List of University of Washington School of Law alumni

The University of Washington School of Law is a public law school in Seattle, Washington. Following are some of its notable alumni.

Academia

• Vern Countryman (1942): professor at Yale Law School; Dean at the University of New Mexico School of Law, and professor at Harvard Law School
• Joseph L. Hoffmann (1984): professor at Indiana University Mauer School of Law ^[1]
• Shon Hopwood (2014): Bank robber turned jailhouse lawyer, D.C. Circuit law clerk, and law professor at Georgetown University Law Center
• Lucas A. Powe Jr. (1968): Professor at The University of Texas School of Law ^[2]

Business

• Jeffrey H. Brotman (1967): Co-founder of the Costco Wholesale Corporation ^[3]
• Bill Foley (1974): Businessman and owner of the Vegas Golden Knights ^[4]

Judiciary

Federal

• Stanley Bastian (1983): U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Washington ^[5]
• William T. Beeks (1932): judge of the U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington ^[6]
• Lloyd Llewellyn Black (1912): U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District and then the Eastern District of Washington
• Donald R. Colvin (1945): law clerk to William O. Douglas ^[7]
• Carolyn R. Dimmick (1953): U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington; first woman on the Washington Supreme Court ^[8]
• Robert Jensen Bryan (1958): judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ^[9]
• Samuel M. Driver (1916): Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington ^[10]
• David Estudillo (1999): U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington ^[11]
• Joseph Jerome Farris (1958): judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ^[12]
• Betty Fletcher (1956): judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ^[13]
• Frederick G. Hamley (1932): judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Washington Supreme Court Justice ^[14]
• Marco A. Hernandez (1986): U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Oregon ^[15]
• Walter H. Hodge (1919): judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska ^[16]
• Richard A. Jones (1975): U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington ^[17]
• Montgomery O. Koelsch (1935): judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ^[18]
• Robert Lasnik (1978): Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ^[19]
• Lucile Lomen (1944): first woman to serve as a law clerk for a U.S. Supreme Court justice. ^[20]
• Ricardo S. Martinez (1980): U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington ^[21]
• Alan A. McDonald (1952): U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Washington ^[22]
• Walter T. McGovern (1950): U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington
• William Fremming Nielsen (1962): U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Washington ^[23]
• Jill Otake (1998), U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Hawaii ^[24]
• Charles L. Powell (1925): U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Washington ^[25]
• Stanley C. Soderland (1939): Supreme Court Clerk to William O. Douglas; King County Superior Court Judge ^[26]
• Jack E. Tanner (1955): U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District and Western District of Washington ^[27]
• Eugene A. Wright (1937): Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ^[28]

State courts

• Don G. Abel (1919): Washington Supreme Court justice ^[29]
• Gerry L. Alexander (1964): Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice ^[30]
• James A. Andersen (1951): Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice
• Walter B. Beals (1901): Washington Supreme Court Justice ^[31]
• Bobbe Bridge (1976): Washington Supreme Court Justice ^[32]
• Tom Chambers (1969): Washington Supreme Court Justice ^[33]
• James M. Dolliver (1952): Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice ^[34]
• Walter M. French (1901): Washington Supreme Court Justice ^[35]
• William C. Goodloe (1948): Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice ^[36]
• Frederick G. Hamley (1932): Washington Supreme Court Justice and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ^[14]
• Matthew W. Hill (1917): Washington Supreme Court Justice ^[37]
• James M. Johnson (1970): Washington Supreme Court Justice ^[38]
• Joseph A. Mallery (1926): Washington Supreme Court Justice ^[39]
• Raquel Montoya-Lewis (1995): Washington Supreme Court Justice ^[40]
• Richard B. Sanders (1969): Washington Supreme Court Justice ^[41]
• Hugh J. Rosellini (1933): Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
• Charles Z. Smith (1955): Washington State Supreme Court Justice and the state's first African American justice

Local courts

• Othilia Carroll Beals (1901): justice of the peace in Seattle during World War I

Law

Government

• Jenny Durkan (1985): U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington; First openly gay U.S. Attorney; ^[42] former Mayor of Seattle ^[43]
• Wing Luke: Washington State Assistant Attorney General and first Asian American to hold elected office in Washington
• Norm Maleng (1966): Longtime King County prosecuting attorney ^[44]
• Mark Sidran (1976): Former Seattle City Attorney

Private practice

• Vivian Carkeek (1901): noted Seattle attorney ^[45]
• William H. Gates, Sr. (1950): Co-founder of law firm Preston Gates & Ellis (now K&L Gates) and father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates

Politics

• Rod Dembowski (2001): Member, King County Council District 1
• Norm Dicks (1968): U.S. Representative ^[46]
• Jenny Durkan (1985): former Mayor of Seattle and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington; First openly gay U.S. Attorney ^{[42] [43]}
• Floyd Hicks (1948): U.S. Representative ^[47]
• Tom Foley (1957): Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives ^[48] and U.S. Ambassador to Japan ^[49]
• Bruce Harrell (1984): Mayor of Seattle ^[50]
• Henry M. Jackson (1935): U.S. Senator ^[51]
• Raúl Labrador (1995): U.S. Representative, 32nd Attorney General of Idaho ^[52]
• Arthur B. Langlie (1925): Governor of Washington
• Stan Lippmann (1998): Perennial candidate and anti-vaccination activist
• Warren Magnuson (1929): U.S. Senator ^[53]
• August P. Mardesich (1948): Member and majority leader of the Washington State House of Representatives ^[54]
• Michael McGinn (1992): Mayor of Seattle ^[55]
• Dylan Orr (2009): First openly transgender person appointed to a U.S. presidential administration
• John E. Reilly Jr. (1928): Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Milwaukee County judge ^[56]
• Albert Rosellini (1933): Governor of Washington
• Lewis B. Schwellenbach (1917): U.S. Senator, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, and U.S. Secretary of Labor ^[57]
• Adam Smith (1990): U.S. Representative ^[58]
• Thor C. Tollefson (1930): U.S. Representative ^[59]
• Johnson Toribiong (J.D., 1972; LL.M, 1973): President of Palau
• Paul D. Wohlers (1982): U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia ^[60]
• Takuji Yamashita (1902), Japanese American civil rights activist ^[61]
• Marion Zioncheck (1929): U.S. Representative ^[62]

Religion

• Jack Tuell (1948): United Methodist Church Bishop of Los Angeles from 1980 to 1992. ^[63]

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