List of Boston University School of Law alumni
A list of Boston University School of Law notable alumni
Notable alumni
Nathan Abbott , LLB 1881, founding Dean of Stanford Law School Sharif Abdullah , founder and president of Commonway Institute and the Common Society MovementCharles J. Adams LLB 1951, Vermont Attorney General [ 1] Lincoln C. Almond , JD 1961, Governor of Rhode Island [ 2] George W. Anderson , LLB 1890, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit .Gleason Archer, Sr. , LLB 1906, founder of Suffolk University Law School Chip Babcock , JD 1976, attorneyConsuelo Northrup Bailey , LLB 1925, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont , first woman elected as lieutenant governor in the United StatesF. Lee Bailey , LLB 1960, 1966, disbarred criminal defense lawyer; represented O. J. Simpson , among othersJennie Loitman Barron , LLB 1913, LLM 1914, first woman appointed associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior CourtCarolyn Berger , JD 1976, first woman Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court Albert Brown , JD, Governor of New Hampshire [ 3] Fred H. Brown , JD, Governor of New Hampshire , U.S. Congressman [ 4] Edward W. Brooke , LLB 1948, LLM 1949, Attorney General of Massachusetts ; first African American elected to the Senate by popular vote; one of only five African Americans to serve in the US Senate ; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom .William M. Butler , 1884, U.S. Senator (MA)[ 5] Don Calloway , JD 2005, Missouri State Representative (2009–Present)George Frederick Cameron , 1854–1885, Canadian poet and journalist, best known for writing the libretto for first Canadian operetta Leo, the Royal Cadet Arthur P. Carpenter , LLB 1897, US Marshal for Vermont[ 6] [ 7] Norman S. Case , LLB 1912, Governor of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations [ 8] Walter H. Cleary , LLB 1915, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court [ 9] Martha M. Coakley , JD 1979, Massachusetts Attorney General, District Attorney for Middlesex County, Massachusetts William S. Cohen , LLB 1965, U.S. Secretary of Defense and US Senator from Maine [ 10] Warren A. Cole - founder of Lambda Chi Alpha , one of the largest social fraternities in the United StatesJohn F. Collins , 1908, Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island [ 11] Deane C. Davis , LLB 1922, Governor of Vermont , 1969-1973[ 12] Elaine Denniston , supported the Apollo program Paul A. Dever , JD, Governor of Massachusetts [ 13] Joshua Eric Dodge , 1877, Wisconsin Supreme Court Don Feder , 1972, Jewish American LGBT rights activist and war protester during VietnamSamuel Felker , JD, Governor of New Hampshire [ 14] Anna Christy Fall (1855–1930), lawyerIvan Fisher , LLB, A prominent Manhattan lawyerMichael F. Flaherty , JD 1994, President of the Boston City Council James C. Foster JD 1976, is the chairman and chief executive officer of Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Frank H. Freedman , LLB 1949, LLM 1950, Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts Kyle Evans Gay , member of the Delaware Senate [ 15] Richard Graber , JD 1981, former United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic Judd A. Gregg , JD 1972, LLM 1975, U.S. Senator, Governor of New Hampshire [ 16] Mary Ann Greene , JD 1888Jeff Jacoby , JD 1983, Boston Globe Olin M. Jeffords , LLB 1918, LLD 1939, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court , father of Senator Jim Jeffords Stephen Douglas Johnson , LLM 1989, U.S. House Chief Counsel for Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, 1995–98; White House Senior Advisor for the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), 2000–03Clarence Benjamin Jones , LLB 1959, personal counsel, advisor, draft speech writer and close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Barbara C. Jordan , LL.B. 1959, first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress from a southern state, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994, first woman to deliver a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 1976[ 17] David E. Kelley , JD 1983, Emmy winning television producerTakeo Kikuchi , LLB 1877, one of the first Japanese to study law in the US, founder and first president of Tokyo's Chuo University Rikki Klieman , JD, 1975, criminal defense lawyer and TV personality for truTV Gary F. Locke , JD 1975, United States Secretary of Commerce , Governor of Washington , and the first Asian-American governor in the mainland U.S.[ 18] Maria Lopez , first Hispanic appointed a judge in the Massachusetts, current television jurist on the U.S. syndicated television show Judge Maria Lopez.Sandra L. Lynch , JD 1971, first woman judge appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Frederick William Mansfield , LLB 1902, 46th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts , and 38th Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts .Elizabeth (Sadie) Holloway Marston , LLB 1918 - co-creator of the comic book character Wonder Woman William C. Matthews , LLB 1907, played football and baseball for Harvard University ; seen by many as the Jackie Robinson of his dayJ. Howard McGrath , LLB 1929, Sixtieth Attorney General , 1949-52 U.S. Senator , 1940–45Governor of Rhode Island .[ 19] Thomas McIntyre , JD, U.S. Senator (NH)[ 20] Jordan Mintz , JD, Enron whistleblowerF. Bradford Morse , LLB 1949, director of the United Nations Development Program Markos Moulitsas , JD 1999, founder of the blog Daily Kos Demetrius Newton , JD 1952, civil rights attorney[ 21] Shannon O'Brien , JD 1985, first woman to hold the office of treasurer and receiver general of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Joseph F. Quinn , LLB 1886, first Irishman appointed to the bench in Massachusetts, presided over the 1912 trial of Joseph Ettor and two other leaders of the Lawrence textile strike .Matt Rinaldi , JD 2001, attorney in Irving, Texas ; Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives [ 22] Dennis J. Roberts , 1930, Mayor of Providence and governor of Rhode Island[ 23] William Russell , JD, Governor of Massachusetts [ 24] Sabita Singh , JD 1990, first judge of south Indian descent in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .Robert T. Stafford , LLB 1938; HON 1959, U.S. Senator, father or the Stafford Loan program, the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and co-sponsored the Wilderness Protection Act [ 25] Mike Sullivan (pitcher) , LLB 1896, professional baseball player and Massachusetts state legislator[ 26] E. Leroy Sweetser , LLB 1897, U.S. Army brigadier general[ 27] Charles Tetzlaff , LLB 1964, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont .[ 28] Frank D. Thompson , LLB 1899; Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court [ 29] Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson , JD, Rhode Island Superior Court justice and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Juan R. Torruella , JD 1957, first Hispanic to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Robert Upton , JD, U.S. Senator (NH)[ 30] David I. Walsh , JD, U.S. Senator , Governor of Massachusetts [ 31] Clifton Reginald Wharton Sr. , LLB 1920, first African-American Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. Department of State ; the first black diplomat to become ambassador by rising through the ranks of the Foreign Service rather than by political appointment; and the first black diplomat to lead a U.S. delegation to a European country.Avon Williams , LLB 1947; LLM 1948, prominent civil rights attorney and Tennessee state senatorButler Roland Wilson , LLB 1883, co-founder of the Boston branch of the NAACP ; branch president from 1926 to 1936; national board of directors in the 1920s.Steven M. Wise , JD 1976, founder of the Nonhuman Rights Project and former president of the Animal Legal Defense Fund Myrth York , JD 1972, Rhode Island State Senator , first female chair of the Senate Health, Education and Welfare Committee (RI)Owen D. Young , LLB 1896, founder of RCA , 1929 Time Magazine 's Man of the Year Chairman and CEO of General Electric David Zaslav , CEO Discovery[ 32]
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