel, Thompson & Knight |
| Ann Walsh Bradley |
Judge |
5-Jul-1950 |
|
Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court |
| Stephen Breyer |
Judge |
15-Aug-1938 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| John T. Broderick, Jr. |
Judge |
1947 |
|
New Hampshire Chief Justice |
| Robert L. Brown |
Judge |
30-Jun-1941 |
|
Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court |
| Robert L. Burrus, Jr. |
Attorney |
1934 |
|
Chairman of McGuireWoods, 1990-2006 |
| Charles W. Burson |
Attorney |
c. 1944 |
|
Al Gore's Chief of Staff, 1999-2001 |
| José A. Cabranes |
Judge |
22-Dec-1940 |
|
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Levin H. Campbell |
Judge |
2-Jan-1927 |
|
1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1972-1992 |
| Gerhard Casper |
Educator |
25-Dec-1937 |
|
President of Stanford University, 1992-2000 |
| Harold G. Christensen |
Attorney |
25-Jun-1926 |
14-Nov-2012 |
Deputy US Attorney General, 1988-89 |
| Benjamin R. Civiletti |
Attorney |
17-Jul-1935 |
|
US Attorney General, 1979-81 |
| Lovida H. Coleman, Jr. |
Attorney |
21-May-1949 |
|
Partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan |
| Deborah L. Cook |
Judge |
8-Feb-1952 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Adrian W. DeWind |
Attorney |
1-Dec-1913 |
7-Aug-2009 |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
| Joseph E. diGenova |
Government |
c. 1945 |
|
US Attorney, District of Columbia, 1983-88 |
| Christine M. Durham |
Judge |
3-Aug-1945 |
|
Utah Chief Justice |
| John M. Facciola |
Judge |
c. 1944 |
|
US Magistrate Judge, District of Columbia |
| Joseph Jerome Farris |
Judge |
4-Mar-1930 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-95 |
| Raymond C. Fisher |
Judge |
12-Jul-1939 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Stephen F. Gates |
Business |
20-May-1946 |
|
Former EVP, Conoco-Phillips |
| Julia S. Gibbons |
Judge |
23-Dec-1950 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Ronald Lee Gilman |
Judge |
16-Oct-1942 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
Judge |
15-Mar-1933 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Austan D. Goolsbee |
Economist |
18-Aug-1969 |
|
Chair, Council of Economic Advisers, 2010-11 |
| Erwin Griswold |
Attorney |
14-Jul-1904 |
19-Nov-1994 |
US Solicitor General, 1967-73 |
| Nathan L. Hecht |
Judge |
15-Aug-1949 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| Carla Hills |
Diplomat |
3-Jan-1934 |
|
US Trade Representative, 1989-93 |
| Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr. |
Judge |
15-Dec-1944 |
|
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court |
| J. Gorman Houston, Jr. |
Judge |
11-Mar-1933 |
|
Justice, AL Supreme Court, 1985-2005 |
| Frank M. Hull |
Judge |
9-Dec-1948 |
|
11th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Jack B. Jacobs |
Judge |
c. 1942 |
|
Justice, Delaware Supreme Court |
| Phil Johnson |
Judge |
c. 1943 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| Anastasia D. Kelly |
Attorney |
c. 1949 |
|
EVP at American International Group |
| Carlos F. Lucero |
Judge |
23-Nov-1940 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Champ Lyons, Jr. |
Judge |
6-Dec-1940 |
|
Justice, Alabama Supreme Court |
| Boyce F. Martin, Jr. |
Judge |
23-Oct-1935 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Harriet Miers |
Government |
10-Aug-1945 |
|
White House Counsel, 2005-07 |
| Martha L. Minow |
Attorney |
6-Dec-1954 |
|
Dean of Harvard Law School |
| Karen Nelson Moore |
Judge |
19-Nov-1948 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Diana G. Motz |
Judge |
15-Jul-1943 |
|
4th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Diana E. Murphy |
Judge |
4-Jan-1934 |
|
8th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Michael R. Murphy |
Judge |
6-Aug-1947 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Andrew Napolitano |
Pundit |
6-Jun-1950 |
|
Senior Judicial Analyst, FOX News |
| Ronald E. Nehring |
Judge |
c. 1947 |
|
Justice, Utah Supreme Court |
| Thomas G. Nelson |
Judge |
1936 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1990-2003 |
| William R. Newlin |
Attorney |
c. 1940 |
|
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney |
| Paul V. Niemeyer |
Judge |
5-Apr-1941 |
|
4th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Priscilla Owen |
Judge |
4-Oct-1954 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Lewis F. Powell, Jr. |
Judge |
19-Sep-1907 |
25-Aug-1998 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87 |
| Thomas M. Reavley |
Judge |
21-Jun-1921 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-90 |
| Charles B. Renfrew |
Attorney |
31-Oct-1928 |
|
Deputy US Attorney General, 1980-81 |
| Margaret Milner Richardson |
Government |
14-May-1943 |
|
IRS Commissioner, 1993-97 |
| Henry duPont Ridgely |
Judge |
c. 1949 |
|
Justice, Delaware Supreme Court |
| Henry M. Rivera |
Attorney |
25-Sep-1947 |
|
FCC Commissioner, 1981-85 |
| Roberto A. Rivera-Soto |
Judge |
10-Nov-1953 |
|
Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court |
| James Robertson |
Judge |
1938 |
|
Judge, resigned from FISA court |
| Patience D. Roggensack |
Judge |
7-Jul-1940 |
|
Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court |
| Marc Rotenberg |
Activist |
20-Apr-1960 |
|
Electronic Privacy Information Center |
| Jerome J. Shestack |
Attorney |
11-Feb-1923 |
18-Aug-2011 |
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis |
| William H. Sutton |
Attorney |
1931 |
|
Friday Eldredge & Clark |
| David K. Y. Tang |
Attorney |
c. 1953 |
|
Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Larry E. Temple |
Attorney |
26-Dec-1935 |
|
President, LBJ Foundation |
| Reginald M. Turner, Jr. |
Attorney |
1960 |
|
Partner, Clark Hill |
| Stanley A. Twardy |
Attorney |
c. 1951 |
|
US Attorney for Connecticut, 1985-91 |
| Timothy M. Tymkovich |
Judge |
2-Nov-1956 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Carl W. Vogt |
Attorney |
20-Apr-1936 |
|
Former Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski |
| Stephen R. Volk |
Attorney |
c. 1935 |
|
Vice Chairman of Citigroup |
| Wesley S. Williams, Jr. |
Attorney |
13-Nov-1942 |
|
Former Partner, Covington & Burling |
