Boston University School of Law - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • Lincoln C. Almond, JD 1961, governor of Rhode Island
  • Consuelo Northrup Bailey, LLB 1925, first woman elected as lieutenant governor in the United States
  • F. Lee Bailey, LLB 1960, disbarred criminal defense lawyer; represented Sam Sheppard & O.J. Simpson, among others
  • Albert Brown, JD, governor of New Hampshire
  • Fred H. Brown, JD, governor of New Hampshire, U.S. Congressman
  • Edward W. Brooke, LLB 1948, LLM 1949, Attorney General of Massachusetts; first African American elected to the Senate by popular vote; one of only five African Americans to serve in the U.S. Senate; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  • William M. Butler, 1884, U.S. Senator (MA)
  • Norman S. Case, LLB 1912, Governor of Rhode Island
  • Alan Chang, JD 1992, Deputy General Counsel and Vice President of Legal Affairs, New York Yankees
  • Martha M. Coakley, JD 1979, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator, 2010, Massachusetts Attorney General (2007–Present), District Attorney for Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  • William S. Cohen, LLB 1965, U.S. Secretary of Defense, U.S. Senator from Maine
  • Paul A. Dever, JD, Governor of Massachusetts
  • Joshua Eric Dodge, 1877, Wisconsin Supreme Court
  • Samuel Felker, JD, Governor of New Hampshire
  • Michael F. Flaherty, JD 1994, President of the Boston City Council
  • Michael D. Fricklas, JD 1984, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Viacom, Inc.
  • Richard W. Graber, JD 1981, the United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic
  • Judd A. Gregg, JD 1972, LLM 1975, U.S. Senator, Governor of New Hampshire
  • Jeff Jacoby, JD 1983, Boston Globe opinion/editorial columnist
  • Dr. Barbara C. Jordan, LL.B. 1959, first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress from a southern state, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994, first woman to deliver a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 1976
  • David E. Kelley, JD 1983, Emmy winning television producer
  • Robert Khuzami, JD 1983, Director of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Gary F. Locke, JD 1975, United States Secretary of Commerce, Governor of Washington, and the first Asian-American governor in the mainland U.S.
  • Maria Lopez, first Hispanic appointed a judge in the Massachusetts, current television jurist on the U.S. syndicated television show Judge Maria Lopez.
  • Honorable Sandra Lynch, JD 1971, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • Frederick William Mansfield, LLB 1902, 46th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, and 38th Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts
  • Elizabeth (Sadie) Holloway Marston, LLB 1918 - co-creator of the comic book character, Wonder Woman
  • Peter McCausland, JD 1974, President and CEO of Airgas, Inc.
  • J. Howard McGrath, LLB 1929, Sixtieth Attorney General, 1949-52 U.S. Senator, 1940-45Governor of Rhode Island
  • Thomas McIntyre, JD, U.S. Senator (NH)
  • F. Bradford Morse, LLB 1949, director of the United Nations Development Program
  • Markos Moulitsas, JD 1999, founder of the popular blog, Daily Kos
  • Shannon O'Brien, JD 1985, first woman to hold the office of treasurer and receiver general of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • Irving H. Picard, JD 1966, Trustee in the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
  • Honorable Chase T. Rogers, JD 1983, Chief Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
  • William Russell, JD, Governor of Massachusetts
  • Sabita Singh, JD 1990, first judge of South Asian descent in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • Robert T. Stafford, LLB 1938; HON 1959, U.S. Senator, father or the Robert T. Stafford Student Loan (Stafford Loan) program, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) and co-sponsored the Wilderness Protection Act
  • Niki Tsongas, JD, Congresswoman for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
  • Robert Upton, JD, U.S. Senator (NH)
  • David I. Walsh, JD, U.S. Senator, Governor of Massachusetts
  • John Ward, JD 1976, Founder, Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders
  • Myrth York, JD 1972, Rhode Island State Senator, first female chair of the Senate Health, Education and Welfare Committee (RI)
  • Owen D. Young, LLB 1896, founder of RCA, 1929 Time Magazine's Man of the Year Chairman and CEO of General Electric
  • David Zaslav, JD 1985, President and CEO, Discovery Communications, Inc.

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