List of University of Washington School of Law alumni

The University of Washington School of Law is a public law school in Seattle, Washington. Following are some of its notable alumni.

Academia

Vern Countryman (1942): professor at Yale Law School; dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law, and professor at Harvard Law School Joseph L. Hoffmann (1984): professor at Indiana University Mauer School of LawJoseph L. Hoffmann , Faculty Biographies, Indiana University Mauer School of Law Academic Bulletin, 2000-2002. Retrieved February 21, 2017. Shon Hopwood (2014): bank robber turned jailhouse lawyer, D.C. Circuit law clerk, and law professor at Georgetown University Law Center Lucas A. Powe Jr. (1968): professor at The University of Texas School of Law

Business

Jeffrey H. Brotman (1967): co-founder of the Costco Wholesale Corporation Bill Foley (1974): businessman and owner of the Vegas Golden Knights

Judiciary

Federal

Stanley Bastian (1983): U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of Washington William T. Beeks (1932): judge of the U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Washington Lloyd Llewellyn Black (1912): U.S. District Court judge for the Western District and then the Eastern District of Washington Robert Jensen Bryan (1958): judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington Donald R. Colvin (1945): law clerk to William O. DouglasAlbany Democrat-Herald (Albany, Oregon) , June 28, 1955, p 2. Retrieved February 24, 2017. Carolyn R. Dimmick (1953): U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Washington; first woman on the Washington Supreme Court Samuel M. Driver (1916): chief judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington David Estudillo (1999): U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Washington Joseph Jerome Farris (1958): judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Betty Fletcher (1956): judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Frederick G. Hamley (1932): judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Washington Supreme Court justice Marco A. Hernandez (1986): U.S. District Court judge for the District of Oregon Walter H. Hodge (1919): judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Richard A. Jones (1975): U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Washington Montgomery O. Koelsch (1935): judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Robert Lasnik (1978): chief judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington Lucile Lomen (1944): first woman to serve as a law clerk for a U.S. Supreme Court justice Ricardo S. Martinez (1980): U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Washington Alan A. McDonald (1952): U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of Washington Walter T. McGovern (1950): U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Washington William Fremming Nielsen (1962): U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of Washington Jill Otake (1998): U.S. District Court judge for the District of Hawaii Charles L. Powell (1925): U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of Washington Stanley C. Soderland (1939): Supreme Court clerk to William O. Douglas; King County Superior Court judge Jack E. Tanner (1955): U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District and Western District of Washington Eugene A. Wright (1937): judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

State courts

Don G. Abel (1919): Washington Supreme Court justice Gerry L. Alexander (1964): Washington Supreme Court chief justice James A. Andersen (1951): Washington Supreme Court chief justice Walter B. Beals (1901): Washington Supreme Court justice Bobbe Bridge (1976): Washington Supreme Court justice Tom Chambers (1969): Washington Supreme Court justice James M. Dolliver (1952): Washington Supreme Court chief justice Walter M. French (1901): Washington Supreme Court justice William C. Goodloe (1948): Washington Supreme Court chief justice Frederick G. Hamley (1932): Washington Supreme Court justice and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Matthew W. Hill (1917): Washington Supreme Court justice James M. Johnson (1970): Washington Supreme Court justice Joseph A. Mallery (1926): Washington Supreme Court Justice Colleen Melody (2009): Washington Supreme Court justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis (1995): Washington Supreme Court justice Hugh J. Rosellini (1933): chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court Richard B. Sanders (1969): Washington Supreme Court justice Charles Z. Smith (1955): Washington State Supreme Court justice and the state's first African American justice

Local courts

Othilia Carroll Beals (1901): justice of the peace in Seattle during World War I

Law

Government

Jenny Durkan (1985): U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington; first openly gay U.S. attorney; former mayor of Seattle Wing Luke: Washington state assistant attorney general and first Asian American to hold elected office in Washington Norm Maleng (1966): longtime King County prosecuting attorney Mark Sidran (1976): former Seattle city attorney

Private practice

Vivian Carkeek (1901): noted Seattle attorney William H. Gates, Sr. (1950): co-founder of law firm Preston Gates & Ellis (now K&L Gates) and father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates

Politics Emily Alvarado (2025): member of the Washington State Senate, previously member of the Washington House of Representatives Rod Dembowski (2001): member, King County Council District 1 Norm Dicks (1968): U.S. representative Jenny Durkan (1985): former mayor of Seattle and U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington; first openly gay U.S. attorney Tom Foley (1957): speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. ambassador to Japan Bruce Harrell (1984): mayor of Seattle Floyd Hicks (1948): U.S. representative Henry M. Jackson (1935): U.S. senator Raúl Labrador (1995): U.S. representative, 32nd attorney general of Idaho Arthur B. Langlie (1925): governor of Washington Stan Lippmann (1998): perennial candidate and anti-vaccination activist Warren Magnuson (1929): U.S. senator August P. Mardesich (1948): member and majority leader of the Washington State House of Representatives Michael McGinn (1992): mayor of Seattle Dylan Orr (2009): first openly transgender person appointed to a U.S. presidential administration John E. Reilly Jr. (1928): member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Milwaukee County judge'Wisconsin Blue Book 1954,' Biographical Sketch of John E. Reilly, Jr., pg. 57 Albert Rosellini (1933): governor of Washington Lewis B. Schwellenbach (1917): U.S. senator, U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of Washington, and U.S. secretary of labor Adam Smith (1990): U.S. representative Thor C. Tollefson (1930): U.S. representative Johnson Toribiong (J.D., 1972; LL.M, 1973): president of Palau Paul D. Wohlers (1982): U.S. ambassador to Macedonia Takuji Yamashita (1902): Japanese American civil rights activist Marion Zioncheck (1929): U.S. representative

Religion

Jack Tuell (1948): United Methodist Church bishop of Los Angeles 1980–1992

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