Notre Dame Law School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• William Beauchamp - President of the University of Portland
• G. Robert Blakey - Author of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
• Joseph Cari, Jr.-Private equity investor, policy analyst and philanthropist
• John Cencich - Former senior international war crimes investigator with the United Nations at The Hague
• Tom Clements - Quarterback coach for the Green Bay Packers
• N. Patrick Crooks - Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
• John Crowley- Biotechnology executive
• Lucille Davy, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education.
• Samuel L. Devine - former United States Congressman (R-OH)
• John V. Diener - Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
• Andy Dillon - Former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives and current Treasurer
• Larry Dolan - Owner and President of the Cleveland Indians
• Joe Donnelly - United States Senator (D-IN)
• Clark Durant - CEO and founder of Cornerstone Schools (Michigan), political activist
• David Campos Guaderrama- Nominated by Barack Obama to be Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
• Patricia Anne Gaughan- District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
• Mark Gimenez - author of legal thrillers (his book The Color of the Law was a New York Times bestseller)
• John M. Gearin - former United States Senator (D-OR)
• William J. Granfield - former United States Congressman (D-MA)
• Robert A. Grant-former United States Congressman (R-IN) and Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
• José Reyes Ferriz - a Mexican politician, affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), former Municipal President(mayor) of Ciudad Juárez
• Nora Barry Fischer - District Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• Peter F. Flaherty - Former Mayor of Pittsburgh and Deputy Attorney General in the Carter Administration
• Kevin Hasson - Founder and President of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
• Donna Jean Hrinak - American diplomat, former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil (2002–2004), Venezuela (2000–2002), Bolivia (1997–2000), and the Dominican Republic (1994–1997).
• John Kilkenny - Former judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Peter King - United States Congressman (R-NY)
• David G. Larimer - was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of New York
• Edward Leavy - Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
• Brendan Loy - American blogger who gained fame for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina
• Maureen Mahoney - a former Deputy Solicitor General and well-known appellate lawyer, reported to have been among George W. Bush's Supreme Court candidates
• Eduardo Malapit - Hawaiian politician and the first Filipino American mayor of any United States municipality.
• John E. Martin - Former Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Natasha Martin - Associate Dean and Professor at Seattle University School of Law
• Romano L. Mazzoli - Former United States Congressman (D-KY)
• Patrick F. McCartan - Chairman of the University of Notre Dame Board of Trustees, former managing partner at Jones Day
• John Henry Merryman - Comparative law scholar at Stanford Law School and professor of art (emeritus) at Stanford University
• Judith A. McMorrow - torts scholar and law professor at Boston College Law School
• Carol Ann Mooney - President of Saint Mary's College
• Brian Moynihan - President & CEO, Bank of America Corporation
• Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan - Former Judge United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Joseph P. O'Hara - Former United States Congressman (R-MN)
• Graciela Olivarez - First female and Latina graduate; Director of the Community Services Administration under Jimmy Carter
• Andrew Napolitano, Fox News senior judicial analyst and former judge
• Paul V. Niemeyer - Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Keith James Rothfus - United States Congressman (R-PA)
• Margaret A. Ryan - Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• John F. Sandner - Former Chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• Lisa M. Schenck- Military law scholar
• Thomas D. Schroeder - District Judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
• Sean B. Seymore - Intellectual property scholar at Vanderbilt Law School
• William K. Sjostrom - Securities regulation scholar at University of Arizona Law
• Michael A. Stepovich - Former Governor of Alaska
• Janis Lynn Sammartino - District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
• Theresa Lazar Springmann - District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
• Luther Merritt Swygert - Former Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Martha Vázquez - Chief Judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
• Pete Visclosky - United States Congressman (D-IN)
• Ann Claire Williams - Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Frank Comerford Walker - former United States Postmaster General and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
• Charles R. Wilson - Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Mary Wittenberg is the President and Chief Executive Officer of New York Road Runners (NYRR)
• Chris Zorich - Former Notre Dame and Chicago Bears star Defensive lineman
• William J. Zloch- Judge for United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• Tae-Ung Baik, Legal Scholar of International Human Rights Law and Korean Law, Professor of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law, Former Prisoner of Conscience