List of New York University School of Law alumni explained

New York University School of Law has produced many influential alumni in law, government, business, academia, and society. Following is a list of notable NYU Law School alumni.

Academia

NameDegree NotabilityReferences
Michael BroydeJ.D. 1988Professor of law and academic director of the Law and Religion Program at Emory University School of Law.
John C. CoffeeLLM, 1976Adolf A. Berle Professor at Columbia Law School
Yoram DinsteinJ.D.President of Tel Aviv University
Deborah EpsteinJ.D. 1988Professor at Georgetown Law School
Richard JoelJ.D. 1975President, Yeshiva University
Roberta KarmelLLB, 1962Centennial Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School; first female Commissioner of the SEC.
Raymond LisleJ.D. 1936Dean of the Brooklyn Law School
Bridget McCormackJ.D. 1991Professor University of Michigan Law School and founder and co-director of its Michigan Innocence Clinic
James J. ReynoldsJ.D.Assistant Superintendent, New York City Board of Education[1] [2]
Abbe SmithJ.D. 1982Professor at Georgetown University Law Center

Advocacy and nonprofit

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
Crystal EastmanJ.D. 1907Co-founder and co-editor of The Liberator, co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Abraham FoxmanJ.D. 1965
Sherrilyn IfillJ.D. 1987President and director-counsel of NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Helene L. KaplanJ.D. 1967former chairman of the Carnegie Corporation of New York

Business

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
John J. CreedonJ.D. 1957Former CEO and chairman of MetLife
Michael KarlanLL.M. 1993Founder of Professionals in the City
Herb KelleherLL.B. 1955 CEO and founder of Southwest Airlines
Robert A. KindlerJ.D. 1980Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley
Paul Moore Sr.LL.B. 1911Founder of Republic Aviationo
Barry SalzbergLL.M.CEO of Deloitte
Stuart SubotnickJ.D.President of Metromedia Company, Inc.

Entertainment

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
Cherry ChevapravatdumrongJ.D.Writer and co-producer of Family Guy
Nancy GraceLL.M.Court TV host
Sally KohnJ.D. 2002Political commentator and contributor to Fox News
Kenny LucasNon-degreedAcademy Award-nominated writer and producer of Judas and the Black Messiah
Demetri MartinNon-degreedComedian known for Important Things with Demetri Martin and The Daily Show
Gerald SchoenfeldLL.B. 1949Chairman of The Shubert Organization from 1972 to 2008
Matthew AhnJ.D. 2014 Holds the Guinness World Record for fastest time to travel to all New York City Subway stations[3]

Judiciary

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
Nancy AtlasJ.D. 1974Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Richard M. BermanJ.D. 1967Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
J. Sidney BernsteinLL.B. 1900Judge, New York Supreme Court
Thomas BuergenthalJ.D. 1960
Raymond T. ChenJ.D. 1994Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Albert DiazJ.D. 1988Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Nabil ElarabyLL.M. 1969; J.S.D. 1971Judge, International Court of Justice
Katherine B. ForrestJ.D. 1990Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Janet C. HallJ.D. 1973Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
David HittnerJ.D. 1964Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Dennis G. JacobsJ.D. 1973Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judith KayeLL.B. 1958Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Samuel D. LevyLL. B., 1880Judge, New York Domestic Relations Court
Sheryl LipmanJ.D. 1987United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Raymond LohierJ.D. 1991Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Wauhope Lynn1882Justice, New York Municipal Court J
Bridget McCormackJ.D. 1991Associate Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
Roy W. McLeese IIIJ.D. 1985Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Kevin McNultyJ.D. 1983Judge, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Lynn NakamotoJ.D. 1985Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
Solomon Oliver Jr.J.D. 1972Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
M. Warley PlatzekLL.B. 1876Judge, New York Supreme Court
Leo F. RayfielLL.B. 1908Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Jenny RiveraJ.D. 1985Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Burton B. Roberts1949Judge who inspired the character of Myron Kovitsky in Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities[4]
Berle M. SchillerJ.D. 1968Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Lorna G. SchofieldJ.D. 1981Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Theodore Trautwein1953New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division judge known for the"Dr. X" trial of Mario Jascalevich[5]
Eric N. VitalianoJ.D. 1971Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Law

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
David BoiesLL.M. 1967Lawyer known for United States v. Microsoft, Bush v. Gore
Emilie Bullowa1900Lawyer and president of the National Association of Women Lawyers
Evan CheslerJ.D. 1975Lawyer and chairman of Cravath, Swaine & Moore law firm
Amal ClooneyLL.M. 2001Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London, UK
Bob FergusonJ.D. Washington State Attorney General
Martin LiptonJ.D. 1955Founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz who invented the "poison pill"
Mimi RocahJ.D. 1997District Attorney of Westchester County
Joseph RussonielloJ.D. 1966
M. Patricia SmithJ.D.Solicitor for the United States Department of Labor
Non-degreedAttorney convicted of manslaughter
Charles TetzlaffLLM, 1964United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, 1993–2001
Benjamin B. WagnerJ.D.United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California

Literature and journalism

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
Deborah CoontsLL.M. 2006Romantic mystery novelist
Crystal EastmanJ.D. 1907Co-founder and co-editor of The Liberator and co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Philip FriedmanJ.D. 1969Author of bestselling nonfiction books
Michael GartnerJ.D. 1972Journalist who won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
John F. Kennedy Jr.J.D. 1989Publisher and founder of George magazine, son of President John F. Kennedy
Shana KnizhnikJ.D. 2015Bestselling nonfiction author
Francis M. NevinsJ.D. 1967Edgar Award-winning mystery writer, biographer, film historian [6]
Charles ReznikoffLL.B. 1916Objectivist poet

Politics and government

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
Lamar AlexanderJ.D. 1965United States Senate
William Bernard BarryLL.B. 1925United States House of Representatives
Carol BellamyJ.D. 1968Director of the Peace Corps, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund, executive director of UNICEF, and President of the New York City Council,
Rudy BoschwitzJ.D. 1953United States Senate
Charles Robin BrittLL.M. 1976United States House of Representatives
Roberto de Oliveira CamposGraduate workBrazilian legislator and Ambassador to the United States and United Kingdom
Peter Angelo CavicchiaLL.B. 1908United States House of Representatives (1931–1937)
LL.B. 1898United States House of Representatives
Clay ConstantinouLL.M. 1986U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg
LL.B. 1928United States House of Representatives
J.D. 1982United States House of Representatives
Fred J. EckertNon-degreedUnited States House of Representatives and U.S. Ambassador
Edward Irving EdwardsLL.B.United States Senate (1923–1929), Governor of New Jersey
Mohamed ElBaradeiLL.M. 1971; J.S.D. 1974
Smith ElyLL.B. 1846United States House of Representatives
Guillermo EndaraLL.M. 1963President of Panama
Leonard FarbsteinLL.B. 1924United States House of Representatives (1957–1971)
Hamilton Fish IVLL.B. 1957United States House of Representatives (1969–1995)
Louis FreehLL.M. 1984Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1993–2001)
Jacob Augustus GeissenhainerLL.B. 1862United States House of Representatives
Anthony Jerome GriffinLL.B. 1892United States House of Representatives (1918–1935)
Frank Joseph GuariniJ.D. 1950, LL.M. 1955United States House of Representatives (1979–1993)
Rudy GiulianiJ.D. 1968Mayor of New York City (1994–2001); Presidential candidate (2008)
Jacob JavitsLL.B. 1926United States Senate
Hakeem JeffriesJ.D. 1997House Minority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Mitchell JenkinsLL.B. 1926United States House of Representatives
Lazarus JosephLLB, 1911New York State Senator and New York City Comptroller
Edward Aloysius KenneyLL.B. 1908United States House of Representatives (1933–1938)
Arthur George KleinLL.B. 1926United States House of Representatives (1946–1956)
Edward I. KochLL.B. 1948United States House of Representatives (1969–1977) and Mayor of New York City (1978–1989)
LL.B. 1908United States House of Representatives (1916–1934) and Mayor of New York City (1934–1945)
Jon LeibowitzJ.D. 1984Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
LL.B. 1873United States House of Representatives (1911–1915)
Stanley Nelson LundineLL.B. 1964United States House of Representatives (1976–1987)
LL.B. 1906United States House of Representatives
Allan Langdon McDermottLL.B. 1877United States House of Representatives (1900–1907)
Thomas Joseph MeskillLL.B. 1955United States House of Representatives
James Edward MurrayJ.D. 1900United States Senate (1934–1961)
Yaakov NeemanLL.M. J.S.D.Finance Minister of Israel and chair of the Neeman Committee
Edward T. O'Connor, Jr.LL.M.New Jersey State Senator[7]
Tasker Lowndes OddieLL.B. 1895United States Senate (1921–1933)[8]
James Aloysius O`GormanJ.D. 1887United States Senate (1911–1917)
LL.B. 1890United States House of Representatives
J.D. 1957United States Senate (1969–1995)
LL.B. 1907United States House of Representatives (1920–1927)
Scott Peters (politician)J.D. 1984United States House of Representatives
LL.B:, 1908United States House of Representatives (1923–1935)
LL.B. 1917United States House of Representatives
LL.B. 1908United States House of Representatives
Charles P. RettigLL.M. 1982Commissioner of Internal Revenue
LL.B. 1867Secretary of War (1899–1903), Secretary of State (1905–1909); and United States Senate (1912)
LL.M. 1952United States House of Representatives (1962–1983)
Thomas P. SalmonLL.M. 1958Governor of Vermont
Daniel Edgar SicklesLL.B. 1846United States House of Representatives
LL.B. 1901United States House of Representatives
Vaughn StewartJ.D. 2014Maryland House of Delegates
LL.B. 1935United States House of Representatives (1957–1961)
LL.B. 1927United States House of Representatives
LL.B. 1841United States Senate and Governor of New York
Martha M. WalzJ.D. 1987Massachusetts House of Representatives
Elijah WardLL.B. 1943United States House of Representatives
Ma Ying-JeouLL.M. 1976President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Sports

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
Norman C. ArmitageLL.M. 1937,J.D. 1939Olympic bronze medalist for fencing
Gary BettmanJ.D. 1977National Hockey League commissioner
Robert BlumOlympic fencer
Howard CosellJ.D. 1941Sportscaster
Bill DalyJ.D. 1990National Hockey League chief legal officer and executive vice president
Lou SilverLL.M.Professional basketball player
Paul TagliabueJ.D. 1969National Hockey League Commissioner
Jamila WidemanJ.D.Professional basketball player

Notes and References

  1. News: J.J. Reynolds Dies; City Educator 50 Years . Brooklyn Daily Eagle . May 27, 1945 . 27 . June 17, 2024.
  2. News: Dr. J.J. Reynolds, educator, 71, Dead – Ex-Assistant Superintendent in Kings – Warned U.S. of Nazi Program of Hate in '33 . The New York Times . May 27, 1945 . 25 . June 17, 2024.
  3. Web site: May 20, 2015 . Law student breaks New York City subway all-stations speed record . August 29, 2016 . Guinness World Records.
  4. News: McFadden . Robert D. . October 24, 2010 . Tom Wolfe's Model Justice Dies at 88 . . October 24, 2010.
  5. News: Corcoran . David . September 2, 2000 . Theodore Trautwein, Judge in Landmark Press Case, Dies at 80 . The New York Times . October 13, 2009.
  6. https://www.slu.edu/law/faculty/emeritus/francis-nevins.php "Francis M. Nevins"
  7. Web site: Edward T. O'Connor, Jr. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19980225003811/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/html98/oconno.htm . February 25, 1998 . May 27, 2010 . New Jersey Legislature.
  8. Web site: Nevada Governor Tasker Lowndes Oddie . October 4, 2012 . National Governors Association.

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