Washington and Lee University School of Law is a private law school in Lexington, Virginia. Following are some of its notable alumni.
Academia
edit- Ronald J. Bacigal, 1967, professor at the University of Richmond School of Law[1]
- Charles A. Graves, 1872, professor at Washington and Lee School of Law and at the University of Virginia School of Law[2]
- Robert Huntley, 1950 and 1957, dean and president of Washington and Lee University and former president and CEO of Best Products
- Robert Shepherd, 1959 and 1961, professor emeritus of law at the University of Richmond School of Law[3]
- Paul S. Trible Jr., 1971, president of Christopher Newport University and United States Senate[4]
- Henry St. George Tucker III, 1876, dean of Washington and Lee School of Law and the George Washington University Law School, and U.S. representative from Virginia[5]
Business
edit- Robert Huntley, 1957, president and CEO of Best Products and dean and president of Washington and Lee University
- Sydney Lewis, 1943 (finished his J.D. degree at George Washington University), founder of Best Products and recipient of the National Medal of Arts[6]
- Gordon P. Robertson, CEO of the Christian Broadcasting Network
Entertainment
edit- David Brown, 2000, former host of the Marketplace radio program, current anchor of the Texas Standard
Government
editJudiciary
editU.S. Supreme Court
edit- Joseph Rucker Lamar, 1878 (attended, did not graduate) associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia[7]
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr., 1931, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court[8]
Federal courts
edit- Nathan P. Bryan, 1895, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and US Senator from the State of Florida[9]
- Mark Steven Davis, 1988, United States District Court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia[10]
- Duncan Lawrence Groner, 1894, judge for United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit[11]
- James Hay, 1877, judge on the United States Court of Claims and United States representative from Virginia[12]
- Jerrauld Jones, 1980, judge on the Norfolk Circuit Court
- Walter DeKalb Kelley Jr., 1977 and 1981, former federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia[13]
- Jackson L. Kiser, 1952, judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
- Harry Jacob Lemley, 1910, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
- John Ashton MacKenzie, 1939, judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia[14]
- Robert E. Payne, 1967, judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia[15]
- Heartsill Ragon, judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and US congressman from Arkansas
- James Clinton Turk, 1952, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
- Sol Wachtler, chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals[16]
- H. Emory Widener Jr., 1953, former judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit[17]
State supreme courts
edit- Brynja McDivitt Booth, 1996, justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland
- William T. Brotherton Jr., chief justice of the Supreme Court of West Virginia
- Archibald C. Buchanan, 1914, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
- Christian Compton, 1950 and 1953, justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia[18]
- John W. Eggleston, 1910, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
- Herbert B. Gregory, 1911, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
- Daniel B. Lucas, poet and justice on the Supreme Court of West Virginia
- Charles W. Mason, 1911, justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
- William Ray Price Jr., 1978, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri[19]
- Daniel K. Sadler, justice on the New Mexico Supreme Court
- Abram Penn Staples, 1908, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia and attorney general of Virginia
- Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr., 1943 and 1947, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
- Kennon C. Whittle, 1914, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
Law
editAttorney general
edit- Bruce L. Castor Jr., 1986, attorney general (interim), solicitor general of Pennsylvania, and presidential impeachment counsel 2021[20]
- Tom Sansonetti, 1976, United States assistant attorney general for the United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division
- Abram Penn Staples, 1908, attorney general of Virginia and justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
Solicitor general
edit- Bruce L. Castor Jr., 1986, solicitor general of Pennsylvania, attorney general (interim), presidential impeachment counsel 2021[20]
- John Goode, ~1851, solicitor general of the United States and United States congressman from Virginia[21]
- John W. Davis, 1895 and 1892, solicitor general; ambassador to Britain; argued more cases before the Supreme Court than anyone else in the twentieth century[22]
Government
edit- John P. Fishwick Jr., former United States attorney for the Western District of Virginia. attorney in private practice in Roanoke, Virginia
- R. Booth Goodwin, 1996, United States attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia
- Robert W. Ray, 1985, former head of the US Office of the Independent Counsel and partner at Fox Rothschild[23]
- Peter G. Strasser, United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Private practice
edit- Robert J. Grey Jr., 1976, American Bar Association president 2004–2005[24]
- Linda A. Klein, 1983, past president of the American Bar Association and a managing partner for the Georgia offices of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz[25]
- Morgan Meyer, 1999, lawyer for Bracewell & Giuliani in Dallas, Texas, and U.S. representative[26]
- Prescott Prince, 1983, attorney defending Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Literature and journalism
edit- Terry Brooks, 1969, New York Times bestselling author of fantasy fiction[27]
- Clarence J. Brown, 1915, president of Brown Publishing Company and United States Congressman from Ohio
- Daniel B. Lucas, poet and justice on the Supreme Court of West Virginia
Military
edit- Newton D. Baker, 1894, U.S. secretary of war and mayor of Cleveland, Ohio[28]
- Edwin Gray Lee, 1859, brigadier general in the Confederate States of America
- John Otho Marsh Jr., 1951, secretary of the Army and United States congressman[29]
Politics
editUnited States Senate
edit- Nathan P. Bryan, 1895, U.S. senator from Florida and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit[9]
- William James Bryan, 1899, U.S. senator from Florida[30]
- Joe Donnelly, 1981, U.S. senator from Indiana[31]
- Scott Marion Loftin, 1899, U.S. senator from Florida [32]
- Miles Poindexter, 1891, U.S. senator from Washington [33]
- Alfred E. Reames, 1893, U.S. senator from Oregon[34]
- Paul S. Trible Jr., 1971, U.S. senator from Virginia and president of Christopher Newport University[4]
United States Congress
edit- Samuel B. Avis, U.S. representative
- Franklin Brockson, U.S. representative
- Clarence J. Brown, 1915, U.S. representative and president of Brown Publishing Company
- Edward Cooper, U.S. representative
- William Fadjo Cravens, U.S. representative
- John J. Davis, 1856, U.S. representative[35]
- John Goode, U.S. representative and solicitor general of the United States[21]
- Bob Goodlatte, 1977, U.S. representative[36]
- Morgan Griffith, 1983, U.S. representative[37]
- James Hay, 1877, U.S. representative and judge on the United States Court of Claims[12]
- James Murray Hooker, 1896, U.S. representative
- John Otho Marsh Jr., 1951, U.S. representative and U.S. secretary of the Army[29]
- Robert Murphy Mayo, 1859, U.S. representative[38]
- Heartsill Ragon, U.S. representative and judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
- Henry St. George Tucker III, 1876, U.S. representative; dean of Washington and Lee School of Law and the George Washington University Law School[5]
- David Gardiner Tyler, 1869, U.S. representative[39]
- Seward H. Williams, 1895, U.S. representative
- Harry M. Wurzbach, 1896, U.S. representative
Diplomacy
edit- John W. Davis, 1895 and 1892, ambassador to Britain and U.S. solicitor general; argued more cases before the U. S. Supreme Court than anyone else in the twentieth century[22]
Governor
edit- Spencer Cox, 2001, governor of Utah[40]
- George Washington Hays, governor of Arkansas
- Homer A. Holt, 1918 and 1923, governor of West Virginia[41]
- James L. Kemper, 1842, governor of Virginia[42]
- Ruby Laffoon, 1890, governor of Kentucky[43]
- Henry M. Mathews, 1857, governor of West Virginia[44]
- Thomas Chipman McRae, governor of Arkansas and U.S. representative[45]
- Charles L. Terry Jr., governor of Delaware[46]
- William M. Tuck, 1921, governor of Virginia[47]
- Junius Edgar West, 22nd lieutenant governor of Virginia
State
edit- William Ross Allen, Virginia House of Delegates[48]
- Robert D. Bailey Jr., West Virginia secretary of state
- Morgan Meyer, 1999, member of Texas House of Representatives and lawyer with Bracewell & Giuliani in Dallas, Texas[26]
- Mark Obenshain, 1987, Senate of Virginia
- Mark J. Peake, 1988, Senate of Virginia
- Lacey E. Putney, Virginia House of Delegates[49]
- Susan Swecker, chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia[50]
Local
edit- Newton D. Baker, 1894, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and U.S. secretary of war[28]
- Vance A. Funk III, 1968, mayor of Newark, Delaware
Sports
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Ronald J. Bacigal". Washington and Lee University. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Charles A. Graves". Washington and Lee School of Law. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Robert Shepard".
- 1 2 "Paul S. Trible, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- 1 2 "Henry St. George Tucker III". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ "National Medal of the Arts". National Endowment for the Arts. April 24, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Joseph R. Lamar". Oyez. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr". NNDB Soylent Communications. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- 1 2 "Nathan P. Bryan". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Mark Steven Davis". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Duncan Lawrence Groner". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- 1 2 "James Hay". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Walter Kelley". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "John Ashton MacKenzie". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Robert E. Payne". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ "Historical Society of the New York Courts | New York Legal History / Oral Histories". www.nycourts.gov. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ↑ "H. Emory Widener, Jr". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ "Powell News archive :: Powell Archives :: W&L Law School". law2.wlu.edu. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ↑ "William Ray Price, Jr". Your Missouri Courts. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- 1 2 "Bruce L. Castor, Jr". County of Montgomery, PA. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- 1 2 "John Goode". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- 1 2 "John W. Davis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Robert W. Ray".
- ↑ "Robert J. Grey Jr. | Professionals | Hunton & Williams LLP". www.hunton.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ↑ "W&L Alumna Linda Klein '83L Named President of the American Bar Association". Washington and Lee University. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- 1 2 "Morgan D. Meyer". bracewellgiuliani.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Terry Brooks". NNDB Soylent Communications. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- 1 2 "Newton D. Baker". NNDB Soylent Communications. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- 1 2 "John Otho Marsh, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "William James Bryan". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- ↑ "W&L Law Alums Win Elections in Virginia, Indiana". Washington and Lee University. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ↑ "Scott Marion Loftin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Miles Poindexter". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ "Alfred E. Reames". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ "John J. Davis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Bob Goodlatte". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Morgan Griffith". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Robert Murphy Mayo". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "David Gardiner Tyler". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ "Spencer Cox". Washington and Lee University. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Homer A. Holt". West Virginia State Archives. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "James L. Kemper". National Governors Association. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Ruby Laffoon". National Governors Association. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ Addkison-Simmons, D. (2010). Henry Mason Mathews. e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 11, 2012, from http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1582
- ↑ "Thomas Chipman McRae". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Charles L. Terry, Jr". National Governors Association. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ "William M. Tuck". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ Lyon G. Tyler, ed. (1908). Men of mark in Virginia, ideals of American life; a collection of biographies of the leading men in the state. Vol. 4. Men of Mark Publishing Company. pp. 5–6. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Archive.org.
- ↑ "House Joint Resolution No. 203". lis.virginia.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Chairwoman Susan Swecker". Democratic Party of Virginia. Retrieved November 16, 2023.