List of American University Washington College of Law alumni

Following is a list of notable alumni from the American University Washington College of Law.

Academia

• Anthony Crowell, dean of New York Law School
• Juliane Kokott, professor at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and German Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities
• M. Peter McPherson, president of Michigan State University, chairman of Dow Jones, head of United States Agency for International Development

Business

• Louis Dubin, real estate developer ^[1]
• Gregory D. Hague, real estate entrepreneur
• M. Peter McPherson, chairman of Dow Jones, president of Michigan State University, and head of United States Agency for International Development

Entertainment

• Roy Lee, film producer known for The Departed and The Ring
• Crystal McCrary McGuire, film producer, and director known for Little Ballers
• Judy Sheindlin, TV judge ( Judge Judy ) (later transferred to the New York Law School)
• Judy Smith, television producer
• Sarah Stewart Holland, host of the podcast Pantsuit Politics

Government

• Bradley Brooker, General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ^[2]
• M. Peter McPherson, head of United States Agency for International Development, chairman of Dow Jones, and president of Michigan State University
• Walter Shaub, Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics
• Hugo Teufel III, Former Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security
• Flora Warren Seymour, attorney, writer, historian, first woman on the Board of Indian Commissioners

Judiciary

Federal

• George Arceneaux, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
• Margaret Bartley, Chief judge, United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
• Sarah Evans Barker, judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
• Terrence Boyle, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
• June Lazenby Green, judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
• Claude M. Hilton, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• Henry E. Hudson, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• C. Darnell Jones II, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• Gerald Bruce Lee, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• Sharon Prost, Chief judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Robert W. Schroeder III, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• Margaret B. Seymour, judge, United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
• Moody R. Tidwell III, judge, United States Court of Federal Claims
• Reggie Walton, judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia

State

• Michael W. Farrell, judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
• C. Darnell Jones II, judge First Judicial District of Pennsylvania
• Warren R. King, judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
• Michael J. Lindner, judge, Fairfax General District Court, Virginia
• Frank Q. Nebeker, judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals and United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
• Warren Silver, judge, Maine Supreme Judicial Court
• Zuberi Williams, associate judge, Montgomery County, District Court of Maryland
• Thomas P. Mann, justice, Supreme Court of Virginia

International

• Maria Filomena Singh, current associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

Law

• Tom Goldstein, co-founder of the firm Goldstein and Howe, and co-founder of Scotusblog
• Joseph T. Kelliher, an American energy executive and former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• Stephen Latchford, earliest U.S. expert on aviation law who worked for the U.S. State Department
• Sophia A. Nelson, legal counsel to New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman and GOP counsel for the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee
• Nanette B. Paul, legal scholar, lawyer, suffragist, author, instructor, lecturer
• Darrell F. Smith, former Attorney General of Arizona
• Camille Stewart, cybersecurity attorney

Nonprofit and advocacy

• Ilan Berman, Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council
• Manjaagiin Ichinnorov, Mongolian human rights activist
• Alice Paul, notable suffragist

Politics

Diplomacy

• Suriya Evans-Pritchard Jayanti, diplomat, U.S. Department of State
• Richard Verma, United States Ambassador to India
• Addie Viola Smith (1983–1975), attorney and trade commissioner in Shanghai ^[3]

Federal

• Nick Rathod, former White House Special Assistant and deputy director of Intergovernmental Affairs to President Obama.
• Robert Byrd, former United States Senator
• Thomas Downey, former Member, U.S. House of Representatives
• Peter Feldman, Commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Gwen Graham, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
• Rick Lazio, U.S. House of Representatives
• Raymond Muir, White House Chief Usher and Deputy Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State (1943–1954) ^[4]
• Stacey Plaskett, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
• Peter J. White, Senior Policy Advisor to President Donald Trump

State

• Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Toney Anaya, former Governor of New Mexico
• Colin Bell, former New Jersey Senate
• Eileen Filler-Corn, former speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Kim Guadagno, Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey
• Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky Secretary of State
• Frank Hall, minority leader of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Juan Mari Brás, Puerto Rico political leader
• David Moon, State Delegate, Maryland House of Delegates
• Kirill Reznik, State Delegate, Maryland House of Delegates
• Marcus Simon, member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Robert White, At-Large member of the Council of the District of Columbia. ^[5]

International

• Masoud bin Mohammed Al Ameri, Qatari Minister of Justice
• Karin Elharar, Israeli Knesset member for the Yesh Atid party and chair of the State Control Committee of the Knesset
• Vekuii Rukoro, Paramount Chief of the Herero people, Namibia
• Ivan Duque, President of Colombia

Other

• Nicholas Sarwark, Chairman of the Libertarian National Committee

Sports

• Avram Glazer, NFL owner of Tampa Bay Buccaneers and majority owner of Manchester United F.C.
• Ed Tapscott, former interim head coach of the Washington Wizards NBA team

References

1. Garrett Parker, May 2019, Money Inc magazine, The 20 Most Notable American University Alumni in Business, Retrieved December 20, 2019, "...After receiving a law degree at Washington College of Law at American University ... founding partner of real estate company Redbrick LMD ... Dubin ..."
2. "Bradley Brooker Named FBI General Counsel". FBI.gov. Federal Bureau of Investigation. February 20, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
3. Barker, Heather (2006) [2002]. "Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on February 22, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
4. Department of State (1950). Biographic Register. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p.  365.
5. Evans, Judith (March 21, 2000). "Lacrosse Is Catching in City". The Washington Post. p. D8; DeBonis, Mike (September 20, 2013). "Beverley Wheeler, Robert White seek D.C. Council seats". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 21, 2016.