List of New York University School of Law alumni

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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.

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Academia

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
Michael Broyde J.D. 1988Professor of law and academic director of the Law and Religion Program at Emory University School of Law.
John C. Coffee LLM, 1976Adolf A. Berle Professor at Columbia Law School
Yoram Dinstein J.D.President of Tel Aviv University
Deborah Epstein J.D. 1988Professor at Georgetown Law School
Richard Joel J.D. 1975President, Yeshiva University
Roberta Karmel LLB, 1962Centennial Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School; first female Commissioner of the SEC.
Raymond Lisle J.D. 1936Dean of the Brooklyn Law School
Bridget McCormack J.D. 1991Professor University of Michigan Law School and founder and co-director of its Michigan Innocence Clinic
James J. Reynolds J.D.Assistant Superintendent, New York City Board of Education [1] [2]
Abbe Smith J.D. 1982Professor at Georgetown University Law Center

Advocacy and nonprofit

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
Crystal Eastman J.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 Foxman J.D. 1965Chairman and national director of the Anti-Defamation League
Sherrilyn Ifill J.D. 1987President and director-counsel of NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Helene L. Kaplan J.D. 1967former chairman of the Carnegie Corporation of New York

Business

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
John J. Creedon J.D. 1957Former CEO and chairman of MetLife
Michael Karlan LL.M. 1993Founder of Professionals in the City
Herb Kelleher LL.B. 1955CEO and founder of Southwest Airlines
Robert A. Kindler J.D. 1980Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley
Paul Moore Sr. LL.B. 1911Founder of Republic Aviation o
Barry Salzberg LL.M.CEO of Deloitte
Stuart Subotnick J.D.President of Metromedia Company, Inc.

Entertainment

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

Judiciary

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
Nancy Atlas J.D. 1974Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Richard M. Berman J.D. 1967Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
J. Sidney Bernstein LL.B. 1900Judge, New York Supreme Court
Thomas Buergenthal J.D. 1960Judge, International Court of Justice
Raymond T. Chen J.D. 1994Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Albert Diaz J.D. 1988Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Nabil Elaraby LL.M. 1969;

J.S.D. 1971

Judge, International Court of Justice
Katherine B. Forrest J.D. 1990Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Janet C. Hall J.D. 1973Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
David Hittner J.D. 1964Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Dennis G. Jacobs J.D. 1973Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judith Kaye LL.B. 1958Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Samuel D. Levy LL. B., 1880Judge, New York Domestic Relations Court
Sheryl Lipman J.D. 1987 United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Raymond Lohier J.D. 1991Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Wauhope Lynn 1882Justice, New York Municipal Court J
Bridget McCormack J.D. 1991Associate Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
Roy W. McLeese III J.D. 1985Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Kevin McNulty J.D. 1983Judge, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Lynn Nakamoto J.D. 1985Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
Solomon Oliver Jr. J.D. 1972Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
M. Warley Platzek LL.B. 1876Judge, New York Supreme Court
Leo F. Rayfiel LL.B. 1908Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Jenny Rivera J.D. 1985Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Burton B. Roberts 1949Judge who inspired the character of Myron Kovitsky in Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities [4]
Berle M. Schiller J.D. 1968Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Lorna G. Schofield J.D. 1981Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Theodore Trautwein 1953 New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division judge known for the"Dr. X" trial of Mario Jascalevich [5]
Eric N. Vitaliano J.D. 1971Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Law

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
David Boies LL.M. 1967Lawyer known for United States v. Microsoft , Bush v. Gore
Emilie Bullowa 1900Lawyer and president of the National Association of Women Lawyers
Evan Chesler J.D. 1975Lawyer and chairman of Cravath, Swaine & Moore law firm
Amal Clooney LL.M. 2001 Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London, UK
Bob Ferguson J.D. Washington State Attorney General
Martin Lipton J.D. 1955Founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz who invented the "poison pill"
Mimi Rocah J.D. 1997District Attorney of Westchester County
Joseph Russoniello J.D. 1966 U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
M. Patricia Smith J.D.Solicitor for the United States Department of Labor
Joel Steinberg Non-degreedAttorney convicted of manslaughter
Charles Tetzlaff LLM, 1964 United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, 1993–2001
Benjamin B. Wagner J.D. United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California

Literature and journalism

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
Deborah Coonts LL.M. 2006Romantic mystery novelist
Crystal Eastman J.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 Friedman J.D. 1969Author of bestselling nonfiction books
Michael Gartner J.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 Knizhnik J.D. 2015Bestselling nonfiction author
Francis M. Nevins J.D. 1967 Edgar Award-winning mystery writer, biographer, film historian [6]
Charles Reznikoff LL.B. 1916Objectivist poet

Politics and government

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
Lamar Alexander J.D. 1965 United States Senate
William Bernard Barry LL.B. 1925 United States House of Representatives
Carol Bellamy J.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 Boschwitz J.D. 1953 United States Senate
Charles Robin Britt LL.M. 1976 United States House of Representatives
Roberto de Oliveira Campos Graduate workBrazilian legislator and Ambassador to the United States and United Kingdom
Peter Angelo Cavicchia LL.B. 1908 United States House of Representatives (1931–1937)
Maurice Connolly LL.B. 1898 United States House of Representatives
Clay Constantinou LL.M. 1986U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg
Irwin Delmore Davidson LL.B. 1928 United States House of Representatives
Diana DeGette J.D. 1982 United States House of Representatives
Fred J. Eckert Non-degreed United States House of Representatives and U.S. Ambassador
Edward Irving Edwards LL.B.United States Senate (1923–1929), Governor of New Jersey
Mohamed ElBaradei LL.M. 1971;

J.S.D. 1974

Vice President of Egypt and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
Smith Ely LL.B. 1846 United States House of Representatives
Guillermo Endara LL.M. 1963 President of Panama
Leonard Farbstein LL.B. 1924 United States House of Representatives (1957–1971)
Hamilton Fish IV LL.B. 1957 United States House of Representatives (1969–1995)
Louis Freeh LL.M. 1984 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1993–2001)
Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer LL.B. 1862 United States House of Representatives
Anthony Jerome Griffin LL.B. 1892 United States House of Representatives (1918–1935)
Frank Joseph Guarini J.D. 1950,

LL.M. 1955

United States House of Representatives (1979–1993)
Rudy Giuliani J.D. 1968 Mayor of New York City (1994–2001); Presidential candidate (2008)
Jacob Javits LL.B. 1926 United States Senate
Hakeem Jeffries J.D. 1997 House Minority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Mitchell Jenkins LL.B. 1926 United States House of Representatives
Lazarus Joseph LLB, 1911 New York State Senator and New York City Comptroller
Edward Aloysius Kenney LL.B. 1908 United States House of Representatives (1933–1938)
Arthur George Klein LL.B. 1926 United States House of Representatives (1946–1956)
Edward I. Koch LL.B. 1948 United States House of Representatives (1969–1977) and Mayor of New York City (1978–1989)
Fiorello La Guardia LL.B. 1908 United States House of Representatives (1916–1934) and Mayor of New York City (1934–1945)
Jon Leibowitz J.D. 1984Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
Jefferson Monroe Levy LL.B. 1873 United States House of Representatives (1911–1915)
Stanley Nelson Lundine LL.B. 1964 United States House of Representatives (1976–1987)
John MacCrate LL.B. 1906 United States House of Representatives
Allan Langdon McDermott LL.B. 1877 United States House of Representatives (1900–1907)
Thomas Joseph Meskill LL.B. 1955 United States House of Representatives
James Edward Murray J.D. 1900 United States Senate (1934–1961)
Yaakov Neeman LL.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 Oddie LL.B. 1895 United States Senate (1921–1933) [8]
James Aloysius O`Gorman J.D. 1887 United States Senate (1911–1917)
Denis O`Leary LL.B. 1890 United States House of Representatives
Bob Packwood J.D. 1957 United States Senate (1969–1995)
Nathan David Perlman LL.B. 1907 United States House of Representatives (1920–1927)
Scott Peters (politician) J.D. 1984 United States House of Representatives
Anning Smith Prall LL.B:, 1908 United States House of Representatives (1923–1935)
Benjamin Rabin LL.B. 1917 United States House of Representatives
Leo Frederick Rayfiel LL.B. 1908 United States House of Representatives
Charles P. Rettig LL.M. 1982 Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Elihu Root LL.B. 1867 Secretary of War (1899–1903), Secretary of State (1905–1909); and United States Senate (1912)
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal LL.M. 1952 United States House of Representatives (1962–1983)
Thomas P. Salmon LL.M. 1958 Governor of Vermont
Daniel Edgar Sickles LL.B. 1846 United States House of Representatives
Isaac Siegel LL.B. 1901 United States House of Representatives
Vaughn Stewart J.D. 2014 Maryland House of Delegates
Ludwig Teller LL.B. 1935 United States House of Representatives (1957–1961)
Herbert Tenzer LL.B. 1927 United States House of Representatives
Samuel J. Tilden LL.B. 1841 United States Senate and Governor of New York
Martha M. Walz J.D. 1987 Massachusetts House of Representatives
Elijah Ward LL.B. 1943 United States House of Representatives
Ma Ying-Jeou LL.M. 1976 President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Sports

NameDegreeNotabilityReferences
Norman C. Armitage LL.M. 1937,

J.D. 1939

Olympic bronze medalist for fencing
Gary Bettman J.D. 1977 National Hockey League commissioner
Robert Blum Olympic fencer
Howard Cosell J.D. 1941 Sportscaster
Bill Daly J.D. 1990 National Hockey League chief legal officer and executive vice president
Lou Silver LL.M.Professional basketball player
Paul Tagliabue J.D. 1969 National Hockey League Commissioner
Jamila Wideman J.D.Professional basketball player

Fictional alumni

NameMediaReferences
Will Truman Fictional lawyer ( Will & Grace , 1998–2006)

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