This is a list of notable alumni of the Cornell Law School.

Academia

Jessica Berg (1994), dean and professor at UC Davis School of Law Edward J. Bloustein (1959), former president of Rutgers University Jonathan Brand (1996), 15th president of Cornell College and president of Doane University Douglas Burgess (2002), professor of history in Yeshiva University and an affiliated professor at Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law Hannah Buxbaum (1992), John E. Schiller Chair in Legal Ethics at Indiana University School of Law Terry Calvani (1972), former professor of Antitrust Law at Vanderbilt University Law School, FTC commissioner, and member of the Competition Authority (Ireland) Paul L. Caron (1983), Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law Dan Coenen (1978), University Professor and Harmon W. Caldwell Chair in Constitutional Law at the University of Georgia Law School Anna Dolidze (JSD 2013), professor of International Law at the University of Western Ontario Marc A. Franklin (1956), Frederick I. Richman Professor of Law at Stanford Law School Charles Garside (1923), former president of the State University of New York Michael Goldsmith (1975), Woodruff J. Deem Professor of Law at Brigham Young University Law School William B. Gould IV (1961), Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law at Stanford Law School Ernest Huffcut (1888), professor of Law at Indiana University School of Law Julie O'Sullivan (1984), Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center John W. Reed (1942), Thomas M. Cooley Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School Ruth Roemer (1939), professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; namesake of Ruth Roemer Social Justice Leadership Award R. Smith Simpson (1931), co-creator with Peter F. Krogh of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

Business

J. Carter Bacot (1958), former president and CEO of the Bank of New York Val A. Browning (1918), president and board chairman of the Browning Arms Company Gerald Cassidy (1967), co-founder and CEO of Cassidy & Associates, author, and lobbyist Louis W. Dawson (1919), president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York Henry D. Edelman (1973), first president and chief executive officer of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Sol Linowitz (1938), chairman of Xerox Seth Metcalf (2004), financial technology executive and former Ohio deputy treasurer Myron Charles Taylor (1894), CEO of U.S. Steel Robert D. Ziff (1992), former co-CEO of Ziff Brothers Investments

Entertainment

Frank Joslyn Baum (1905), film producer and author, son of L. Frank Baum Steven W. Carabatsos, screenwriter and story editor for Star Trek Michael S. Chernuchin (1981), television writer and producer who worked on Law & Order and Brooklyn South Frank Rosenfelt (1950), former CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studio

Government

United States government

Executive branch

U.S. attorneys general

Arnold Burns (1953), served as United States deputy attorney general William P. Rogers (1937), served as United States attorney general

Other cabinet and cabinet-level officials

William J. Lynn III (1980), United States Deputy Secretary of Defense Edmund Muskie (1939), United States Secretary of State, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981 Samuel Pierce (1949), United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development William P. Rogers (1937), United States Secretary of State, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1973

Legislative branch (U.S. Congress)

Senators

Edmund Muskie (1939), United States senator from Maine (1959–1980)

Representatives

John G. Alexander (1916), United States representative for Minnesota's 3rd congressional district (1939–1941) Rob Andrews (1982), United States representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional district (1990–2014) Katherine Clark (1989), United States representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district (2013–present) Barber Conable (1948), United States representative for New York's 30th congressional district (1983–1985), president of the World Bank (1986–1991) Sharice Davids (2010), United States representative for Kansas's 3rd congressional district (2019–present) Reuben L. Haskell (1898), United States representative for New York's 10th congressional district (1915–1919) Frank Horton (1947), United States representative for New York's 36th congressional district (1963–1973), 34th district (1973–1983), and 29th district (1983–1993) Charles Samuel Joelson (1939), United States representative for New Jersey's 8th congressional district (1961–1969) Norman F. Lent (1957), United States representative for New York's 4th congressional district (1973–1993) Edward Worthington Pattison (1957), United States representative for New York's 29th congressional district (1975–1979) John Raymond Pillion (1927), United States representative for New York's 42nd congressional district (1953–1965) Alexander Pirnie (1926), United States representative for New York's 34th congressional district (1959–1963) and 32nd district (1963–1973), awarded the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star Medal for service in Europe during World War II Howard W. Robison (1939), United States representative for New York's 39th congressional district (1958–1975) Henry P. Smith (1936), United States representative for New York's 40th congressional district (1965–1973)

Judicial branch

Federal courts of appeals

Mark J. Bennett (1979), United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Robert Boochever (1941), United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1980–1986) Peter W. Hall (1977), United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2004–2021) Alison J. Nathan (2000), United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Amy J. St. Eve (1990), United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Elbert Parr Tuttle (1923), one of the "Fifth Circuit Four," United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1954–1981), United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (1981–1996), and chief judge of the Fifth Circuit 1960–1967; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981; the courthouse for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is named in his honor Ellsworth Van Graafeiland (1940), United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1974–2004) Richard C. Wesley (1974), United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Federal district courts

Simon L. Adler (1889), United States District Court for the Western District of New York (1928–1934) Frederic Block (1959), United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (1994–present) Leonie Brinkema (1976), United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (1993–present) John M. Cashin (1915), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1955–1970) John H. Chun (1994), United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (2022–present) Albert Wheeler Coffrin (1947), United States District Court for the District of Vermont (1972–1993), chief judge of the District of Vermont 1983–1988 Brian Cogan (1979), United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2006–present) Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr. (1903), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1929–1957) Paul A. Crotty (1967), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Phillip S. Figa (1976), United States District Court for the District of Colorado (2003–2008) Robert Dixon Herman (1938), United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (1969–1990) Frederick Bernard Lacey (1948), United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (1971–1986) Lloyd Francis MacMahon (1938), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1959–1989), chief judge of the Southern District of New York 1980–1982 Anne M. Nardacci (2002), United States District Court for the Northern District of New York Stacey D. Neumann (2005), United States District Court for the District of Maine (2024– ) Pamela Pepper (1989), United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, chief judge of the Eastern District of Wisconsin from 2019 Hernan Gregorio Pesquera (1948), United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (1972–1982), chief judge of the District of Puerto Rico 1980–1982 Aubrey Eugene Robinson (1947), United States District Court for the District of Columbia (1966–2000), chief judge of the District of Columbia 1982–1992 Stephen C. Robinson (1984), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (2003–2010) Shira Scheindlin (1975), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1994–2012) Karen Gren Scholer (1982), United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (2018–present) Gary L. Sharpe (1974), United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (2004–present), chief judge of the Northern District of New York from 2011 Roger Gordon Strand (1961), United States District Court for the District of Arizona (1985–2000) Joseph L. Tauro (1956), United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1972–2013), chief judge of the District of Massachusetts 1992–1999 Christy C. Wiegand (2000), United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (2020–present) Thomas Samuel Zilly (1962), United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (1988–2004)

Other federal courts

Mary H. Donlon (1920), United States Customs Court (now the United States Court of International Trade) (1955–1977)

U.S. diplomatic figures

Arthur Dean (1923), special deputy secretary of state with the rank of ambassador; chief U.S. negotiator of the Korean Armistice Agreement Sol Linowitz (1938), United States ambassador to the Organization of American States, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998 Michael Punke (1989), United States ambassador to the World Trade Organization (2010–2017) William vanden Heuvel (1952), representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations

Other U.S. government figures

Michael Atkinson (1991), inspector general of the Intelligence Community (2018–2020) Tyrone Brown (1967), commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission and consulting counsel at Wiley Rein LLP Oliver D. Burden (1897), United States attorney for the Northern District of New York 1923–1936 George H. Cohen (1957), director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Philip Perry (1990), former general counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security and former general counsel for the Office of Management and Budget Michael E. Toner (1992), former chair of the Federal Election Commission and chief counsel for the Republican National Committee

State government

Governors

Philip H. Hoff (1951), 73rd governor of Vermont John T. Morrison (1890), 6th governor of Idaho Edmund Muskie (1939), 64th governor of Maine

State attorneys general

Mark J. Bennett (1979), attorney general of Hawaii Thomas Carmody (1882), attorney general of New York Gordon MacDonald (1994), attorney general of New Hampshire Edward R. O'Malley (1891), attorney general of New York Peter N. Perretti Jr. (1956), attorney general of New Jersey William Sorrell (1974), attorney general of Vermont

State legislators

Patrice Arent (1981), Utah House of Representatives and Utah State Senate David Bishop (1954), Minnesota House of Representatives Parley P. Christensen (1897), Utah House of Representatives and Los Angeles City Council James M. Coleman (1951), New Jersey General Assembly and judge in New Jersey Superior Court