Following is a list of notable alumni of the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Athletics
Ken Bowman – Green Bay Packers lineman and member of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Pat Richter – former NFL player and athletic director of the University of Wisconsin Bill Zito – president of Hockey Operations and general manager of the Florida Panthers
Academics
Daniel D. Blinka – Marquette University Law School professor"Best Law Professor 2009" Wisconsin Law Journal; "Best Law Professor 2010" "Wisconsin Law Journal". George Bunn – dean of William Mitchell College of Law and justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court Kimberlé Crenshaw – professor of law at the UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School Richard Danner – professor of law, Duke University Robben Wright Fleming – president of University of Michigan Spencer L. Kimball – dean of law, University of Wisconsin–Madison and former professor of law, University of Chicago James E. Krier – professor of law at the University of Michigan, Harvard University, Oxford University, Stanford University, and UCLA Stacy Leeds – dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law Daniel R. Mandelker – professor of law, Washington University in St. Louis John E. Murray Jr. – chancellor and professor of law at Duquesne University Mark Nordenberg – chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh Frank J. Remington – professor of law, University of Wisconsin–Madison Lori Ringhand – interim director of Dean Rusk International Law Center and J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law Ediberto Roman – professor of law at Florida International University College of Law David Sturtevant Ruder – chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and former dean of law, Northwestern University Nicholas S. Zeppos – chancellor of Vanderbilt University
Business
Alfred S. Regnery – president of Regnery PublishingAlfred Regnery, Publisher, The American Spectator; Author, The Ascendance of American Conservatism – Commonwealth Club of California – June 2, 2008 John Rowe – CEO of Exelon David Sturtevant Ruder – chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and former dean of law, Northwestern University Elmer Winter – founder of Manpower Inc.Martin, Douglas. "Elmer Winter, 97, Co-Founder of Manpower Temp Agency, Dies " – The New York Times, October 30, 2009. Accessed November 2, 2009.
Government March F. Chase – head of explosives division, War Industries Board John E. Lange – U.S. State Department official Stewart Simonson – assistant secretary of Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Judiciary
Shirley Abrahamson – former chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Daniel P. Anderson – presiding judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals Martha Bablitch – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals William A. Bablitch – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Charles V. Bardeen – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Elmer E. Barlow – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court John Barnes – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Robert McKee Bashford – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Bruce F. Beilfuss – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Nils Boe – 23rd governor of South Dakota and served as a judge for the United States Customs Court Ann Walsh Bradley – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Susan Brnovich – judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona Grover L. Broadfoot – chief justice of Wisconsin Richard S. Brown – chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals Andrew A. Bruce – justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court George Bunn – justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and dean of William Mitchell College of Law Louis B. Butler – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court William G. Callow – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court William M. Conley – judge for the U. S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin Barbara Crabb – judge of the U. S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin Charles H. Crownhart – former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court George R. Currie – chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Roland B. Day – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court John A. Decker – chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals David G. Deininger – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals Christian Doerfler – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court W. Patrick Donlin – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and supreme advocate of the Knights of Columbus F. Ryan Duffy – judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals and former United States Senator Charles P. Dykman – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals William Eich – chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals Evan Alfred Evans – judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Thomas E. Fairchild – senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Chester A. Fowler – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Edward J. Gehl – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Rachel A. Graham – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals Kenneth P. Grubb – judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin David W. Hagen – judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada Oscar Hallam – justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court Connor Hansen – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Nathan Heffernan – chief justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court Paul B. Higginbotham – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals Geraldine Hines – justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court Michael W. Hoover – presiding judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals James C. Kerwin – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Claude Luse – judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin Louis Wescott Myers – chief justice of the California Supreme Court Kenneth J. O'Connell – chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court Tawia Modibo Ocran – justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana Walter C. Owen – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Gregory A. Peterson – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals David Prosser Jr. – Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Rudolph T. Randa – federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin James Ward Rector – Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Lowell A. Reed – federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Paul F. Reilly – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals Patience D. Roggensack – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Arthur L. Sanborn – judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin Charles B. Schudson – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals Edgar W. Schwellenbach – chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court"State Supreme Court Justice Schwellenbach Dies Sunday At 70", Port Angeles Evening News (September 23, 1957), p. 6. Robert G. Siebecker – chief justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court Albert Morris Sames – judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona Burton A. Scott – chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals Donald W. Steinmetz – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court E. Ray Stevens – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Margaret J. Vergeront – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals Aad J. Vinje – chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court James H. Wakatsuki – justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii, speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives John D. Wickhem – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Jon P. Wilcox – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court John B. Winslow – chief justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court
Law
Timothy T. Cronin – U.S. attorney Nneka Egbujiobi – lawyer and founder of Hello Africa Stephen S. Gregory – lawyer and president of the American Bar Association Belle Case La Follette – first woman to graduate from UW Law School (1885); women's suffrage activist, and wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Peg Lautenschlager – attorney general of Wisconsin Judith L. Lichtman – attorney specializing in women's rights and civil rights David W. Márquez – Alaska attorney general J.B. Van Hollen – attorney general of Wisconsin Hilbert Philip Zarky – tax attorney with the United States Department of Justice and in private practice Norma Zarky – attorney
Military
Robyn J. Blader – U.S. National Guard general Ernest R. Feidler – U.S. Coast Guard admiral and Judge Advocate General Robert Bruce McCoy – U.S. National Guard major general
Politics Thomas Ryum Amlie – U.S. representative Gerald K. Anderson – Wisconsin State Assemblyman Norman C. Anderson – speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly James N. Azim Jr. – Wisconsin state representative Tammy Baldwin – first woman to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate Levi H. Bancroft – attorney general of Wisconsin, speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly Lloyd Barbee – Wisconsin legislator and civil rights activist Tom Barrett – U.S. representative Peter D. Bear – Wisconsin state senator Theodore Benfey – Wisconsin state senator Claire B. Bird – Wisconsin state senator'Wisconsin Blue Book 1919,' Biographical Sketch of Claire B. Bird, pg. 470 Nils Boe – 23rd governor of South Dakota and served as a judge for the United States Customs CourtBiographical Directory of Federal Judges Theodore W. Brazeau – Wisconsin state senator Angie Brooks – president, United Nations General Assembly Edward E. Browne – U.S. representative Michael E. Burke – U.S. representative Howard W. Cameron – Wisconsin state senator Fred J. Carpenter – Wisconsin state representative Milton Robert Carr – U.S. representative from Michigan Richard Cates – Wisconsin legislator and lawyer Moses E. Clapp – United States senator David G. Classon – U.S. representative Clarence Clinton Coe – Wisconsin state representative John Cudahy – U.S. diplomat Joseph E. Davies – U.S. diplomat Glenn Robert Davis – U.S. representative John M. Detling – Wisconsin state representative Benjamin W. Diederich – Wisconsin state representative Davis A. Donnelly – Wisconsin state senator L. J. Fellenz – Wisconsin state senator Harold V. Froehlich – U.S. representative Edward R. Garvey – labor activist and politician Hiram Gill – mayor of Seattle, Washington Ansley Gray – Wisconsin state representative Mark Andrew Green – U.S. diplomat Glenn Grothman – U.S. representative Kenneth L. Greenquist – Wisconsin state senator Frank H. Hanson – Wisconsin state senator and representative George P. Harrington – Wisconsin state representative Everis A. Hayes – United States representative Knute Hill – United States representative George Hudnall – Wisconsin state senator from the 11th District Paul O. Husting – U.S. senator Lester Johnson – U.S. representative Burr W. Jones – U.S. representative William Carey Jones – U.S. representative Fred F. Kaftan – Wisconsin state senator John C. Karel – Wisconsin state representative Robert Kastenmeier – U.S. representative David Keene – chairman of the American Conservative Union Ernest Keppler – Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly Warren P. Knowles – governor of Wisconsin Arthur W. Kopp – U.S. representative Andrew L. Kreutzer – Wisconsin state senator Philip La Follette – governor of Wisconsin Robert M. La Follette, Sr. – Wisconsin governor, senator and Progressive Party candidate for U.S. president in 1924Robert M. La Follette, La Follette's Autobiography; a Personal Narrative of Political Experiences, 1913. Robert Watson Landry – Wisconsin state representative Elmer O. Leatherwood – U.S. representative from Utah Olin B. Lewis – Minnesota state politician James Manahan – U.S. representative Herbert H. Manson – chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Archie McComb – Wisconsin state representative Dale McKenna – Wisconsin state senator Arthur William McLeod – Wisconsin state representative Carroll Metzner – Wisconsin state representative'Wisconsin Blue Book 1958,' Biographical Sketch of Carroll Metzner, pg. 38 Arthur O. Mockrud – Wisconsin state representative'Wisconsin Blue Book 1954,' Biographical Sketch of Arthur O. Mockrud, pg. 65