List of Hofstra University Alumni - Government, Legal and Political

Government, Legal and Political

• Maryanne Trump Barry, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
• Joseph Borg, J.D., Securities Commissioner of Alabama
• Norm Coleman, former U.S. Senator (R-Minnesota)
• Thomas DiNapoli, '76. former New York state assemblyman and current New York State Comptroller
• Dr. Lenora Fulani, first woman and the first African American to ever appear on the ballot in all 50 states for U.S. President
• Peter S. Kalikow, MTA chairman
• Ron Kovic, activist, paraplegic, author of Born on the Fourth of July
• Norman F. Lent, former U.S. Congressman, New York (R)
• David A. Levy, former U.S. Congressman, New York (R)
• Bernard Madoff, former Chairman of NASDAQ and Madoff Securities, LLC. Convicted of the largest investment Ponzi scheme in history (totaling $50 billion USD), currently serving a 150 year prison sentence.
• Ed Mangano, Republican, Nassau County, NY County Executive.
• Mary Matalin, Political consultant for the Republican Party, Advisor to President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. (attended but did not graduate).
• Joseph Margiotta, former Nassau County, Long Island Republican chairman
• Thomas McKevitt, BS, JD. represents District 17 in the New York State Assembly, which includes large portions of Nassau County, New York
• Joseph Mondello, BA, '62. Chairman, Nassau County, (NY) Republican Committee
• Robert O. Muller, JD, '74. co-founder of International Campaign to Ban Landmines, the Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1997
• David Paterson, Governor of New York. Former minority leader of the New York State Senate. First African American governor of NY State
• Howard Safir, former New York City Police commissioner and former head of the United States Marshals Service
• Thomas C. Wales, assassinated federal prosecutor
• Owen H. Johnson BA '56, Honorary JD '98, New York State Senator, (R)