List of NYU Law School people
New York University School of Law has produced many influential alumni in law, government, business, academia and society. Notable alumni of NYU Law include those named on the following lists.
Legal academia
| Michael Broyde | J.D., 1988 | Professor of law and academic director of the Law and Religion Program at Emory University School of Law. |
| John C. Coffee | Adolf A. Berle Professor at Columbia Law School | LLM, 1976 |
| Deborah Epstein | Professor at Georgetown Law School | J.D., 1988 |
| Roberta Karmel | Centennial Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School; first female Commissioner of the SEC. | LLB, 1962 |
| Raymond Lisle | Dean of the Brooklyn Law School | J.D., 1936 |
| Bridget McCormack | Professor University of Michigan Law School and founder and co-director of its Michigan Innocence Clinic | J.D., 1991 |
| Abbe Smith | Professor at Georgetown University Law Center | J.D., 1982 |
Press, literature, education and arts
| Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | Writer | J.D. | Co-Producer, Family Guy |
| Deborah Coonts | Writer | LL.M, 2006 | Romantic mystery novelist (Forge Books) |
| Michael Gartner | Journalist | J.D. 1972 | 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing |
| Richard Joel | President | J.D. 1975 | President, Yeshiva University |
| Sally Kohn | Journalist and Political Commentator | J.D. 2002 | CEO of Movement Vision Lab |
| Kenny Lucas | Comedian and Filmmaker | J.D. 2010 (did not graduate) | Academy Award-nominated writer and producer of Judas and the Black Messiah |
| Demetri Martin | Comedian | J.D. 1998 (did not graduate) | Comedian, Important Things with Demetri Martin, The Daily Show |
| Charles Reznikoff | Poet | LL.B., 1916 | Objectivist poet |
| Gerald Schoenfeld | Theater owner and manager | LL.B. 1949 | Chairman of the Shubert Organization 1972–2008 |
| Will Truman | Fictional lawyer (Will & Grace, 1998–2006) | Played by Eric McCormack | |
| Matthew Ahn | Guinness World Record holder | J.D. 2014 | Holds the Guinness World Record for fastest time to travel to all New York City Subway stations.[1] |
| Shana Knizhnik | Bestselling author | J.D. 2015 | Creator of the Notorious R.B.G. blog and co-author of Notorious R.B.G.: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.[2] |
- Yoram Dinstein, President of Tel Aviv University
Sports
| Norman C. Armitage (originally Norman Cohn) |
6x Olympic fencer, Olympic bronze medalist |
J.D., 1937; Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1939 |
| Nick Bravin | Olympic fencer | Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering at NYU Law |
| Gary Bettman | NHL Commissioner | J.D., 1977 |
| Robert "Bob" Blum | Olympic fencer | |
| Howard Cosell | Sportscaster | B.A., 1938; J.D. 1941 |
| Bill Daly | NHL Chief Legal Officer and Executive VP | J.D. 1990 |
| Lou Silver | American-Israeli basketball player | LL.M. |
| Paul Tagliabue | NFL Commissioner | J.D. 1969 |
| Jamila Wideman | female basketball player, lawyer, and activist |
Business
| John J. Creedon | Manager | B.S. 1955, JD. 1957 | Former CEO and chairman, MetLife |
| Michael Karlan | Founder | LL.M., 1993 | Professionals in the City |
| Herb Kelleher | Founder and CEO | LL.B., 1955 | Southwest Airlines |
| Robert A. Kindler | Vice Chairman | J.D., 1980 | Morgan Stanley |
| Martin Lipton | Co-founder, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | J.D., 1955 | Inventor of the "poison pill", M&A Master |
| Paul Moore, Sr. | Financier, industrialist | LL.B. 1911 | Republic Airways |
| Barry Salzberg | CEO | LL.M. | CEO of Deloitte |
| Stuart Subotnick | J.D. |
Politics and government
Members of the United States Congress
| Lamar Alexander | J.D., 1965 | United States Senate |
| William Bernard Barry | LL.B., 1925 | United States House of Representatives |
| Rudy Boschwitz | M.B.A., 1950, J.D., 1953 | United States Senate |
| Charles Robin Britt | LL.M., 1976 | United States House of Representatives |
| Peter Angelo Cavicchia | LL.B., 1908 | United States House of Representatives (1931–1937) |
| Maurice Connolly | LL.B., 1898 | United States House of Representatives |
| Irwin Delmore Davidson | B.S., 1927, LL.B., 1928 | United States House of Representatives |
| Diana DeGette | J.D., 1982 | United States House of Representatives (1997–) |
| Fred J. Eckert | Postgraduate work | United States House of Representatives, U.S. Ambassador |
| Edward Irving Edwards | LL.B. | United States Senate (1923–1929), Governor of New Jersey |
| Smith Ely | LL.B., 1846 | United States House of Representatives |
| Leonard Farbstein | LL.B., 1924 | United States House of Representatives (1957–1971) |
| Hamilton Fish, Jr. | LL.B. 1957 | United States House of Representatives (1969–1995) |
| Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer | LL.B., 1862 | United States House of Representatives |
| Anthony Jerome Griffin | LL.B., 1892 | United States House of Representatives (1918–1935) |
| Frank Joseph Guarini | J.D., 1950, LL.M. 1955 | United States House of Representatives (1979–1993) |
| Jacob Javits | LL.B., 1926 | United States Senate |
| Hakeem Jeffries | J.D., 1997 | House Minority Leader, United States House of Representatives |
| Mitchell Jenkins | LL.B., 1926 | United States House of Representatives |
| Edward Aloysius Kenney | LL.B. 1908 | United States House of Representatives (1933–1938) |
| Arthur George Klein | LL.B. 1926 | United States House of Representatives (1946–1956) |
| Edward I. Koch | LL.B. 1948 | United States House of Representatives (1969–1977); Mayor of New York City (1978–1989) |
| Fiorello La Guardia | LL.B., 1908 | United States House of Representatives (1916–1934); Mayor of New York City (1934–1945) |
| Jefferson Monroe Levy | LL.B. 1873 | United States House of Representatives (1911–1915) |
| Stanley Nelson Lundine | LL.B. 1964 | United States House of Representatives (1976–1987) |
| John MacCrate | LL.B. 1906 | United States House of Representatives |
| Allan Langdon McDermott | LL.B., 1877 | United States House of Representatives (1900–1907) |
| Thomas Joseph Meskill | LL.B. 1955 | United States House of Representatives |
| James Edward Murray | J.D., 1900 | United States Senate (1934–1961) |
| Tasker Lowndes Oddie | LL.B., 1895 | United States Senate (1921–1933)[3] |
| James Aloysius O`Gorman | J.D., 1887 | United States Senate (1911–1917) |
| Denis O`Leary | LL.B., 1890 | United States House of Representatives |
| Bob Packwood | J.D., 1957 | United States Senate (1969–1995) |
| Nathan David Perlman | LL.B. 1907 | United States House of Representatives (1920–1927) |
| Scott Peters (politician) | J.D., 1984 | United States House of Representatives |
| Anning Smith Prall | LL.B:, 1908 | United States House of Representatives (1923–1935) |
| Benjamin Rabin | LL.B., 1917 | United States House of Representatives |
| Leo Frederick Rayfiel | LL.B. 1908 | United States House of Representatives |
| Elihu Root | LL.B., 1867 | Secretary of War (1899–1903), Secretary of State (1905–1909); United States Senate, 1912 Nobel Peace Prize |
| Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal | LL.M., 1952 | United States House of Representatives (1962–1983) |
| Daniel Edgar Sickles | LL.B., 1846 | United States House of Representatives |
| Isaac Siegel | LL.B., 1901 | United States House of Representatives |
| Ludwig Teller | LL.B., 1935 | United States House of Representatives (1957–1961) |
| Herbert Tenzer | LL.B. 1927 | United States House of Representatives |
| Samuel J. Tilden | LL.B., 1841 | United States Senate, Governor of the State of New York |
| Elijah Ward | LL.B., 1943 | United States House of Representatives |
Judiciary
| Name | Degree | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy Atlas | J.D., 1974 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas |
| Richard M. Berman | J.D., 1967 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York |
| J. Sidney Bernstein | LL.B., 1900 | Judge, New York Supreme Court |
| Thomas Buergenthal | J.D., 1960 | Judge, International Court of Justice (2000 -) |
| Raymond T. Chen | J.D., 1994 | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit |
| Albert Diaz | J.D., 1988 | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit |
| Nabil Elaraby | LL.M., 1969; J.S.D., 1971 | Judge, International Court of Justice |
| Katherine B. Forrest | J.D., 1990 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York |
| Janet C. Hall | J.D., 1973 | Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut |
| David Hittner | J.D., 1964 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas |
| Dennis G. Jacobs | J.D., 1973 | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit |
| Judith Kaye | LL.B., 1958 | Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals |
| Samuel D. Levy | LL. B., 1880 | Judge, New York Domestic Relations Court |
| Sheryl Lipman | J.D., 1987 | United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee |
| Raymond Lohier | J.D., 1991 | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit |
| Wauhope Lynn | 1882 | Justice, New York Municipal Court Justice |
| Bridget McCormack | J.D., 1991 | Associate Justice, Michigan Supreme Court |
| Roy W. McLeese III | J.D., 1985 | Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals |
| Kevin McNulty | J.D., 1983 | Judge, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey |
| Lynn Nakamoto | J.D., 1985 | Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court |
| Solomon Oliver Jr. | J.D., 1972 | Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio |
| M. Warley Platzek | LL.B., 1876 | Judge, New York Supreme Court |
| Leo F. Rayfiel | LL.B., 1908 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York |
| Jenny Rivera | J.D., 1985 | Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals |
| Burton B. Roberts | 1949 | Bronx judge known for his no-nonsense imperious handling of cases; model for the character of Myron Kovitsky in Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities[4] |
| Berle M. Schiller | J.D., 1968 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
| Lorna G. Schofield | J.D., 1981 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York |
| Theodore Trautwein | Sentenced a reporter from The New York Times to 40 days in jail in the "Dr. X" trial of Mario Jascalevich[5] | |
| Eric N. Vitaliano | J.D., 1971 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York |
Government, international organizations and other
- Thomas P. Salmon, (born 1932), Governor of Vermont
- Joel Steinberg (born 1941), attorney convicted of manslaughter
References
- "Law student breaks New York City subway all-stations speed record". Guinness World Records. May 20, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- "Best Sellers List: Hardcover Nonfiction". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- "Nevada Governor Tasker Lowndes Oddie". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- McFadden, Robert D. (October 24, 2010). "Tom Wolfe's Model Justice Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
- Corcoran, David (September 2, 2000). "Theodore Trautwein, Judge in Landmark Press Case, Dies at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2009.
- "Edward T. O'Connor, Jr". New Jersey Legislature. Archived from the original on February 25, 1998. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
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