List of Washington and Lee University School of Law alumni

Washington and Lee University School of Law is a private law school in Lexington, Virginia. Following are some of its notable alumni.

Academia

Ronald J. Bacigal, 1967, professor at the University of Richmond School of Law Charles A. Graves, 1872, professor at Washington and Lee School of Law and at the University of Virginia School of Law Robert Huntley, 1950 and 1957, dean and president of Washington and Lee University and former president and CEO of Best Products Robert Shepherd, 1959 and 1961, professor emeritus of law at the University of Richmond School of Law Paul S. Trible Jr., 1971, president of Christopher Newport University and United States Senate Henry St. George Tucker III, 1876, dean of Washington and Lee School of Law and the George Washington University Law School, and U.S. representative from Virginia

Business

Robert Huntley, 1957, president and CEO of Best Products and dean and president of Washington and Lee University Sydney Lewis, 1943 (finished his J.D. degree at George Washington University), founder of Best Products and recipient of the National Medal of Arts Gordon P. Robertson, CEO of the Christian Broadcasting Network

Entertainment

David Brown, 2000, former host of the Marketplace radio program, current anchor of the Texas Standard

Government

Mary Beth Long, 1998, assistant secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs at the United States Department of Defense

Judiciary

U.S. Supreme Court

Joseph Rucker Lamar, 1878 (attended, did not graduate) associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia Lewis Franklin Powell Jr., 1931, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court

Federal courts

Nathan P. Bryan, 1895, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and US Senator from the State of Florida Mark Steven Davis, 1988, United States District Court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia Duncan Lawrence Groner, 1894, judge for United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit James Hay, 1877, judge on the United States Court of Claims and United States representative from Virginia Jerrauld Jones, 1980, judge on the Norfolk Circuit Court Walter DeKalb Kelley Jr., 1977 and 1981, former federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia Jackson L. Kiser, 1952, judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia Harry Jacob Lemley, 1910, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas John Ashton MacKenzie, 1939, judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Robert E. Payne, 1967, judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Heartsill Ragon, judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and US congressman from Arkansas James Clinton Turk, 1952, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia Sol Wachtler, chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals H. Emory Widener Jr., 1953, former judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

State supreme courts

Brynja McDivitt Booth, 1996, justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland William T. Brotherton Jr., chief justice of the Supreme Court of West Virginia Archibald C. Buchanan, 1914, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia Christian Compton, 1950 and 1953, justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia John W. Eggleston, 1910, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia Herbert B. Gregory, 1911, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia Daniel B. Lucas, poet and justice on the Supreme Court of West Virginia Charles W. Mason, 1911, justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court William Ray Price Jr., 1978, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri Daniel K. Sadler, justice on the New Mexico Supreme Court Abram Penn Staples, 1908, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia and attorney general of Virginia Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr., 1943 and 1947, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia Kennon C. Whittle, 1914, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia

Law

Attorney general

Bruce L. Castor Jr., 1986, attorney general (interim), solicitor general of Pennsylvania, and presidential impeachment counsel 2021 Tom Sansonetti, 1976, United States assistant attorney general for the United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division Abram Penn Staples, 1908, attorney general of Virginia and justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia

Solicitor general

Bruce L. Castor Jr., 1986, solicitor general of Pennsylvania, attorney general (interim), presidential impeachment counsel 2021 John Goode, ~1851, solicitor general of the United States and United States congressman from Virginia John W. Davis, 1895 and 1892, solicitor general; ambassador to Britain; argued more cases before the Supreme Court than anyone else in the twentieth century

Government

John P. Fishwick Jr., former United States attorney for the Western District of Virginia. attorney in private practice in Roanoke, Virginia R. Booth Goodwin, 1996, United States attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia Robert W. Ray, 1985, former head of the US Office of the Independent Counsel and partner at Fox Rothschild Peter G. Strasser, United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Private practice Robert J. Grey Jr., 1976, American Bar Association president 2004–2005 Linda A. Klein, 1983, past president of the American Bar Association and a managing partner for the Georgia offices of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Morgan Meyer, 1999, lawyer for Bracewell & Giuliani in Dallas, Texas, and U.S. representative Prescott Prince, 1983, attorney defending Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Literature and journalism

Terry Brooks, 1969, New York Times bestselling author of fantasy fiction Clarence J. Brown, 1915, president of Brown Publishing Company and United States Congressman from Ohio Daniel B. Lucas, poet and justice on the Supreme Court of West Virginia

Military

Newton D. Baker, 1894, U.S. secretary of war and mayor of Cleveland, Ohio Edwin Gray Lee, 1859, brigadier general in the Confederate States of America John Otho Marsh Jr., 1951, secretary of the Army and United States congressman

Politics

United States Senate

Nathan P. Bryan, 1895, U.S. senator from Florida and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit William James Bryan, 1899, U.S. senator from Florida Joe Donnelly, 1981, U.S. senator from Indiana Scott Marion Loftin, 1899, U.S. senator from Florida Miles Poindexter, 1891, U.S. senator from Washington Alfred E. Reames, 1893, U.S. senator from Oregon Paul S. Trible Jr., 1971, U.S. senator from Virginia and president of Christopher Newport University

United States Congress

Samuel B. Avis, U.S. representative Franklin Brockson, U.S. representative Clarence J. Brown, 1915, U.S. representative and president of Brown Publishing Company Edward Cooper, U.S. representative William Fadjo Cravens, U.S. representative John J. Davis, 1856, U.S. representative John Goode, U.S. representative and solicitor general of the United States Bob Goodlatte, 1977, U.S. representative Morgan Griffith, 1983, U.S. representative James Hay, 1877, U.S. representative and judge on the United States Court of Claims James Murray Hooker, 1896, U.S. representative John Otho Marsh Jr., 1951, U.S. representative and U.S. secretary of the Army Robert Murphy Mayo, 1859, U.S. representative Heartsill Ragon, U.S. representative and judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas Henry St. George Tucker III, 1876, U.S. representative; dean of Washington and Lee School of Law and the George Washington University Law School David Gardiner Tyler, 1869, U.S. representative Seward H. Williams, 1895, U.S. representative Harry M. Wurzbach, 1896, U.S. representative

Diplomacy

John W. Davis, 1895 and 1892, ambassador to Britain and U.S. solicitor general; argued more cases before the U. S. Supreme Court than anyone else in the twentieth century

Governor

Spencer Cox, 2001, governor of Utah George Washington Hays, governor of Arkansas Homer A. Holt, 1918 and 1923, governor of West Virginia James L. Kemper, 1842, governor of Virginia Ruby Laffoon, 1890, governor of Kentucky Henry M. Mathews, 1857, governor of West VirginiaAddkison-Simmons, D. (2010). Henry Mason Mathews. e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 11, 2012, from http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1582 Thomas Chipman McRae, governor of Arkansas and U.S. representative Charles L. Terry Jr., governor of Delaware William M. Tuck, 1921, governor of Virginia Junius Edgar West, 22nd lieutenant governor of Virginia

State

William Ross Allen, Virginia House of Delegates Robert D. Bailey Jr., West Virginia secretary of state Morgan Meyer, 1999, member of Texas House of Representatives and lawyer with Bracewell & Giuliani in Dallas, Texas Mark Obenshain, 1987, Senate of Virginia Mark J. Peake, 1988, Senate of Virginia Lacey E. Putney, Virginia House of Delegates Susan Swecker, chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia

Local

Newton D. Baker, 1894, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and U.S. secretary of war Vance A. Funk III, 1968, mayor of Newark, Delaware

Sports

Gay Elmore, Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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