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 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 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 L. Orin Slagle (1957), dean of the Florida State University College of Law and Moritz College of Law 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) 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)

Government

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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; justice of the Ohio Supreme Court George Voinovich (1961), 65th governor of Ohio; United States senator from Ohio

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

Judges Federal

Jessica G. L. Clarke (2008), United States district judge for the Southern District of New York Ann Donnelly (1984), United States district judge for the Eastern District of New York William Miller Drennen (1938), chief judge of the United States Tax Court 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 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

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 John M. Matthias (1928), associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court Yvette McGee Brown (1985), first African-American female 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

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; 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 Peter Stautberg, Ohio state representative; judge of the Ohio First District Court of Appeals Michael Stinziano (2007), Ohio state representative 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 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

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