UC Berkeley School of Law has produced many influential alumni in law, government, business, academia and society.
The following are prominent alumni of Berkeley Law. Within each category below, alumni are listed by their graduation date from the law school. Alumni may appear more than once if they hold or have held roles that encompass multiple categories. Individuals were conferred with J.D. or LL.B. degrees unless otherwise noted in parentheses.
The following are Berkeley Law graduates who have served in prominent federal, state, and local government positions and/or important political roles.
Federal government
Representatives
Frederick C. Loofbourow , 1896 – member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah (1930–1933)[8]
Ralph R. Eltse , 1912 – member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1933–1935)[9]
Albert E. Carter , 1913 – member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1925–1945)[10]
J. Leroy Johnson , 1915 – member of the United States House of Representatives from California (1943–1957)[11]
Thomas Werdel , 1936 – member of the United States House of Representatives from California (1949–1953)[12]
Robert Condon , 1938 – member of the United States House of Representatives from California (1953–1955)[13]
John J. McFall , 1941 – House Majority Whip (1973–1977), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1957–1978)[14]
John F. Baldwin, Jr. , 1949 – member of the United States House of Representatives from California (1955–1966)[15]
Robert Leggett , 1950 – member of the United States House of Representatives from California (1963–1979)[16]
Thomas Gill , 1951 – member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii (1963–1965)[17]
Jerome Waldie , 1953 – member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1966–1975)[18]
Eni Faleomavaega , 1973 (LL.M.) – delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from American Samoa (1989–2015)[19]
Peter Welch , 1973 – member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont (2007–2023)[20]
Frank Tejeda , 1974 – member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas (1993–1997)[21]
Colin Allred '14, U.S. Representative from Texas
Notable congressional staff
Douglas Letter , 1978 – general counsel of the United States House of Representatives (2019–)
Victoria Nourse , 1984 – counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee (1990–1993) and a United States Committee to Investigate the Iran-Contra Affair (1987)[23]
Uttam Dhillon , 1987 – chief counsel and deputy staff director of the United States House Committee on Homeland Security (2003–2006), policy director of the House Republican Policy Committee (2002), and Senior Investigative Counsel of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform (1997–1998)[24]
Linda Menghetti , 1990 – Chief Democratic (Minority) Trade Counsel in the United States Senate Committee on Finance (2000, counsel 1996–2000)[25]
Jelena McWilliams , 2002 – chief counsel and deputy staff director for the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (2015–2016)[26]
Ann O'Leary , 2005 – legislative director for Senator Hillary Clinton (2001–2003)[27]
Henry Stern , 2009 – former counsel for the House Energy and Commerce Committee [28]
Department of Justice
Theodore Olson '65, 42nd Solicitor General of the United States
Theodore Olson , 1965 – 42nd Solicitor General of the United States (2001–2004)[33]
Billy Hunter , 1971 – United States Attorney for the Northern District of California (1977–1981)[34]
Douglas Letter , 1978 – director of the Civil Division Appellate Staff, associate counsel to President Bill Clinton , deputy associate attorney general, and senior counselor to Attorney General Eric Holder
Bonnie S. Klapper , 1982 – notable Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California and the Eastern District of New York (1984–2012)[35]
Harry Litman , 1986 – United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1998–2001), Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General (1993–1998), and Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California (1989–1993) and the Eastern District of Virginia (1993–1998)[36]
Uttam Dhillon , 1987 – acting administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration (2018–2020)[24]
Melinda Haag '87, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
Department of State
John R. Phillips , 1969 – United States Ambassador to Italy (2013–2017), United States Ambassador to San Marino (2013–2017), and chair of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships (2009–2013)[39]
Michael Kozak , 1971 – noted diplomat who has served in various high-ranking roles in the U.S. Department of State since the 1970s; helped negotiate the Panama Canal Treaties and the Egypt-Israel , Nicaraguan Civil War , and Lebanese Civil War peace treaties; United States Ambassador to Belarus (2000–2003), Chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana (late 1990s), Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (2019–), Acting United States Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism (2012–2013), principal deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs , and senior advisory roles to the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor [40]
Michael H. Posner , 1972 – Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) of the United States (2009–2013)[41]
Michael Posner '72, former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Daniel A. Clune , 1975 – United States Ambassador to Laos (2013–2016), Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (2010–2012), director of the U.S. State Department Office of Monetary Affairs (2005–2007), director of the U.S. State Department Office of Economic Policy and Public Diplomacy, deputy chief of mission and chargé d'affaires of the U.S. embassy in the Bahamas [42]
Frankie Reed , 1979 – United States Ambassador to Fiji , Kiribati , Nauru , Tonga and Tuvalu (2011–2015) and United States Consul in Melbourne, Australia (2015–)[43]
Robert S. Beecroft , 1988 – United States Ambassador to Egypt (2015–2017), United States Ambassador to Iraq (2012–2014), and United States Ambassador to Jordan (2008–2011)[44]
Jeff Bleich , 1989 – United States Ambassador to Australia (2009–2013)[45]
Robert O'Brien , 1991 – Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs (2018–2019) and co-chair of the Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan program (2007–2008) [6]
Other federal departments and agencies
Hugh S. Johnson , 1916 – administrator of the National Recovery Administration (1933–1934); served during the height of the Great Depression [46]
Mathew Tobriner , 1932 (J.S.D.) – chief attorney for the United States Department of Agriculture (1932–1936)[47]
Steven Walther , 1968 – vice chair of the Federal Election Commission (2020, commissioner 2008–)[48]
Michael Pack , 1970s – CEO and director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (2020–2021), senior vice president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (2003–2006), and member of the National Council for the Humanities (2002–2005)
Helane Morrison , 1984 – regional director of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (1999–2007)[49]
Uttam Dhillon , 1987 – director of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2006–2008)[24]
Kenneth Wainstein , 1988 – Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis (2022–)
David Kappos , 1990 – Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and director of United States Patent and Trademark Office (2009–2013)[50]
Kenneth L. Marcus , 1991 – Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education for Civil Rights (2018–, 2003–2004), staff director for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (2004–2008), and General Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (2001–2004)[51]
Michael Mundaca , 1992 – Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy (2010–2011)[52]
Jelena McWilliams '02, Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
State and territorial governments
State cabinet members
Earl Warren , 1914 – 20th Attorney General of California (1939–1943)[58]
Thomas Gill , 1951 – 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii (1966–1970) and director of the Hawaii Office of Economic Opportunity (1965–1966)[17]
Richard L. Wright , 1960s – chief of staff to Governor of New Jersey Jim Florio [54]
David B. Frohnmayer , 1967 – 12th Attorney General of Oregon (1981–1991)[61]
Paul Bardacke , 1969 – 26th Attorney General of New Mexico (1983–1986)[62]
Eni Faleomavaega , 1973 (LL.M.) – 3rd Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa (1985–1989)[19]
David M. Louie , 1977 – 13th Attorney General of Hawaii (2011–2014)[63]
Kate Marshall , 1992 – 35th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada (2019–) and 21st Nevada State Treasurer (2007–2015)[64]
Jahna Lindemuth , 1997 – 31st Attorney General of Alaska (2016–2018)[65]
Sean Reyes , 1997 – 21st Attorney General of Utah (2013–)[66]
Jessica Wooley , 1997 – director of the Hawaii Office of Environmental Quality Control (2014–2015)[67]
Ann O'Leary , 2005 – chief of staff to Governor of California Gavin Newsom (2019–)[27]
Ann O'Leary '05, Chief of Staff to the Governor of California
State and territorial legislators
Selim M. Franklin , 1883 – member of the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature (1885–1887); drafted legislation that founded the University of Arizona [68]
Albert Charles Wollenberg , 1924 – member of the California State Assembly (1939–1947)[69]
MacNeil Mitchell , 1929 – New York State Senator (1947–1964) and member of the New York State Assembly (1938–1946); chair of the New York State Senate Judiciary Committee; delegate to the 1960 and 1964 Republican Party National Conventions[70]
Thomas Werdel , 1936 – member of the California State Assembly (1943–1947); chair of the Judiciary Committee in the State Assembly[12]
Robert Condon , 1938 – member of the California State Assembly (1948–1952)[13]
Thomas W. Caldecott , 1939 – member, California State Assembly (1947–1967)[71]
John J. McFall , 1941 – member of the California State Assembly (1951–1956)[72]
John A. Nejedly , 1941 – California State Senator (1969–1980); chair of the California State Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife[73]
Melvin D. Close, Jr. , 1950s – Speaker, Nevada General Assembly (1967–1968, member 1964–1970) and president pro tempore, Nevada Senate (1977 and 1981, state senator 1970–1982)[74]
Robert Leggett , 1950 – member of the California State Assembly (1961–1962)[75]
Thomas Gill , 1951 – member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1959–1963)[17]
William Raggio , 1951 – Nevada State Senate Majority Leader (1987–1989 and 1993–2007; served as minority leader 1977–1979, 1983–86, in 1991 and in 2009; elected to the state senate 1972–2011); chair of the State Senate Finance Committee and the Legislative Committee on Education[76]
William Raggio '51 served as either Majority or Minority Leader in the Nevada State Senate for over 30 years.
Frank Tejeda '74, former U.S. Representative and Texas State Senator
Frank Tejeda , 1974 – Texas State Senator (1987–1993) and member of the Texas House of Representatives (1977–1987)[21]
Joe Simitian , 1977 – California State Senator (2004–2012), member of the California State Assembly (2000–2004)[82]
Juan Arambula , 1981 – member, California State Assembly (2004–2010)[83]
Nancy Turbak Berry , 1981 – South Dakota State Senator (2006–2010)[84]
Paul Krekorian , 1984 – member of the California State Assembly (2006–2010)[85]
John Hinck , 1990 – member of the Maine House of Representatives (2006–2012)[86]
Jessica Wooley , 1997 – member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (2009–2014)[67]
Catharine Baker , 2000 – member of the California State Assembly (2014–2018)[87]
Jeff Waldstreicher , 2003 – Maryland State Senator (2019–) and member of the Maryland House of Delegates (2007–2019)[88]
Jordan Cunningham , 2004 – member of the California State Assembly (2016–)[89]
Ben Allen , 2008 – California State Senator (2014–)[90]
Henry Stern , 2009 – California State Senator (2016–) and former senior advisor to California State Senator Fran Pavley [28]
Other state and territorial officials
Charles Stetson Wheeler , 1884 – Regent of the University of California (1892–1896, 1902–1907, and 1911–1923) and California Republican Party delegate to various Republican National Conventions in the early 20th century
Jacobus tenBroek , 1938 (LL.B.) and 1940 (J.S.D.) – chair of the California Social Welfare Board (1960–1963)[91]
Spencer Mortimer Williams , 1948 – secretary of the California Human Relations Agency (1967–1970)[92]
Jerome Waldie , 1953 – member of the California Agricultural Relations Board (1981–1985)[18]
John P. Vukasin, Jr. , 1956 – commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission (1969–1974)[93]
Richard L. Wright , 1960s – member of Governor of New Jersey John Corzine 's transition team[54]
David B. Frohnmayer , 1967 – president of the University of Oregon (1994–2009)[94]
Steven Walther , 1968 – former member of the Nevada State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights [95]
Eleanor Nisperos , 1971 – deputy attorney general of the Northern Mariana Islands (2007–2011)[96]
Eni Faleomavaega , 1973 (LL.M.) – Deputy Attorney General of American Samoa (1981–1984)[19]
Michael S. Bernick , 1979 – director of the California Employment Development Department (1999–2004)[97]
Paul S. Edwards , 1991 (J.D.) and 1996 (Ph.D. in Jurisprudence and Social Policy) – deputy chief of staff for policy and communications for Governor of Utah Gary R. Herbert (2016–2019)[98]
Peter J. Aschenbrenner , 1971- Commissioner for the State of Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct (2004–2012)[99]
Local governments
Mayors
Ed Lee '78, former Mayor of San Francisco
John J. McFall , 1941 – mayor of Manteca, California (1949–1950)[72]
Daniel Boatwright , 1959 – mayor of Concord, California (1966–1968)[100]
Pete Wilson , 1962 – 29th mayor of San Diego (1971–1983)[7]
Kent Mitchell , 1964 – mayor of Portola Valley, California (1970s–1980s)[101]
Neil Goldschmidt , 1967 – 45th Mayor of Portland (1973–1979)[4]
Warren Widener , 1967 – first African-American mayor of Berkeley, California (1971–1979)[102]
Robert K. Tanenbaum , 1968 – mayor of Beverly Hills, California (1986–1994) and novelist[103]
Gabrielle LeDoux , 1973 – mayor of Kodiak Island Borough , Alaska (2001–2004)[103]
Ed Lee , 1978 – 43rd and first Asian-American mayor of San Francisco (2011–2017)[104]
Local councils
Alfonso Zirpoli , 1928 – member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1958–1961)[105]
John J. McFall , 1941 – member of the Manteca City Council (1948–1949)[72]
Neil Goldschmidt , 1967 – City Commissioner for the Portland City Council (1971–1973)[4]
Warren Widener , 1967 – member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors (1988–1992) and member of the Berkeley City Council (1969–1971)[102]
Susan Leal , 1975 – member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the 8th District (1993–1997)[106]
Joe Simitian , 1977 – president of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors (2013–, supervisor 1996–2000) and Palo Alto City Councillor (1992–1996)[107]
John Gioia , 1982 – supervisor, Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors (1998–, served as chair of the board of supervisors in 2002, 2006, and 2010)[108]
Paul Krekorian , 1984 – Los Angeles City Councilmember (2010–)[109]
John Hinck , 1990 – member of the Portland, Maine City Council (2013–2017)[86]
Rafael Mandelman , 2000 – member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the 8th District (2018–)[110]
Hillary Ronen , 2003 – member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the 9th District (2017–)
Jane Kim , 2009 – member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the 6th District (2011–2019)[111]
City attorneys
Selim M. Franklin , 1883 – city attorney of Tucson, Arizona [114]
J. Leroy Johnson , 1915[11] – city attorney of Stockton, California
David John Wilson , 1919 – county attorney of Weber County, Utah (1920–1925)[115]
George S. Ballif , 1924 – city attorney for Provo, Utah (1920s)[116]
John A. Nejedly , 1941[73] – city attorney for Walnut Creek, California (1948–1958)
Spencer Mortimer Williams , 1948 – County Counsel for Santa Clara County (1952–1966)[117]
Mike Aguirre , 1975 – San Diego City Attorney (2004–2008)[118]
D. Leigh Colvin , 1910s – Prohibition Party and Law Preservation Party candidate for United States Senate in 1916 and 1932, Mayor of New York City in 1917, Vice President of the United States in 1920, U.S. Representative in 1922, and President of the United States in 1936[122]
Earl Warren , 1914[58] – chair of the California Republican Party (1932–1938)
Mathew Tobriner , 1932 (J.S.D.)[123] – California Vice Chair of President Harry Truman 's 1952 reelection campaign, and chair of Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas 's campaign for U.S. Senate
Thomas W. Caldecott , 1940s – chair of the California Republican Party (1954–1956)[71]
Frank Mankiewicz , 1955 – press secretary for Robert F. Kennedy 's 1968 presidential campaign and campaign director for George McGovern 's 1972 presidential campaign[124]
Richard L. Wright , 1960s – National Finance Director for the Bill Bradley 2000 presidential campaign[54]
Jerry Brady , 1962[125] – Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Idaho in 2002 and 2006
Frank Fahrenkopf , 1965 – chair of the Republican National Committee (1983–1989)[126] and founder and co-chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates (1986–)
Donald Segretti , 1966 – political operative for President Richard Nixon 's Committee to Re-elect the President who was implicated in the Watergate scandal [127]
Karen Skelton , 1984 – political strategist, documentary filmmaker, and Democratic National Convention delegate; president of the Skelton Strategies political consulting firm and former manager of the Dewey Square Group public affairs firm[128]
Ann O'Leary , 2005 – senior advisor and transition team co-executive director for the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign [27]
Maya Rupert , 2006 – campaign manager for Julian Castro 's 2020 presidential campaign[129]
The following are Berkeley Law graduates who have served as appointed judges on international, federal, state and/or prominent criminal courts.
Federal courts
United States Supreme Court justices
District Court judges
Harry Aaron Hollzer , 1903 – judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (1931–1946)[148]
Oliver Deveta Hamlin, Jr. , 1914 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1953–1958)
Monroe Mark Friedman , 1920 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1952–1953)[149]
Walter Gordon , 1922 – judge of the United States District Court of the Virgin Islands (1958–1968)[59]
Albert Charles Wollenberg , 1924 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1958–1975)[150]
Sherrill Halbert , 1927 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (1966–1969) and the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1954–1966)[151]
Martin Pence , 1928 – chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (1961–1974)[152]
Alfonso Zirpoli , 1928 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1961–1975)[105]
Gerald Sanford Levin , 1930 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1969–1971)[153]
Francis C. Whelan , 1932 – judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California (1966–1978) and judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (1964–1966)[154]
Lloyd Hudson Burke , 1940 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1958–1988)[155]
Myron Donovan Crocker , 1940 – chief judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (1966–1967, judge in 1966 and 1967–1981) and judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (1959–1966)[156]
Thomas Jamison MacBride , 1941 – chief judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (1967–1979, judge on this court 1966–1967) and judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1961–1966)[157]
William Horsley Orrick, Jr. , 1941 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1974–1985)[158]
Milton Lewis Schwartz , 1941 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (1979–1990)[159]
Edward Dean Price , 1947 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (1979–1989)[160]
Spencer Mortimer Williams , 1948 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1971–1987)[161]
William Perry Copple , 1951 – judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona (1966–1983)[162]
D. Lowell Jensen , 1952 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1986–1997)[163]
John P. Vukasin, Jr. , 1956 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1983–1993)[164]
Alan Cooke Kay , 1960 – chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (1991–1999, judge 1986–2000)[165]
Lloyd D. George , 1961 – judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (1992–1997)[166]
Thelton Henderson , 1962 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1990–1997)[167]
William B. Shubb , 1963 – chief judge of the Eastern District of California (1996–2003, judge 1990–1996 and 2003–2004)[168]
James Keith Singleton, Jr. , 1964 – chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska (1995–2002, judge 1990–2005)[169]
Oliver Winston Wanger , 1966 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (1991–2006)[170]
Maxine M. Chesney , 1967 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1995–2009)[171]
Charles Breyer , 1966 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1997–2011)[172]
Linda Hodge McLaughlin , 1966 – judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California (1992–1999)[173]
Richard Paez , 1972 – judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California (1994–2000)[144]
Anthony W. Ishii , 1973 – chief judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (2008–2012, judge 1997–2008)[174]
Claudia Ann Wilken '75, former Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Claudia Ann Wilken , 1975 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1993–2014)[175]
George B. Daniels , 1978 – judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (2000–)[176]
Richard G. Andrews , 1981 – judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (2011–)[177]
Virginia A. Phillips , 1982 – chief judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California (2016–, judge 1999–2016, Magistrate Judge 1995–1999)[178]
Michael W. Fitzgerald , 1985 – judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California (2012–)[179]
Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha , 1986 – judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California (2020–)[180]
Trina Thompson , 1986 – judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2022–)
Karin Immergut , 1987 – judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon (2019–)[181]
Indira Talwani , 1988 – judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (2014–)[182]
Fernando M. Olguin , 1989 – judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California (2013–, Magistrate Judge 2001–2012)[183]
Jon S. Tigar , 1989 – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2013–)[184]
Miranda Du '94, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Vince Chhabria '98, Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California
State courts
State Supreme Courts
State associate justices
Kathryn Werdegar '62, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
Ira F. Thompson , 1909 – associate justice of the Supreme Court of California (1932–1937)[195]
Raymond E. Peters , 1920s – associate justice of the Supreme Court of California (1959–1973)[196]
Mathew Tobriner , 1932 (J.S.D.) – associate justice of the Supreme Court of California (1962–1982)
Harry P. Glassman , 1950s – associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1979–1981)[197]
Hans A. Linde , 1950 – 79th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon (1977–1990)[198]
Allen Broussard , 1953 – associate justice of the Supreme Court of California (1981–1991)[199]
Cruz Reynoso , 1958 – associate justice of the Supreme Court of California (1982–1987)[200]
Kathryn M. Werdegar , 1962 – associate justice of the Supreme Court of California (1994–2017)[201]
Linda Hodge McLaughlin , 1966 – associate justice pro tempore of the Supreme Court of California (1984)[202]
Walter L. Carpeneti , 1970 – associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alaska (1998–2013)[194]
Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr. , 1971 – associate justice of the Supreme Court of Colorado (1996–2015)[203]
Cathy Silak , 1976 – associate justice of the Supreme Court of Idaho (1993–2001)[204]
Brent R. Appel , 1977 – associate justice of the Supreme Court of Iowa (2006–)[205]
Daniel Winfree , 1981 – associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alaska (2008–)[206]
Steven Gonzalez , 1991 – associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court (2012–)[207]
John A. Pearce , 1996 – associate justice of the Supreme Court of Utah (2015–)[208]
Matthew McDermott , 2003 – associate justice of the Supreme Court of Iowa (2020–)[209]
State appellate judges
James Keith Singleton, Jr. , 1964 – judge of the Alaska Court of Appeals (1980–1990)[210]
Linda Hodge McLaughlin , 1966 – Judge pro tempore of the California Court of Appeal (1985)[202]
Walton J. Wood , 1900s – associate justice of the California Court of Appeal (1935–1945)[211]
Ira F. Thompson , 1909[195] – associate justice of the California Court of Appeal (1926–1932)
Raymond E. Peters , 1920s – Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal (1939–1959)[212]
Mathew Tobriner , 1932 (J.S.D.)[47] – associate justice of the California Court of Appeal (1959–1962)
John Gabbert , 1934 – associate justice of the California Court of Appeal (1970–1974)[213]
Thomas W. Caldecott , 1940s – associate justice of the California Court of Appeal (1969–1984)[214]
William W. Bedsworth , 1971 – associate justice of the California Court of Appeal (1998–2010)[215]
Cathy Silak , 1976[216] – judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals (1990–1993)
Keith K. Hiraoka , 1983 – judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (2018–)[217]
Superior Court judges
Walton J. Wood , 1900s – judge of the California Superior Court of Los Angeles County (1921–1935)[211]
Harry Aaron Hollzer , 1903 – judge of the California Superior Court of Los Angeles County (1924–1931)[218]
Ira F. Thompson , 1909[195] – judge of the California Superior Court of Los Angeles County (1923–1926)
Oliver Deveta Hamlin, Jr. , 1914 – judge of the California Superior Court of Alameda County (1947–1953)
Monroe Mark Friedman , 1920 – judge of the California Superior Court of Alameda County (1959–1971)[219]
Albert Charles Wollenberg , 1924 – judge of the California Superior Court of San Francisco (1947–1958)[150]
Sherrill Halbert , 1927 – judge of the California Superior Court (1949–1954)[220]
Martin Pence , 1931[221] – judge of the Third Circuit Court of the Territory of Hawaii (1945–1950)
Harry P. Glassman , 1950s – judge of the Maine Superior Court (1972–1979)[197]
John P. Vukasin, Jr. , 1956 – judge of the California Superior Court (1974–1983)[222]
Royce R. Lewellen , 1957 – judge of the California Superior Court of Santa Barbara County (1975–1990)[223]
James Keith Singleton, Jr. , 1964 – judge of the Alaska Superior Court (1970–1980)[210]
Linda Hodge McLaughlin , 1966 – judge of the California Superior Court of Orange County (1982–1992)[224]
Oliver Winston Wanger , 1966 – pro tem Judge of the Superior Court of California of Fresno County (1988–1989)[225]
Walter L. Carpeneti , 1970 – judge of the Alaska Superior Court (1981–1988)[226]
Stephen Kaus , 1973 – judge of the California Superior Court of Alameda County (2012–)[227]
Lance Ito , 1975 – judge of the California Superior Court of Los Angeles County (1987–2015); presided during the O. J. Simpson criminal trial [228]
Virginia A. Phillips , 1982[229] – commissioner of the California Superior Court of Riverside County (1991–1995)
Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha , 1986 – judge of the California Superior Court of Los Angeles County (2017–2020)[230]
Karin Immergut '87, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon . Previously served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon and state circuit court judge.
International courts
Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem , 1965 (LL.M.) – judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (1999–2008) and Minister of Justice of Hamburg, Germany (1995–1997)[237]
Reynato S. Puno , 1968 (LL.M.) – 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (2006–2010) and 131st Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (1993–2006)[238]
Joan Donoghue , 1981 – president of the International Court of Justice (2021–) and judge of the International Court of Justice (2010–2021)[239]
David Caron , 1983 – Judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice and member of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands [240]
Sir Rabinder Singh , 1986 (LL.M.) – the highest-ranking judge of Asian descent in British history and the first Sikh and youngest person to become a High Court judge in the United Kingdom . Served as Lord Justice of Appeal (2017–), Administrative Court Liaison Judge for Wales and the Midlands & Western Circuits (2017), presiding judge of the South Eastern Circuit (2013–2016), judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court (2011–2013), Crown Court Recorder (2004–2011) and deputy High Court judge (2003). Member and president of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (2016–, president since 2018)[241]