List of Ohio State University Moritz College of Law alumni

The following is a list of notable alumni of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in Columbus, Ohio:

Academia

• Linda L. Ammons (1987), Dean of Widener University School of Law
• David N. Diner (1983), Dean of Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
• John W. Garland (1974), President of Central State University
• RonNell Andersen Jones (2000), Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
• Joan Krauskopf (1957), Professor Emeritus of Law at the Moritz College of Law
• Arthur T. Martin (1929), Dean of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
• LeRoy Pernell (1974), Dean of Florida A&M University College of Law and Northern Illinois University College of Law
• L. Orin Slagle (1957), Dean of the Florida State University College of Law and Moritz College of Law
• Don W. Sears (1948), Dean and Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Colorado Law School; Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient
• Paul L. Selby (1947), Dean and Professor Emeritus of Law at the West Virginia University College of Law; member of 1942 National Championship Ohio State Buckeyes football team
• Gregory J. Vincent (1987), President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Business

• John W. Creighton Jr. (1957), president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser Company
• Bruce Downey (1973), chairman and CEO of Barr Pharmaceuticals (now Teva Pharmaceuticals)
• Nicholas R. Emrick (1982), chief operating officer of LexisNexis
• John Lowe (1998), CEO of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
• Nick Mileti (1956), founder and owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers and owner of the Cleveland Indians
• Thomas F. Patton (1926), president, chairman and CEO of Republic Steel (now Mittal Steel Company)
• Donald Clinton Power (1926), chairman and CEO of GTE Corporation (now Verizon Communications)
• Henry Schuck (2009), founder and CEO of ZoomInfo

Government

John Bricker

Brian Sandoval

Federal

• Thomas J. Fiscus (1975), United States Air Force Judge Advocate General
• Linda Fisher (1982), Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
• William Isaac (1969), Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• William Saxbe (1948), 70th United States Attorney General and United States Senator from Ohio
• Carmi Thompson (1895), 23rd Treasurer of the United States

State and local

• John W. Bricker (1920), 54th Governor of Ohio and United States Senator from Ohio
• Aaron D. Ford (2001), 34th Attorney General of Nevada
• Paul M. Herbert (1917), 47th, 49th and 52nd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• George Sidney Marshall, 38th Mayor of Columbus, Ohio
• James H. McGee (1948), first African-American Mayor of Dayton, Ohio
• C. William O'Neill (1942), 59th Governor of Ohio and former Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Buck Rinehart (1973), 50th Mayor of Columbus, Ohio
• Mike Sanders (1994), Jackson County, Missouri executive
• Brian Sandoval (1989), 29th Governor of Nevada and former United States District Judge for the District of Nevada
• Russell Suzuki, 15th Attorney General of Hawaii
• Edward C. Turner (1901), 26th and 30th Ohio Attorney General and Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• George Voinovich (1961), 65th Governor of Ohio and United States Senator from Ohio

Erin Moriarty

Journalists

• Bob Fitrakis (1982), editor-in-chief of the Columbus Free Press
• Chris Geidner (2005), award-winning journalist and legal editor for BuzzFeed
• Madison Gesiotto (2017), columnist for the Washington Times and Miss Ohio USA 2014
• Erin Moriarty (1977), Emmy Award-winning journalist for CBS News and 48 Hours

Judges

Federal

Jeffrey Sutton

• Jessica G. L. Clarke (2008), United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York
• William Miller Drennen (1938), Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court
• Ann Donnelly (1984), United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York
• Robert Duncan (1952), first African-American United States District Judge for Ohio and Ohio Supreme Court Justice
• Wallace Samuel Gourley (1929), United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• Donald L. Graham (1974), United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida
• James L. Graham (1962), United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
• George Philip Hahn (1905), United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• Kenneth Harkins (1943), United States Court of Federal Claims Judge
• Charles Sherrod Hatfield (1907), United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Judge
• Jeffrey J. Helmick (1988), United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• Benson W. Hough (1899), United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
• David A. Katz (1957), United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• Sara Elizabeth Lioi (1987), United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• Rupa Ranga Puttagunta (2007) Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
• David A. Ruiz (2000) United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• George Curtis Smith (1959), United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• Jeffrey Sutton (1990), United States Court of Appeals Judge for the Sixth Circuit
• William Kernahan Thomas (1935), United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• Herman Jacob Weber (1952), United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio

State and local

Thomas Moyer

• James F. Bell (1939), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Brent D. Benjamin (1984), Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
• Lloyd O. Brown (1955), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Paul W. Brown (1939), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Howard E. Faught (1935), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Judith L. French (1988), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• W. F. Garver (1893), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Thomas M. Herbert (1955), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Wade L. Hopping (1955), Florida Supreme Court Justice
• Robert E. Leach (1935), Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Yvette McGee Brown (1985), first African-American female Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• John M. Matthias (1928), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Henry A. Middleton (1911), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Thomas J. Moyer (1964), Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Paul Pfeifer (1966), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• James E. Robinson (1893), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Evelyn Lundberg Stratton (1979), Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Beth Walker (1990), Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• Elizabeth M. Welch (1995), Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court

Legislators

Israel Foster

William McCulloch

Howard Metzenbaum

William Natcher

Michael Oxley

Federal

• Pete Abele (1953), United States Congressman from Ohio
• Walter H. Albaugh (1914), United States Congressman from Ohio
• John M. Ashbrook (1955), United States Congressman from Ohio
• Thomas W. L. Ashley (1951), United States Congressman from Ohio
• Charles G. Bond (1899), United States Congressman from New York
• Daniel S. Earhart (1928), United States Congressman from Ohio
• Israel Moore Foster (1898), United States Congressman from Ohio; proposed Child Labor Amendment to U.S. Constitution
• David L. Hobson (1963), United States Congressman from Ohio
• Robert E. Holmes (1949), United States Congressman from Ohio
• Lawrence E. Imhoff (1930), United States Congressman from Ohio
• Harry P. Jeffrey (1926), United States Congressman from Ohio; author of G.I. Bill
• Thomas A. Jenkins (1907), United States Congressman from Ohio
• Mary Jo Kilroy (1980), United States Congresswoman from Ohio
• Frank Le Blond Kloeb (1907), United States Congressman from Ohio
• William Moore McCulloch (1925), United States Congressman from Ohio; key backer of Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Howard Metzenbaum (1941), United States Senator from Ohio; introduced WARN Act
• C. Ellis Moore (1910), United States Congressman from Ohio
• Grant E. Mouser Jr. (1917), United States Congressman from Ohio
• William Huston Natcher (1933), longest-serving United States Congressman from Kentucky; Presidential Citizens Medal recipient
• Michael G. Oxley (1969), United States Congressman from Ohio; introduced Sarbanes–Oxley Act
• Zack Space (1986), United States Congressman from Ohio
• Robert M. Switzer (1892), United States Congressman from Ohio
• Mell G. Underwood (1915), United States Congressman from Ohio and United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
• John Martin Vorys (1923), United States Congressman from Ohio

State and local

• William G. Batchelder (1967), 101st Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Rupert R. Beetham, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
• John W. Bowen (1953), Ohio State Senator
• Harold Brazil, Council Member of the District of Columbia
• John Patrick Carney (2001), Ohio State Representative
• Kathleen Clyde (2008), Ohio State Representative
• Keith Faber (1991), 98th President of the Ohio Senate
• Patrick O. Jefferson, Louisiana State Representative
• Charles Kurfess (1957), 94th Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
• James A. Lantz (1947), Ohio State Representative
• Jason Petrie (1998), Kentucky State Representative
• Amy Salerno (1982), Ohio State Representative
• Charles R. Saxbe (1975), Ohio State Representative
• Robert Shaw (1929), Ohio State Senator
• Michael Stinziano (2007), Ohio State Representative
• Peter Stautberg, Ohio State Representative and Judge of the Ohio First District Court of Appeals
• Mark Wagoner (1997), Ohio State Senator

Other

• Blake Haxton (2016), U.S. Paralympic athlete and two-time Paralympic medal winner
• Brendan Healy (2009), three time All-American and professional lacrosse player
• Brandon Mitchell (2013), former National Football League player
• Rich Nathan (1980), pastor and author
• James Robenalt (1981), lawyer and noted political non-fiction author
• Bobby Samini (1995), nationally renowned celebrity attorney
• Michael Shane (1953), lawyer and actor
• Stuart A. Summit (1959), Executive Secretary of the New York City Mayor's Committee on the Judiciary