List of University of Texas School of Law alumni explained
See also: List of University of Texas at Austin alumni.
This is a list of notable alumni of University of Texas School of Law, the law school of the University of Texas, located in Austin, Texas.The University of Texas School of Law has 23,500 living alumni.[1]
Politics
- Steve AdlerMayor of Austin
- Robert B. Andersonformer United States Secretary of Treasury; Deputy Secretary of Defense[2]
- William R. ArcherUnited States Representative from Texas (1971–2001); Chairman of United States House Committee on Ways and Means[3]
- James Bakerformer United States Secretary of State; former United States Secretary of Treasury; former White House Chief of Staff for President Ronald Reagan and President George H. W. Bush;[4] Campaign Chairman of President Reagan's 1984 reelection; Campaign Chairman of President George H. W. Bush's 1988 election.
- Ben Barnesformer Lieutenant Governor of Texas; National Democratic Lobbyist[5]
- Paul Begalapolitical consultant, commentator and former advisor to President Bill Clinton[6]
- Lloyd Bentsenformer Secretary of the Treasury and United States Senator; former Chair of United States Senate Committee on Finance; former candidate for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States.[7]
- Robert Lee BobbittSpeaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1927–1929), Attorney General of Texas (1929–1930), state court judge (1935–1937), chairman of the Texas Highway Department (1937–1943)[8]
- Jack BrooksU.S. Member of Congress; Chair of United States House Committee on the Judiciary[9] Authored articles of impeachment against President Nixon.[10]
- J. E. "Buster" Brown (Class of 1972)Texas Senator, District 17 from 1981 to 2002
- William Brownfield Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Former United States Ambassador to Colombia; Former United States Ambassador to Venezuela; Former United States Ambassador to Chile
- James P. Buchanan U.S. Member of Congress; Chair of the United States House Committee on Appropriations; After his death in office was succeeded by Lyndon B. Johnson.
- Albert S. Burleson United States Postmaster General under President Woodrow Wilson and former Member of Congress. Instrumental in implementing President Wilson's policy to racially segregate the federal workforce. Aggressively enforced the Espionage Act during World War 1.
- George P. Bushson of Florida Governor Jeb Bush, nephew of President George W. Bush; Texas Land Commissioner, elected 2014.
- Kent Capertonlawyer, lobbyist in Austin and former state senator from Bryan
- Waggoner CarrAttorney General of Texas
- John Carter (Texas politician) Member of Congress
- James W. Cicconi White House Staff Secretary; General Counsel and Worldwide Head of Government Relations for AT&T
- Tom C. Clarkformer Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and United States Attorney General[11]
- Susan Combs Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts; Agriculture Commissioner of Texas
- John Connallyformer Governor of Texas; former Secretary of the Navy, former Secretary of the Treasury; Aide to Lyndon Johnson; Lead Democrats for Nixon; Former Candidate for President of the United States; Was seriously wounded when riding in President Kennedy's car at Dealey Plaza when the president was assassinated. Presided over the removal of the U.S. dollar from the gold standard; Lead a major expansion of higher education in Texas. Opened previously all-male Texas A&M University to women.
- Tom Connallyformer United States Senator; Chair of Senate Foreign Relations Committee during World War II and the beginning of the Cold War; Vice-Chairman of United Nations Conference on International Organization that chartered the United Nations; Instrumental in ratification of treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Strong supporter of free trade and foreign policy of President Franklin D Roosevelt and President Harry S Truman[12]
- Christi CraddickChair of the Texas Railroad Commission; (the agency that has primary regulatory authority over the Texas oil and gas industry).
- Henry CuellarUnited States Representative from Texas; member of House Democratic leadership[13]
- Lloyd Doggettmember, U.S. Congress;[14] Former Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
- Ronnie Earle District Attorney of Travis County (Austin) from 1977 to 2009. Indicted House Majority Leader Tom Delay for money laundering.
- Robert C. Eckhardt Member of Congress; Member of Texas House; Author of Texas Open Beaches Act
- Frances Tarlton "Sissy" FarentholdTexas House of Representatives, First female officeholder nominated for Vice President of the United States at the 1972 Democratic National Convention
- Pete GerenFormer Member of Congress; Former Secretary of the Army; Former Secretary of the Air Force[15]
- Thomas Watt Gregory Former Attorney General of the United States; namesake of UT Austin Gregory Gym[16]
- Richard Gump co-founder of international law firm Akin Gump Straus
- Kent HanceChancellor Emeritus of Texas Tech University System; Former Member of Congress who defeated George W Bush in his first Congressional race.[17]
- Jeb HensarlingMember of US Congress; Chair of the United States House Committee on Financial Services; Chairman of House Republican Conference; chairman of US Debt "Supercommittee"[18]
- John Hill former Attorney General of Texas; former Chief Justice of Texas Supreme Court; Democratic Nominee for Governor of Texas in 1978
- Oveta Culp Hobby First United States Secretary of Health and Human Services; Second woman to serve as a member of the President's Cabinet
- Thad Hutchesonformer chairman of the Texas Republican Party, U.S. Senate candidate in 1957, Houston lawyer
- Kay Bailey HutchisonUnited States Permanent Representative to NATO;former U.S. senator; Ranking Republican United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation;[19]
- Nathan M. JohnsonTexas State Senator for District 16 and Dragon Ball Z composer.
- John Marvin JonesMember of Congress; Chair of United States House Committee on Agriculture; Chief Judge of United States Court of Claims; Author of many New Deal agriculture laws.
- Joe M. Kilgore1946 graduate; U.S. representative from Texas's 15th congressional district from 1955 to 1965.
- Ron Kirkformer mayor of Dallas, Texas; Former United States Trade Representative
- Cyndi Taylor Krier (Class of 1975)Texas State Senator and Bexar County Judge. First woman and first Republican to represent San Antonio in the Texas State Senate.
- Bob Lanierformer Mayor of Houston
- Brooke Lierman Comptroller of Maryland
- Honoré Ligarde state representative for Webb County from 1963 to 1973, businessman, lawyer, banker, civic figure[20]
- Michael Lind Prolific political writer; Has written and edited for Politico, Salon, New Republic, The New Yorker; Co Founder of centrist think tank -the New America Foundation
- Eddie Lucio, IIIState Representative from Texas' 38th District (Cameron County)
- George H. Mahon Member US Congress; Chair of U.S. House Appropriations Committee; Dean of the United States House of Representatives
- Garry Mauro Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office; Democratic Nominee for Governor of Texas in 1998
- Earle Bradford Mayfieldformer United States Senator from Texas
- Myra McDaniel first African American Texas Secretary of State; General Counsel to Governor Mark White
- Harry McPhersonWhite House Counsel; Advisor to President Lyndon Johnson; Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
- John T. Montford (Class of 1968)former Chancellor of Texas Tech University System, 1996-2001; member of the Texas State Senate, 1983-1996; businessman in San Antonio, since 2001
- Dan Moody former Governor of Texas; former Texas Attorney General
- William T. "Bill" Moore1949 graduate; state senator from Bryan known as the "Bull of the Brazos" and the "father of the modern Texas A&M University"
- Steve Munisteri White House Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump; former chair of the Republican Party of Texas
- Pat Morris Neff Former governor of Texas; former president of Baylor University
- Covey T. Oliver Former Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs; former United States Ambassador to Colombia; Former Dean of University of Pennsylvania School of Law
- Pete OlsonUnited States Congressman from Texas
- George Peddy (1920)member of the Texas House of Representatives and U.S. Senate candidate[21]
- Federico Peñaformer Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Energy; former Mayor of Denver
- Sam Rayburnlongest-serving Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; Mentor to President Lyndon Johnson; Chair of United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Before Congress served as Speaker of Texas House of Representatives
- Brooke Rollins Special Assistant to President Donald Trump for innovation. Former CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Former Policy Director to Governor Rick Perry.[23]
- Chip Roy Member of Congress
- Tom Schiefferformer United States Ambassador to Japan; former United States Ambassador to Australia; President of the Texas Rangers baseball team; Co-lead effort to purchase Texas Rangers with President George W. Bush. Brother of CBS Anchor Bob Schieffer
- A. R. Schwartzformer Texas State Senator, helped author the landmark Texas Open Beaches Act
- Clay Sell Former United States Deputy Secretary of Energy
- John Sheppardformer Attorney General of Texas
- Morris SheppardU.S. Senator, author of the Eighteenth Amendment; Chair of Senate Armed Services Committee; Senate Minority Whip
- Max Sherman (Class of 1960)former state senator and former president of West Texas A&M University and former Dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
- Robert Allan Shiversformer Governor of Texas; former Lieutenant Governor of Texas
- Kristen SilverbergU.S. Ambassador to the European Union; former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
- Barry Smithermanformer member of the Texas Railroad Commission
- John Thomas Steen Jr.San Antonio lawyer and the 108th Secretary of State of Texas[24]
- Marc Stanley United States Ambassador to Argentina
- Robert Schwarz Straussformer United States Ambassador to Russia; former United States Trade Representative; United States Special Envoy for the Middle East; Former Chair of the Democratic National Committee; Founder of international law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Namesake of Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin; Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Bryan Taylor Member of Alabama State Senate; General Counsel to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey
- Larry E. Temple White House Counsel advisor to President Lyndon Johnson; Chair of the LBJ Foundation
- Albert Thomas Member of Congress Chair of US House Democratic Caucus
- R. Ewing Thomason Former Federal Judge United States District Court for the Western District of Texas; Member of Congress; Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives; Mayor of El Paso
- Mac ThornberryU.S. representative from Texas's 13th congressional district; Chair of United States House Committee on Armed Services
- Jim Turner Former United States Representative; Ranking Democrat on House Homeland Security Committee
- Corbin Van Arsdaleformer state representative from District 130 in northwestern Harris County, 2003-2008; lawyer and lobbyist in Austin[25]
- Filemon Vela Jr. United States Representative from Texas
- Jason Villalbastate representative from District 114 in north Dallas County
- Gary Watkinsstate representative from Ector County, county administrative judge, and state district court judge.
- Bob WheelerTexas House of Representatives[26]
- Bill Whiteformer Mayor of the City of Houston; former United States Deputy Secretary of Energy; Democratic Nominee for Governor of Texas in 2010
- Ralph Yarboroughformer United States Senator from Texas; Former Chair United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- John Andrew Youngformer United States Representative from Texas
- Shelby Slawson state representative from District 59
Law
- Linda L. AddisonManaging Partner, New York, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.[27]
- Micaela Alvarez Federal Judge Southern District of Texas
- Harriet Mitchell Murphyfirst African-American woman appointed to regular judgeship in Texas.[28]
- Lisa BlattHolds the record for most cases argued by a woman in front of the Supreme Court (40 as of 2020); Partner at Williams & Connolly[29]
- David Briones Federal Judge Western District of Texas
- William C. BrysonUnited States Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;[30] former Solicitor General of the United States
- Greg Coleman First Solicitor General of Texas; Founder of appellate firm Yetter Coleman LLP.
- William C. Conner (1920–2009)federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York[31]
- Elizabeth Ann Copeland Judge of the US Tax Court
- Gregg Costa Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; Former Assistant US Attorney who lead prosecution of famous Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford
- James DeAnda Chief Judge of United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Co-Founded Texas RioGrande Legal Aid; Plaintiff's attorney in US Supreme Court case of Hernandez v Texas
- Dick DeGuerin criminal defense attorney based in Houston; Clients include David Koresh and Tom DeLay[32]
- James A. Elkins Founder of international energy law firm Vinson & Elkins.
- William Royal Furgeson Jr.United States District Court Judge for the Western District of Texas. Founding Dean of University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law
- Joseph Jefferson FisherUnited States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Texas [33]
- David Frederick appellate attorney; has argued 37 cases before the United States Supreme Court;[34] Name partner in elite Washington DC litigation boutique Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick
- Gustavo C. Garcia, Carlos Cadena, James DeAnda[35] Attorneys for 1950s civil rights case Hernandez v. Texas which determined that Hispanics have Equal Protection under the 14th Amendment
- Orlando Luis GarciaUnited States District Judge, Western District of Texas[36]
- Bryan Garnereditor in chief of Black's Law Dictionary and author of numerous books and articles on language and writing, including "A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage"
- Emilio M. Garza Judge United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Reynaldo Guerra GarzaJudge United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; First Hispanic American appointed to a judgeship on any United States Court of Appeals
- Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- Mike Godwinfirst attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and current general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation[37]
- Joe R. Greenhill Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
- Richard Gump co-founder of international law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Hayden W. Head, Jr.Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas[38]
- Robert Scott Horton Human Rights attorney, columnist for Harper's, and adjunct professor at Columbia Law School
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. Judge United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Joe Jamail Billionaire Trial Lawyer Known as the "King of Torts"; Won $11 billion verdict representing Pennzoil against Texaco in oral contract case.
- Edith JonesChief Justice of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- William Wayne JusticeSenior United States District Judge, Western District of Texas, United States District Judge, Eastern District of Texas, storied civil rights judge
- Matthew J. Kacsmaryk United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas[39]
- George P. KazenSenior United States District Judge, Southern District of Texas;
- Michael KeaslerJudge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals since 1999[40]
- Royce C. LamberthChief Judge United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- Debra Lehrmannformer 360th District Court Judge in Fort Worth; Texas Supreme Court Justice (2011–)
- Jose Rolando Olvera Jr. Federal Judge United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Edwin B. Parker (1868–1929) lawyer of Houston, member of the War Industries Board and arbiter with Germany, Austria and Hungary following World War I[41]
- James Aubrey Parker Federal Judge United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
- Robert L. Pitman United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas; Former United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas; First openly LBGT US Attorney and Federal Judge in Texas
- Jack Pope (1913-)Lawyer, judge, and Supreme Court of Texas Chief Justice 1982-1985
- Edward C. Prado United States Ambassador to Argentina; Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Nelva Ramos Federal Judge Southern District of Texas
- Eddie Rodriguezmember of the Texas House of Representatives
- Xavier Rodriguez Federal Judge United States District Court for the Western District of Texas; Former Member of Texas Supreme Court
- Diana Saldana Federal Judge Southern District of Texas
- Barefoot Sanders Chief Judge United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas; U.S. Assistant Attorney General; United States Attorney; Democratic Nominee for United States Senate in 1972
- Jorge Antonio Solis Chief Judge United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- Leslie H. Southwick Judge United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Sam Sparks Federal Judge Western District of Texas
- Joseph Tyree Sneed III U.S. Deputy Attorney General; Judge United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Dean of Duke University School of Law; Father of Carly Fiorina
- Robert Schwarz Straussformer United States Ambassador to Russia; former United States Trade Representative; United States Special Envoy for the Middle East; Former Chair of the Democratic National Committee; Founder of international law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Namesake of Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin; Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Stephen Susman (J.D. 1965) plaintiffs attorney and founding partner of Susman Godfrey
- R. Ewing Thomason Former Federal Judge United States District Court for the Western District of Texas; Member of Congress; Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives;Mayor of El Paso
- Henry Wade Served as Dallas County District Attorney for 30 years. Handled the criminal investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald. Was defendant in the seminal case of Roe vs Wade
- Joseph M. Watt Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
- Mikal Watts Texas trial lawyer who has won over $3 billion in settlements for his clients.
- Sarah Weddingtonrepresented Jane Roe in the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade
- Harry WhittingtonTexas attorney famous for getting shot by Dick Cheney in a hunting incident; professionally known for eminent domain cases
- Diane Pamela WoodChief Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, considered potential candidate for a seat on the Supreme Court during the Obama administration
- John Wood Federal District Judge who was assassinated by mob hitman Charles Harrelson, father of actor Woody Harrelson
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Notes and References
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- Web site: Robert B. Anderson . Notable Names Data Base . January 12, 2013.
- Web site: William R. Archer . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 12, 2013.
- Web site: James Baker . Notable Names Data Base . January 12, 2013.
- Web site: Ben Barnes . The University of Texas at Austin . January 13, 2013 . November 26, 2008.
- Web site: Paul Begala . Notable Names Data Base . January 13, 2013.
- Web site: Lloyd Bentsen . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 13, 2013.
- Web site: Robert Lee Bobbitt . freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com . October 8, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20111003165829/http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bobbittfamilydna/bookeighteen/pp539-5730025.htm. October 3, 2011. dead.
- Web site: Jack Brooks . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 13, 2013.
- Web site: The Man Richard Nixon Called His 'Executioner' . Timothy . Mcnulty . Brendan . Mcnulty . POLITICO Magazine . May 11, 2019 . June 12, 2019.
- Web site: Tom C. Clark . Federal Judicial Center . January 13, 2013.
- Web site: Tom Connally . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 13, 2013.
- Web site: Henry Cuellar . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 13, 2013.
- Web site: Lloyd Doggett . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 13, 2013.
- Web site: Pete Geren . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 15, 2013.
- Web site: Thomas Watt Gregory . Notable Names Data Base . January 15, 2013.
- Web site: Kent Hance . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 15, 2013.
- Web site: Jeb Hensarling . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 15, 2013.
- Web site: Kay Bailey Hutchison . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 15, 2013.
- Web site: Illness Claims Laredo leader . Tom Sanchez . . February 16, 1986 . 1, 6 . July 3, 2015.
- Web site: Biography, George Edwin Bailey Peddy (1892–1951) . Fleming . Richard T. . Handbook of Texas . Texas State Historical Association . Austin, TX . January 9, 2021.
- Book: William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, p. 455 . Lanham, Maryland
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- News: Texas Public Policy Foundation head Brooke Rollins to join White House . . February 16, 2018 . Patrick . Svitek . texastribune.org . June 19, 2019.
- Web site: Biography of John Steen . sos.state.tx.us . June 7, 2013.
- Web site: Corbin Van Arsdale's Biography . . March 27, 2014.
- News: June 1, 1956 . Bob Wheeler Seeks Second Term as State Representative . 59 . 16 . The Cotulla Record.
- Web site: Linda L. Addison, Managing Partner . Norton Rose Fulbright . July 15, 2014.
- Web site: Judge Harriet Murphy, '69, inducted into the National Bar Association Hall of Fame . utexas.edu . June 12, 2019.
- Web site: Lisa Blatt - Williams & Connolly LLP. 2020-12-12. www.wc.com.
- Web site: William Curtis Bryson . Federal Judicial Center . January 13, 2013.
- Martin, Douglas. "William Conner, Judge Expert in Patent Law, Dies at 89", The New York Times, July 19, 2009. Accessed July 20, 2009
- Web site: Dick DeGuerin . The University of Texas School of Law . August 3, 2017.
- Web site: History of the Federal Judiciary . Fjc.gov . January 20, 2016.
- Web site: David Frederick . The University of Texas at Austin . January 15, 2013.
- Web site: James DeAnda . Federal Judicial Center . January 15, 2013.
- Web site: Orlando Luis Garcia . Federal Judicial Center . January 15, 2013.
- Web site: Mike Godwin . Notable Names Data Base . January 15, 2013.
- Web site: Hayden Wilson Head, Jr . Federal Judicial Center . January 15, 2013.
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/25/texas-judge-abortion-pill-decision/
- Web site: Judge Michael Keasler . December 21, 2012 . . December 17, 2014.
- News: Edwin Parker, Claims Head, Succumbs . 1929-10-30 . . 6 . . 2024-01-13.
- Web site: Jack Wade Nowlin - Faculty Directory - School of Law - TTU . www.depts.ttu.edu . June 12, 2019.
- Book: Steel Trails to Santa Fe . Waters, Lawrence Leslie . University of Kansas Press . Lawrence, Kansas . 1950 . 421.
- Web site: Goldman Sachs, the 150-year-old investment bank, is staking its future on a mobile app . . January 13, 2020 .
- Web site: J. Hugh Liedtke 1995 . . petroleummuseum.org . The Petroleum Hall of Fame . May 6, 2015.
- Web site: Kathryn S. Fuller . Notable Names Data Base . January 15, 2013.