List of Emory University School of Law alumni explained

This is a list of notable alumni of Emory University School of Law, the law school of the American Emory University, located in Atlanta, Georgia. (For a list of notable Emory University people, see the List of Emory University people.)

Notable alumni

Business and private practice

• John Chidsey, current CEO of Subway (restaurant), former Executive Chairman and CEO of the Burger King Corporation^[1]
• John Dowd, President Trump's personal attorney (and leader of his legal team);^[2] investigator and author of the Dowd Report, which detailed betting on baseball games by Pete Rose in the 1980s; represented Senator John McCain (R-AZ) during the Senate ethics investigation known as the Keating Five in the hearings held in 1990 and 1991
• C. Robert Henrikson, former chairman, president, and CEO of MetLife
• Boisfeuillet Jones, Sr., Atlanta philanthropist
• Jim Lanzone, President and CEO of CBS Interactive; Chief Digital Officer of CBS Corporation^[3]
• Raymond W. McDaniel Jr., president and chief executive officer of Moody's Corporation

Government and politics

• David I. Adelman, former United States Ambassador to Singapore
• Luis A. Aguilar, commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (LL.M.; J.D. University of Georgia School of Law)
• Thurbert Baker, Attorney General of Georgia, 1997–2011
• Sanford Bishop, current U.S. Representative for Georgia's 2nd congressional district
• Benjamin B. Blackburn, former U.S. Representative for Georgia's 4th congressional district
• James V. Carmichael, former member of the Georgia General Assembly, former president of Scripto pen company, candidate for governor of Georgia in 1946
• John James Flynt, Jr., former U.S. Representative from Georgia (attended but did not graduate)
• Tillie K. Fowler, former U.S. Representative for the 4th District of Florida
• Wyche Fowler, former President of the Atlanta City Council, former United States Congressman 5th Congressional District of Georgia, former United States Senator Georgia, former United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
• Gordon Giffin, former United States Ambassador to Canada
• Carte Goodwin, former United States Senator of West Virginia
• Ben F. Johnson, former member of the Georgia State Senate and Dean of the Emory University School of Law and the Georgia State University College of Law
• Robb LaKritz, former Advisor to the Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary, appointed by President George W. Bush
• Elliott H. Levitas, former U.S. Representative from Georgia
• Christian Miele, member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Joe Negron, elected to replace Mark Foley as the Republican candidate in the 16th District of Florida in the 2006 election
• Sam Nunn, former United States Senator from Georgia 1972–1997; businessman
• Sam Olens, Attorney General of Georgia, 2011–2016; formerly president of Kennesaw State University
• Randolph W. Thrower, former U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
• Teresa Tomlinson, current mayor of Columbus, Georgia
• Fani Willis, District Attorney of Fulton County, Georgia.
• Sally Yates, Acting U.S. Attorney General

Judiciary

• Anthony Alaimo, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
• Marvin S. Arrington, Sr., former Fulton County Superior Court judge and author of Making My Mark: The Story of a Man Who Wouldn’t Stay in His Place, GA's 45th "Book of the Year"
• Rowland Barnes, former Fulton County Superior Court judge murdered in his courtroom
• Stanley F. Birch, Jr., judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Elizabeth L. Branch, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Fred P. Branson, Associate Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, served as Chief Justice 1927–1929
• Ada E. Brown, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, former appellate justice on the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas
• Mark Howard Cohen, judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• Clarence Cooper, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• Kristi DuBose, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
• J. Robert Elliott, Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
• Orinda D. Evans, former chief district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• J. Owen Forrester, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• Richard Cameron Freeman, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• Leo M. Gordon, Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
• Steven Grimberg, Judge of the United States District Court for the North District of Georgia
• Catharina Haynes, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Lynn Carlton Higby, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
• James Clinkscales Hill, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Frank M. Hull, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Willis B. Hunt Jr., Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• Hugh Lawson, Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
• Charles Allen Moye Jr., Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• R. Kenton Musgrave, Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
• William Clark O'Kelley, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• John Andrew Ross, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
• Leah Ward Sears, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
• George Ernest Tidwell, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• Robert H. Whaley, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Other

• W. Watts Biggers, co-creator of the animated TV series Underdog
• Glenda Hatchett, former Chief Judge of Fulton County Juvenile Court, and star of the television show Judge Hatchett
• Bobby Jones, former amateur golfer, founder and designer of the Augusta National Golf Club
• Shivana Jorawar, reproductive justice advocate and community organizer^[4]
• Bernice King, minister, daughter of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr.
• Larry Klayman, founder and former Chairman of Judicial Watch
• Josh Luber, co-founder of luxury resale website StockX
• Robert Shemin, real estate investor and author
• Bob Varsha, on-air personality for Speed

Notes and References

1. News: John Chidsey. The Wall Street Journal. August 2, 2015.
2. News: Trump Lawyer Forwards Email Echoing Secessionist Rhetoric. The New York Times. 16 August 2017. Schmidt. Michael S.. Apuzzo. Matt.
3. Web site: Jim Lanzone Named Chief Digital Officer for CBS Corp. 13 June 2016.
4. Web site: Shivana Jorawar . 4 September 2015 . Civil Liberties and Public Policy . Hampshire College . Amherst, Massachusetts.