List of NYU Law School people
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New York University School of Law has produced many influential alumni in law, government, business, academia and society. Notable alumni of NYU Law include those named on the following lists.
Legal academia[]
| Derrick Bell | First tenured Black professor at Harvard Law School | |
| John C. Coffee | Adolf A. Berle Professor at Columbia Law School | LLM, 1976 |
| Ronald Dworkin | Frank Henry Sommer Professor at NYU Law School | |
| Deborah Epstein | Professor at Georgetown Law School | J.D., 1988 |
| Richard Epstein | Laurence A. Tisch Professor at NYU Law School | |
| Noah Feldman | NYU Law School faculty (2001–2007); professor at Harvard Law School | |
| Raymond Lisle | Dean of the Brooklyn Law School | J.D., 1936 |
| Bridget McCormack | Professor University of Michigan Law School and founder and co-director of its Michigan Innocence Clinic | J.D., 1991 |
| Arthur R. Miller | Professor at NYU Law School | |
| Thomas Nagel | Professor at NYU Law School | |
| Eric Posner | Visiting professor at NYU Law School | |
| Richard Revesz | Lawrence King Professor at NYU Law School | |
| Abbe Smith | Professor at Georgetown University Law Center | J.D., 1982 |
| Professor at NYU Law School |
- Michael Broyde (born 1964), law professor
- Roberta Karmel (born 1937), Centennial Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School; first female Commissioner of the SEC.
Press, literature, education and arts[]
| Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | Writer | J.D. | Co-Producer, Family Guy |
| Deborah Coonts | Writer | LL.M, 2006 | Romantic mystery novelist (Forge Books) |
| Michael Gartner | Journalist | J.D. 1972 | 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing |
| Richard Joel | President | J.D. 1975 | President, Yeshiva University |
| Sally Kohn | Journalist and Political Commentator | J.D. 2002 | CEO of Movement Vision Lab |
| Kenny Lucas | Comedian and Filmmaker | J.D. 2010 (did not graduate) | Co-writer and Co-producer, , 2021 |
| Demetri Martin | Comedian | J.D. 1998 (did not graduate) | Comedian, Important Things with Demetri Martin, The Daily Show |
| Charles Reznikoff | Poet | LL.B., 1916 | Objectivist poet |
| Gerald Schoenfeld | Theater owner and manager | LL.B. 1949 | Chairman of the Shubert Organization 1972–2008 |
| Will Truman | Fictional lawyer (Will & Grace, 1998–2006) | Played by Eric McCormack | |
| Matthew Ahn | Guinness World Record holder | J.D. 2014 | Holds the Guinness World Record for fastest time to travel to all New York City Subway stations.[1] |
| Shana Knizhnik | Bestselling author | J.D. 2015 | Creator of the Notorious R.B.G. blog and co-author of Notorious R.B.G.: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.[2] |
- Yoram Dinstein, President of Tel Aviv University
Sports[]
| Norman C. Armitage (originally Norman Cohn) |
6x Olympic fencer, Olympic bronze medalist |
J.D., 1937; Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1939 |
| Nick Bravin | Olympic fencer | Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering at NYU Law |
| Gary Bettman | NHL Commissioner | J.D., 1977 |
| Robert "Bob" Blum | Olympic fencer | |
| Howard Cosell | Sportscaster | B.A., 1938; J.D. 1941 |
| Bill Daly | NHL Chief Legal Officer and Executive VP | J.D. 1990 |
| Lou Silver | American-Israeli basketball player | LL.M. |
| Paul Tagliabue | NFL Commissioner | J.D. 1969 |
| Jamila Wideman | female basketball player, lawyer, and activist |
Business[]
| John J. Creedon | Manager | B.S. 1955, JD. 1957 | Former CEO and Chairman, MetLife |
| Michael Karlan | Founder | LL.M., 1993 | Professionals in the City |
| Herb Kelleher | Founder and CEO | LL.B., 1955 | Southwest Airlines |
| Robert A. Kindler | Vice Chairman | J.D., 1980 | Morgan Stanley |
| Martin Lipton | Co-founder, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | J.D., 1955 | Inventor of the "poison pill", M&A Master |
| Paul Moore, Sr. | Financier, industrialist | LL.B. 1911 | Republic Airways |
| Barry Salzberg | CEO | LL.M. | CEO of Deloitte |
| Stuart Subotnick | J.D. |
Politics and government[]
Members of the United States Congress[]
| Lamar Alexander | J.D., 1965 | United States Senate |
| William Bernard Barry | LL.B., 1925 | United States House of Representatives |
| Rudy Boschwitz | M.B.A., 1950, J.D., 1953 | United States Senate |
| Charles Robin Britt | LL.M., 1976 | United States House of Representatives |
| Peter Angelo Cavicchia | LL.B., 1908 | United States House of Representatives (1931–1937) |
| Maurice Connolly | LL.B., 1898 | United States House of Representatives |
| Irwin Delmore Davidson | B.S., 1927, LL.B., 1928 | United States House of Representatives |
| Diana DeGette | J.D., 1982 | United States House of Representatives (1997–) |
| Fred J. Eckert | Postgraduate work | United States House of Representatives, U.S. Ambassador |
| Edward Irving Edwards | LL.B. | United States Senate (1923–1929), Governor of New Jersey |
| Smith Ely | LL.B., 1846 | United States House of Representatives |
| Leonard Farbstein | LL.B., 1924 | United States House of Representatives (1957–1971) |
| Hamilton Fish, Jr. | LL.B. 1957 | United States House of Representatives (1969–1995) |
| 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) |
| Jacob Javits | LL.B., 1926 | United States Senate |
| Hakeem Jeffries | J.D., 1997 | United States House of Representatives |
| Mitchell Jenkins | LL.B., 1926 | United States House of Representatives |
| 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); Mayor of New York City (1978–1989) |
| Fiorello La Guardia | LL.B., 1908 | United States House of Representatives (1916–1934); Mayor of New York City (1934–1945) |
| 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) |
| Tasker Lowndes Oddie | LL.B., 1895 | United States Senate (1921–1933)[3] |
| 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 |
| Elihu Root | LL.B., 1867 | Secretary of War (1899–1903), Secretary of State (1905–1909); United States Senate, 1912 Nobel Peace Prize |
| Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal | LL.M., 1952 | United States House of Representatives (1962–1983) |
| Daniel Edgar Sickles | LL.B., 1846 | United States House of Representatives |
| Isaac Siegel | LL.B., 1901 | United States House of Representatives |
| 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, Governor of the State of New York |
| Elijah Ward | LL.B., 1943 | United States House of Representatives |
Judiciary[]
| Name | Degree | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy Atlas | J.D., 1974 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas |
| Richard M. Berman | J.D., 1967 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York |
| Thomas Buergenthal | J.D., 1960 | Judge, International Court of Justice (2000 -) |
| Raymond T. Chen | J.D., 1994 | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit |
| Albert Diaz | J.D., 1988 | Judge, 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., 1990 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York |
| Janet C. Hall | J.D., 1973 | Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut |
| David Hittner | J.D., 1964 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas |
| Dennis G. Jacobs | J.D., 1973 | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit |
| Judith Kaye | LL.B., 1958 | Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals |
| Sheryl Lipman | J.D., 1987 | United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee |
| Raymond Lohier | J.D., 1991 | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit |
| Bridget McCormack | J.D., 1991 | Associate Justice, Michigan Supreme Court |
| Roy W. McLeese III | J.D., 1985 | Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals |
| Kevin McNulty | J.D., 1983 | Judge, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey |
| Lynn Nakamoto | J.D., 1985 | Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court |
| Solomon Oliver Jr. | J.D., 1972 | Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio |
| Leo F. Rayfiel | LL.B., 1908 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York |
| Jenny Rivera | J.D., 1985 | Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals |
| Burton B. Roberts | 1949 | Bronx judge known for his no-nonsense imperious handling of cases; model for the character of Myron Kovitsky in Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities[4] |
| Berle M. Schiller | J.D., 1968 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
| Lorna G. Schofield | J.D., 1981 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York |
| Theodore Trautwein | Sentenced a reporter from The New York Times to 40 days in jail in the "Dr. X" trial of Mario Jascalevich[5] | |
| Eric N. Vitaliano | J.D., 1971 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York |
Government, international organizations and other[]
| Carol Bellamy | lawyer | J.D., 1968 | Executive Director, UNICEF |
| David Boies | Lawyer | LL.M., 1967 | United States v. Microsoft, Bush v. Gore |
| Roberto de Oliveira Campos | Diplomat | Graduate work | Brazilian politician and legislator; Ambassador to the U.S. and UK. |
| Evan Chesler | Lawyer | J.D., 1975 | Chairman, Cravath, Swaine & Moore (2013–) |
| Sherrilyn Ifill | Lawyer | J.D., 1987 | President and Director-Counsel of NAACP Legal Defense Fund |
| Amal Clooney | Human rights lawyer | LL.M., 2001 | Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, London, UK |
| Clay Constantinou | Diplomat | LL.M., 1986 | U.S. Ambassador to Luxemburg |
| Crystal Eastman | Activist | J.D., 1907 | Peace activist |
| Mohamed ElBaradei | Diplomat and Nobel laureate | LL.M., 1971; J.S.D., 1974 | Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (1997–) |
| Guillermo Endara | Lawyer | LL.M., 1963 | President of Panama |
| Abraham Foxman | J.D., 1965 | National Director and Chairman of the Anti-Defamation League (1987–) | |
| Louis Freeh | Politician | LL.M., 1984 | FBI Director (1993–2001) |
| Philip Friedman | Author | J.D. 1969 | N.Y. Times best-selling author |
| Rudy Giuliani | Politician | J.D., 1968 | Mayor of New York City (1994–2001); Presidential candidate (2008) |
| Nancy Grace | LL.M. | Court TV host | |
| Bob Ferguson | J.D. | Washington State Attorney General | |
| John F. Kennedy, Jr. | Lawyer, journalist | J.D., 1989 | Son of President John F. Kennedy |
| Jon Leibowitz | Lawyer | J.D., 1984 | Chairman, Federal Trade Commission |
| Yaakov Neeman | Politician | LL.M., J.S.D. | Finance Minister of Israel; Chair, Neeman Committee |
| Edward T. O'Connor, Jr. | Politician | LL.M. | New Jersey State Senator[6] |
| Charles P. Rettig | Attorney | LL.M., 1982 | Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
| Mimi Rocah | Attorney, politician | J.D., 1997 | District Attorney of Westchester County |
| Joseph Russoniello | United States Attorney | J.D., 1966 | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California |
| M. Patricia Smith | Lawyer | J.D. | Solicitor, United States Department of Labor |
| Benjamin B. Wagner | Attorney | J.D. | United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California |
| Martha M. Walz | Politician | J.D., 1987 | Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
| Ma Ying-Jeou | Politician | LL.M., 1976 | President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) |
- Lazarus Joseph (1891–1966), NY State Senator and New York City Comptroller
References[]
- ^ "Law student breaks New York City subway all-stations speed record". Guinness World Records. May 20, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ "Best Sellers List: Hardcover Nonfiction". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ "Nevada Governor Tasker Lowndes Oddie". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (October 24, 2010). "Tom Wolfe's Model Justice Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
- ^ Corcoran, David (September 2, 2000). "Theodore Trautwein, Judge in Landmark Press Case, Dies at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2009.
- ^ "Edward T. O'Connor, Jr". New Jersey Legislature. Archived from the original on February 25, 1998. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
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