Notable Alumni
- AAH alumnus James Wolfensohn served as President of the World Bank from 1995–2005.
- William Gummow AC, AAH partner 1969-1976, has been a judge of the High Court of Australia since 1995. At the time of his appointment to the High Court he had been a judge of the Federal Court of Australia since 1986.
- Sir Norman Lethbridge Cowper (1896–1987) was a partner of AAH from 1924 to 1970 and served for many years as Senior Partner.
- Sir William McMahon (1908–1988) practised as a lawyer at Allen, Allen & Hemsley between 1933 and 1939 and later served as Australia's 20th Prime Minister.
- John Lehane (1941–2001), AAH partner 1971-1995, left the firm's banking and finance practice to become a Federal Court Judge.
- Former Allens partner Ian Renard was the Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.
- Andrew O'Keefe former Allens lawyer is now a TV presenter on Deal or No Deal and Weekend Sunrise.
- Alan Loxton AM, a former AAH Senior Partner, served as President of the Law Society of NSW, as did former AAH Senior Partners Sir Norman Cowper Kt CBE (above) and William Robin Dill Stevenson OBE.
- Reginald Barrett, AAH partner 1971-1991, was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 2001.
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