William Mitchell College of Law - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

WMCL has more than 12,000 alumni, representing all fifty states and twenty foreign countries. Alumni are active in the private sector, with partners in all of Minnesota's—and some of the country's—largest law firms. Alumni also have a significant presence in the public sector. More than one hundred current members of the Minnesota judiciary have graduated from William Mitchell.

Despite the school's modest beginnings, it has produced many distinguished attorneys, judges, and civic leaders. William Mitchell's most famous alumnus/a is Warren E. Burger, the fifteenth Chief Justice of the United States.

Other notable William Mitchell graduates include:

  • Eric Aarseth, Judge, Alaska Superior Court, Third Judicial District
  • Douglas Amdahl, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • August Andresen, former United States Congressman
  • Joe Atkins, Minnesota State Representative
  • Lawrence Bell, former General Counsel, Ecolab, Inc.
  • Elmer A. Benson, former United States Senator and Governor of Minnesota
  • Stephen Bonner, President and CEO, Cancer Treatment Centers of America
  • Bobby Joe Champion, Minnesota State Representative
  • Ray P. Chase, former United States Congressman
  • Tarryl Clark, former Minnesota State Senator
  • Richard Cohen, Minnesota State Senator
  • Roger L. Dell, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Charlton Dietz, former General Counsel, 3M Company
  • Sean Duffy, United States Congressman
  • Tom Emmer, former Minnesota State Representative and 2010 Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota
  • Lloyd Engelsma, former President and CEO, Kraus-Anderson Companies
  • John Flicker, former President, National Audubon Society
  • William T. Francis, former U.S. Ambassador to Liberia
  • Mark Gehan, former Mayor of Saint Paul
  • Jeanne Graham, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
  • Donald H. Gjerdingen, Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
  • Susan Haigh, Chair, Metropolitan Council
  • Sam Hanson, former Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Debra Hilstrom, Minnesota State Representative
  • Tim Irwin, former Minnesota Vikings player (did not graduate)
  • Erik Jensen, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
  • Dewey W. Johnson, former United States Congressman
  • Matthew E. Johnson, Chief Judge, Minnesota Court of Appeals
  • Mary Kendall, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Interior
  • Douglas Klint, President and General Counsel, Taser International
  • Jim Lord, Minnesota politician
  • Myles Mace, former Distinguished Professor, Harvard Business School
  • Eric J. Magnuson, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Paul A. Magnuson, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
  • John J. McDonough, former Mayor of Saint Paul
  • Fred McNeill, former Minnesota Vikings player
  • Robert W. Mattson, Jr., former Minnesota State Auditor
  • Pat Mazorol, Minnesota State Representative
  • Helen M. Meyer, Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Ted Mondale, former Minnesota state Senator
  • William P. Murphy, former Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Arthur E. Nelson, former United States Senator
  • Martin A. Nelson, former Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Scott Newman, Minnesota State Senator
  • Floyd B. Olson, former Governor of Minnesota
  • Peter S. Popovich, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Steven Rau, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
  • Joey San Nicolas, Attorney General for the Northern Mariana Islands]
  • John B. Sanborn, Jr., former Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • Thomas D. Schall, former United States Senator
  • Linda Scheid, former Minnesota State Senator
  • George M. Scott, former Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Lena O. Smith, Minnesota's first African-American female lawyer
  • Corey A. Stewart, Chairman, Prince William County Board of Supervisors
  • Lori Swanson, Minnesota Attorney General
  • Esther Tomljanovich, former Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Laura Underkuffler, Distinguished Professor, Cornell Law School
  • Thomas Utschig, Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
  • Robert Vanasek, former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
  • Robert Vogel, former U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota and Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
  • Jean Wagenius, Minnesota State Representative
  • Rosalie E. Wahl, former Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Torrey Westrom, Minnesota State Representative
  • Luther Youngdahl, former Governor of Minnesota, Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, and Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • Oscar Youngdahl, former United States Congressman
  • G. Aaron Youngquist, former Minnesota Attorney General and Assistant U.S. Attorney General

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