Vanderbilt University Law School is a graduate school of Vanderbilt University. Established in 1874,it is one of the oldest law schools in the southern United States. Vanderbilt Law School is one of the most selective law schools in the United States and has a 14.25% acceptance rate. Vanderbilt Law enrolls approximately 640 students,with each entering Juris Doctor class consisting of approximately 175 students.
Amul Roger Thapar is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He was also President Trump's first Court of Appeals appointment and Trump's second judicial appointment after Justice Neil Gorsuch. Thapar was discussed as a candidate for the Supreme Court of the United States.
Paul Charles Ney Jr. is an American lawyer who served as the General Counsel of the Department of Defense of the United States from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as Acting General Counsel of the Navy and as the Chief Deputy Attorney General of Tennessee.
Barbara Lynn McQuade is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017. As part of President Donald Trump's 2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys,she stepped down in March 2017. She is a professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School and a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.
Justin Herdman is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio from 2017 to 2021.
Richard Wayne Moore is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama from 2017 to 2021. Prior to assuming that role,he had served as the Inspector General for the Tennessee Valley Authority since 2003,when he was appointed by George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate.
Eli Jeremy Richardson is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
R. Trent Shores is an American attorney who was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma from 2017 to 2021.
Robert J. Higdon Jr. is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina from 2017 to 2021.
William J. Powell is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia from 2017 to 2021. Prior to assuming his current role,he was the Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the Jefferson County,West Virginia Prosecuting Attorney's Office. He was previously a member at the law firm of Jackson Kelly PLLC,where his practice focused on civil litigation and white-collar criminal law. He also previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of West Virginia,where he prosecuted major fraud and violent crimes. Powell was recommended for the role of U.S. Attorney by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito. On February 8,2021,he along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys were asked to resign. Powell announced his resignation on February 10,effective February 28.
Scott W. Brady is an American attorney who was the United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 2017 to 2021. Before becoming the U.S. Attorney,he was the head of litigation for Federated Investors. Brady was previously an Assistant United States Attorney in Pittsburgh,from 2004 to 2010,where he prosecuted white collar crime,violent crime and drug trafficking offenses. He was also an associate at Jones Day and at Reed Smith,where his practice focused on multi-district litigation,white collar criminal matters and internal investigations. Brady is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Robert M. Duncan Jr. is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2017 to 2021.
Joseph Patrick Kelly is an American attorney and politician who is the 42nd lieutenant governor of Nebraska,since 2023. He served as the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska from 2018 to 2021. He formally serves as chief of the criminal division for the attorney general of Nebraska.
David Charles Weiss is an American attorney. Since February 22,2018 he has served as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Robert Kyoung Hur is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 2018 to 2021. Previously,he also served as the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General with the U.S. Department of Justice. On January 12,2023,Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Hur to the role of Special Counsel responsible for investigating President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents found at Biden's home and at the Penn Biden Center.
Erica Hinkle MacDonald is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota from 2018 to 2021. She served as a judge of the District Court for the First Judicial District of the State of Minnesota from 2010 to 2018;as an Assistant United States Attorney from 2000 to 2009;a litigation associate in 2000;and a federal judicial law clerk from 1997 to 1999.
Brian T. Moran is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington from 2019 to 2021. He was previously of counsel at the law firm Orrick,Herrington &Sutcliffe in Seattle,Washington.
Nicholas Andrew Trutanich is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada from 2019 to 2021. Prior to becoming a U.S. Attorney,he served as the Chief of Staff for the Nevada Attorney General's Office.
Alvin Leonard Bragg Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who serves as the New York County District Attorney,covering Manhattan. In 2021,he became the first African American elected to that office. Bragg had previously served as Chief Deputy Attorney General of New York and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York.
John Luman Smith is an American attorney who has served in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) as an assistant United States Attorney,acting United States Attorney,and head of the department's Public Integrity Section. He was also the chief prosecutor at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers,an international tribunal at The Hague tasked with investigating and prosecuting war crimes in the Kosovo War.
