University of Washington School of Law - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Notable alumni include:

  • Walter M. French (1901): Washington Supreme Court Justice
  • Walter B. Beals (1901): Washington Supreme Court Justice
  • Lloyd Llewellyn Black (1912): U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District and then the Eastern District of Washington
  • Samuel M. Driver (1916): Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
  • Lewis B. Schwellenbach (1917): U.S. Senator, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, and U.S. Secretary of Labor
  • Matthew W. Hill (1917): Washington Supreme Court Justice
  • Don G. Abel (1919): Washington Supreme Court Justice
  • Walter H. Hodge (1919): Judge, United States District Court for the District of Alaska
  • Arthur B. Langlie (1925): Governor of Washington
  • Charles L. Powell (1925): U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Washington
  • Joseph A. Mallery (1926): Washington Supreme Court Justice
  • Warren Magnuson (1929): U.S. Senator
  • Marion Zioncheck (1929): U.S. Representative
  • Thor C. Tollefson (1930): U.S. Representative
  • Frederick G. Hamley (1932): Washington Supreme Court Justice; Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Albert Rosellini (1933): Governor of Washington
  • Henry M. Jackson (1935): U.S. Senator
  • Montgomery O. Koelsch (1935): Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Eugene A. Wright (1937): Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Lucile Lomen (1944): Supreme Court Clerk to William O. Douglas and the first woman to serve as a law clerk for a U.S. Supreme Court justice.
  • William C. Goodloe (1948): Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice
  • Floyd Hicks (1948): U.S. Representative
  • William H. Gates, Sr. (1950): Father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Co-founder of law firm Preston Gates & Ellis (now K&L Gates), and of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Walter Thomas McGovern (1950): U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington
  • Alan A. McDonald (1952): U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Washington
  • Carolyn R. Dimmick (1953): U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington; first woman on the Washington Supreme Court
  • Jack E. Tanner (1955): U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District and Western District of Washington
  • Betty Fletcher (1956): Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Tom Foley (1957): Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Joseph Jerome Farris: Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • William Fremming Nielsen: U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Washington
  • Gerry L. Alexander (1964): Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice
  • Norm Maleng (1966): Longtime King County prosecuting attorney
  • Jeffrey H. Brotman (1967): Co-founder of the Costco Wholesale Corporation
  • Norm Dicks (1968): U.S. Representative
  • Richard B. Sanders (1969): Washington Supreme Court Justice
  • Tom Chambers (1969): Washington Supreme Court Justice
  • James M. Johnson (1970): Washington Supreme Court Justice
  • Johnson Toribiong (J.D., 1972; LL.M, 1973): President of Palau
  • Richard A. Jones (1975): U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington
  • Bobbe Bridge (1976): Washington Supreme Court Justice
  • Robert Lasnik (1978): Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
  • Ricardo S. Martinez (1980): U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington
  • Jenny Durkan (1985): U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington; First openly gay U.S. Attorney
  • Marco A. Hernandez (1986): U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Oregon
  • Adam Smith (1990): U.S. Representative
  • Raúl Labrador (1995): U.S. Representative
  • Michael McGinn (1992): Mayor of Seattle
  • Rod Dembowski (2001): Member, King County Council District 1

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