Duke University School of Law - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Political

• David Addington, '81 – Chief of Staff and former legal counsel to Vice President Dick Cheney
• Claude Allen, '90 – former Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
• Daniel T. Blue, Jr. '73 - North Carolina State Senator and former Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives
• Martina L. Bradford, '75 - Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, United States Senate
• Susan Bysiewicz, '86 - Former Connecticut Secretary of State
• Bill Campbell, '77 - former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
• Jim Courter '66 – former U.S. Representative from New Jersey
• Michael Dreeben, '81, U.S. Deputy Solicitor General for Criminal Matters,
• Michael Elston, '94 – former Chief of Staff & Counselor, Office of the Deputy Attorney General
• Nick Galifianakis, '53 - U.S. Representative from North Carolina
• Tom Grady, '82 - U.S. Representative from Florida
• Jaime Aleman Healy, '79 - Panama's Ambassador to the United States
• Michael Krimminger, '82, General Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Jerry Meek, '97 - former Chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party
• Richard Nixon, '37 – 37th President of the United States
• Deanna T. Okun, ’90 - Chair, U.S. International Trade Commission
• Manuel Sager, ’85 - Swiss Ambassador to the United States
• Brig. General Calvin L. Scovell III, '77 - Inspector General, Department of Transportation
• Sam Seaborn, - Fictional Character on The West Wing
• Michael Stajduhar, '75 - City Councilmember, Charleston, West Virginia
• Kenneth Starr, '73 – Solicitor General, Independent Counsel during the Clinton Administration
• William B. Umstead, '21 - former Governor of North Carolina, U.S. Senator from North Carolina, U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party

Judges

• Jan Mark Adler, '78 - U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
• Garrett E. Brown Jr. ’68 - Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Robert L. Clifford, '50 - former Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court
• Curtis L. Collier, '74 - Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
• Michael M. Darby, '82 - Judge, District of Andover, Connecticut Probate Court
• Donald Dietrich, '52 - U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• Allyson Kay Duncan, '75 – U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
• Christine M. Durham, '71 - Chief Justice, Utah Supreme Court
• Haley J. Fromholz '67 - former Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
• Amy D. Hogue, '79 - Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
• Sam Glasscock, III, '83 - Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
• Thomas C. Kleinschmidt, '67 - former Chief Judge, Arizona Court of Appeals
• Carolyn Kuhl, '77 - Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
• Denise Majette, '79 - former U.S. Representative from Georgia, former Georgia state judge
• Graham Calder Mullen, '69, U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
• William H. Pauley III, '77 - U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• John A. Reed, '56, former U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• Kenneth Starr, '73 - former U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
• Nita Stormes, '79 - U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
• Laura Taylor, '83 - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
• Gerald B. Tjoflat, '57 – U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Ernest C. Torres, '68 - U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
• Barry Warhit, '81, Judge, Westchester County Court
• Gerald T. Wetherington, '63 - former Chief Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
• Charles Wiggins, '76, Justice, Washington Supreme Court
• Don R. Willett, '92 – Texas Supreme Court Justice
• Rhonda Reid Winston, '79 - Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Academia

• Garrett Epps, '91 - Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law
• Pamela Gann, '73 - President, Claremont McKenna College
• Francis Mootz, '86 - Dean, Pacific McGeorge School of Law
• Rodney A. Smolla, '78 – President, Furman University
• Kenneth Starr, '73 - President of Baylor University and former Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law
• Mary Ellen C. Williams, '77 - Judge, United States Court of Federal Claims

Business

• Richard N. Baer, ’83 - General Counsel, Executive Vice president, and Secretary, Qwest Communications International, Inc.
• John Canning, Jr. Co-founder of Madison Dearborn Partners, Co-owner of Milwaukee Brewers
• W. Bruce Johnson, ’77 - former interim CEO and President, Sears Corp.
• Gérard Louis-Dreyfus - Billionaire/Energy Magnate, Chairman of Louis Dreyfus Energy Services. Father of actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus
• Eric Lieberman, ’91 - General Counsel, The Washington Post
• R. Scott Toop, '80 - Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Wendy's Co.
• Monty Sarhan, '99 - Publisher and CEO, Cracked Magazine
• Gao Xiqing, '86 - Vice Chairman, President, and Chief Investment Officer of the China Investment Corporation
• Yan Xuan - President of Nielsen (Greater China)

Law Firms

• Paul Aguggia, '88 - Chairman, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton - Top 100 Largest U.S. Law Firms (71st)
• Leon Rice - Name Partner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice - Largest Law Firm in the Carolinas, Top 100 Largest U.S. Law Firms (82nd)
• Neil Williams, '61 - Managing Partner (1984-1996), Alston & Bird - Top 100 Largest U.S. Law Firms (43rd)
• Bunyan S. Womble, 1906 - Name Partner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice - Largest Law Firm in the Carolinas, Top 100 Largest U.S. Law Firms (82nd)

Military

• Dan McCarthy, '83 – JAG Chief Prosecutor, United States Navy
• Brig. General Calvin L. Scovell III, '77 - former Senior Judge, U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
• Wang Shengli, '86 – Fleet Admiral, People's Liberation Army- Navy, China

Sports

• Jay Bilas, '92 - ESPN Commentator and Former Duke Basketball Player and Coach
• Drew Rosenhaus, '90 - Sports Agent/Owner of Rosenhause Sports
• Bobby Sharma, '98 - Sr. Vice President, Global Business Development, Basketball, IMG
• Quin Snyder, '95 - Assistant Coach, Los Angeles Lakers

Miscellaneous

• John Adams, '62 - Co-Founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Phillip A. Alito, '12 - Son of Justice Samuel Alito
• D. Todd Christofferson, '72 – Apostle, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Robert M. Hart, '69 – Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Alleghany Corporation, formerly Co-chairman of the Corporate Department of the law firm of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine in New York
• Jeffrey Lichtman, '90 – Prominent criminal defense attorney
• Gary Lynch, '75 - Chief Legal Officer, Morgan Stanley
• Tucker Max, '01 – Humorist and entrepreneur
• Charlie Rose, '68 - Journalist/TV Host of the Charlie Rose Show on PBS

• Michael P. Scharf, '88 – Nobel Peace Prize-nominated Professor of Law and Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law