Valparaiso University School of Law - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Graduates of the School of Law include:

  • Robert D. Rucker, who currently is a justice on the Indiana Supreme Court.
  • Craig Morford, former acting United States Deputy Attorney General and former federal prosecutor.
  • Steve Buyer, U.S. Congressman from Indiana’s 4th district.
  • Green Hackworth – first American appointed to the International Court of Justice.
  • Richard G. Hatcher, the first African-American mayor of Gary, Indiana and one of the first black mayors elected in a major Northern industrial city, is a 1959 graduate of Valparaiso University School of Law.
  • Eugene E. Parker, the African-American sports agent for Deion Sanders, Emmitt Smith and several notable sports stars. Parker owns one of the most successful sports management companies in sports. In 1995, Parker added Craig McKenzie also a graduate of Valparaiso University School of Law.
  • George William Norris, former U.S. Senator from Nebraska.
  • G. Allen Andreas, Jr., class of 1968 — Chairman and CEO of Archer-Daniels-Midland.
  • Frances Tilton Weaver, a 1925 graduate, became the first woman attorney in Porter County, Indiana, and the youngest woman to be admitted to practice before the Indiana Supreme Court and the Illinois Supreme Court.
  • Roberta Lang – Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel for Whole Foods Market, Inc.
  • Richard Duesenberg, class of 1951 — retired Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Monsanto Company; former New York University law professor.
  • Robert Duesenberg, class of 1951 — retired Senior Vice President and General Counsel, General Dynamics and past chair of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.
  • Raymond Nimmer, class of 1968 - Dean and Leonard Childs Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center and co-director of the Houston Intellectual Property and Information Law Institute.
  • Peter O. Knight, Founder of Holland & Knight.
  • William Glynn,Senior English Teacher at Jacobs High School

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