This is a partial list of those who attended Albany Law School. Alumni are categorized by each alumnus or alumna's most distinguishing accomplishments.
Academics
Alicia Ouellette, professor at Albany Law School Russell Conwell, founder and first president of Temple University James A. MacAlister, former president of Drexel University Patricia Salkin, Dean and Professor of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Judges
Orion M. Barber, Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Francis Bergan, former associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals David Josiah Brewer, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Anthony Brindisi, United States Representative and federal judge John B. Cassoday, former Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Amaro Cavalcanti, former justice of the Supreme Court of Brazil, former Justice of the International Court of Justice at the Hague, former mayor of Rio de Janeiro, author of Brazilian Constitution of 1891 Lawrence H. Cooke, former Chief Judge of New York State Richard J. Daronco, former United States Judge for the Southern District of New York Richard K. Eaton, Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade Michael J. Garcia, associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals, former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York Domenick L. Gabrielli, associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals James Gibson, former associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals Victoria A. Graffeo, former associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals Warner A. Graham, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court James Stuart Holden, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont Robert H. Jackson, former U.S. Attorney General, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and chief United States prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials. John Franklin Kinney, County Court Judge, founding member of the Knights of Columbus and City of Rochester Bar Association. Moses A. Luce, Judge of the County Court of San Diego, Medal of Honor recipient James Loren Martin, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont Thomas James McAvoy, Senior United States Judge for the Northern District of New York David Myers, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court Alton B. Parker, former Chief Judge of New York State; Candidate for President of the United States Percival L. Shangraw, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court (1958-1972), Chief Justice (1972-1974) Charles J. Siragusa, Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York Milford K. Smith, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Leslie Stein, associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals W. D. Storey, judge and district attorney in Santa Cruz County, California Owen P. Thompson, former judge of the Seventh Judicial District of Illinois Bartlett Tripp, former Chief Justice of the Dakota Territory, former United States Ambassador to Austria Irving G. Vann, former associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals Wheelock G. Veazey, Vermont Supreme Court Justice, Interstate Commerce Commission member, Medal of Honor recipient
Politicians
Warren M. Anderson, New York State Senate Majority Leader John Mosher Bailey, former U.S. Congressman Brian Barnwell, New York State Assembly James K. Batchelder, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives William Beidelman, former Mayor of Easton, Pennsylvania Stephen S. Blake, former New York State Assemblyman Alexander Campbell Botkin, Lieutenant Governor of Montana M. William Bray, Lieutenant Governor of New York Chauncey W. Brownell, President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate, Secretary of State of Vermont William T. Byrne, former U.S. Congressman Kevin Cahill, New York State Assemblyman Joseph L. Carrigg, former U.S. Congressman W. Sterling Cole, former U.S. Congressman Edwin H. Conger, former U.S. Congressman and former Ambassador to Mexico Andrew Cuomo, former New York State Attorney General, former Governor of New York State.Sorkin, Andrew Ross. "Andrew Cuomo Joins Law Practice in New York", The New York Times, February 17, 2001. Accessed November 3, 2007. "Andrew Cuomo, 43, who received his law degree from Albany Law School in 1982, practiced law first as an assistant district attorney and then in private practice until 1988." Jeremy Cooney, New York State Senator James H. Davidson, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (1897–1913, 1917–1918). Nathan F. Dixon III, U.S. senator from Rhode Island Mary Donohue, former Lieutenant Governor of New York State Ralph A. Foote, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont Washington Gardner, former U.S Congressman and former Secretary of State of Michigan Henry R. Gibson, former U.S. Congressman Martin H. Glynn, former governor of the State of New York Roger W. Hulburd, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont Charles Kellogg, former New York state senator Carleton J. King, former U.S. Congressman Abraham Lansing, New York State Treasurer; State Senate. Delegate to International Conference for Codification of the Law of Nations Mike LiPetri, former New York State Assemblyman William Paine Lord, 9th Governor of Oregon David O'Brien Martin, former U.S. Congressman Joseph Homan Manley, leader of the Republican National Committee and Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Robert C. McEwen, former U.S. Congressman William McKinley, 25th President of the United States William E. Miller, former U.S. Congressman, candidate for Vice President of the United States, and Chairman of the Republican National Committee John Morgan, former Wisconsin State Assemblyman Dalwin J. Niles, former Judge of the Fulton County Family Court and member of the New York State Senate Howard C. Nolan Jr., former member of the New York State Senate Edwin Sylvanus Osborne, former U.S. Congressman and Major General of the National Guard Amasa J. Parker Jr., former New York Assemblyman and Senator Frederick Walker Pitkin, 2nd Governor of Colorado Jeanine Pirro, former Westchester County District Attorney, television host, author, and former New York State judge and politician Harris M. Plaisted, former governor of Maine Redfield Proctor, former Governor of Vermont, Secretary of War, United States Senator John Raines, former U.S. Congressman, New York State Assemblyman, New York State Senator, and Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York Frederick M. Reed, Vermont Attorney General Joshua S. Salmon, represented the 4th congressional district of New Jersey from 1902 to 1903.Joshua S. Salmon biography, United States Congress. Accessed August 11, 2007. John L. Sampson, former Chairman of Senate Judiciary Committee, New York State Senator Hiram Y. Smith, former U.S. Congressman Dean P. Taylor, former U.S. Congressman Michele Titus, New York State Assembly James Manning Tyler, U.S. Congressman from Vermont William Freeman Vilas, former U.S. Senator Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, former governor of Iowa Mary Beth Walsh, New York State Assembly Lovely A. Warren, Mayor of Rochester, New York Frank L. Wiswall, New York State Assembly, New York State Senate Lee Zeldin, former U.S. Congressman
Practitioners Stephen F. Brown, Union Army officer in the American Civil War James Campbell Matthews, First African American to graduate from law school in New York StateJ. Clay Smith, Jr., "Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer 1841–1914", 421 (1999). Wheeler Hazard Peckham, former nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States David Soares, Albany County District Attorney Mark Zaid, national security law expert
Other
John Sanford Barnes, Navy officer, naval historian Jessica Bird, novelist Barry M. Costello, Navy admiral Charles Crozat Converse, composer Marvin Dana, author and magazine editor Kim Gannon, songwriter Thomas Hamlin Hubbard, attorney, business executive, Union Army officer who attained the rank of brigadier general brevet. Megyn Kelly, news anchor, Fox News Channel Barry Kramer, pro basketball player and jurist Richard Parsons, Chairman & former CEO of Time Warner; interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers George W. Peckham, entomologist Morris Silverman, philanthropist and businessman Kate Stoneman, first woman admitted to the New York State Bar Edward J. Westcott, Adjutant General of New York
References
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