Following is a list of notable alumni of the University of Colorado Law School.

Academia

Frances Olsen (J.D. 1971), professor of law at UCLA Manuel Ramos (J.D. 1973), novelist who also has taught Chicano literature courses at Metropolitan State University of Denver

Business

Maggie L. Fox, CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection Louis O. Kelso (LL.B. 1938), founder of private equity firm Kelso & Company, inventor of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Floyd Odlum (LL.B. 1914), founder of Atlas Corporation, owner of RKO

Government

Anne Gorsuch Burford (J.D. 1964), former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Michael L. Connor, former commissioner U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior

Judiciary

U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal appeals court judges

Jean Sala Breitenstein (LL.B. 1924), former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit William Edward Doyle (LL.B. 1940), former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Wiley Blount Rutledge (LL.B. 1922), former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Timothy Tymkovich (J.D. 1982), judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, former solicitor general of Colorado

U.S. district court judges

Alfred A. Arraj (LL.B. 1928), former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado Robert E. Blackburn (J.D. 1974), judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado Olin Hatfield Chilson (LL.B. 1927), former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado Larry R. Hicks (J.D. 1968), judge of United States District Court for the District of Nevada Marcia S. Krieger (J.D. 1979), judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado Walker David Miller (LL.B. 1963), former judge for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado Edward Nottingham (J.D. 1972), former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado William J. Rea (LL.B. 1949), former judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California Regina M. Rodriguez (J.D. 1988), judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado Waldo Henry Rogers (LL.B. 1931), former judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico Jacob Weinberger (LL.B. 1904), former judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Robert Wherry, former judge of the United States Tax Court Fred M. Winner (LL.B. 1936), former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado

State supreme court justices

Michael L. Bender (J.D. 1967), former chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court Nathan B. Coats (J.D. 1977), former chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court Carol Ronning Kapsner (J.D. 1977), justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court Alex J. Martinez (J.D. 1976), former justice of the Colorado Supreme Court Luis Rovira (LL.B. 1950), former chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court Felix L. Sparks (LL.B. 1947), former justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, U.S. Army brigadier general

Law

Attorneys general

Jason R. Dunn (J.D. 2001), former U.S. attorney for the District of Colorado Clara Ruth Mozzor (LL.B. 1915), first woman to serve as a U.S. assistant attorney general John Suthers (J.D. 1977), former attorney general of Colorado and mayor of Colorado Springs

Literature and journalism

Stephen Coonts (J.D. 1979), thriller and suspense novelist Vine Deloria, Jr. (J.D. 1970), Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist Manuel Ramos (J.D. 1973), novelist who also has taught Chicano literature courses at Metropolitan State University of Denver

Politics

United States senators

Gordon L. Allott (LL.B. 1929), former U.S. senator from Colorado Hank Brown (J.D. 1969), former U.S. senator from Colorado and former president of the University of Colorado and the University of Northern Colorado Cory Gardner (J.D. 2001), former U.S. senator from Colorado, former U.S. representative from Colorado Eugene Millikin (LL.B. 1913), former U.S. senator from Colorado

United States representatives

Donald G. Brotzman (LL.B. 1949), former U.S. representative from Colorado John Chenoweth (LL.B. 1916), former U.S. representative from Colorado James Paul Johnson (LL.B. 1959), former U.S. representative from Colorado John H. Marsalis (LL.B. 1934), former U.S. representative from Colorado John J. McIntyre (LL.B. 1928), former U.S. representative from Wyoming, former justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court Joe Neguse (J.D. 2009), U.S. representative from Colorado Ed Perlmutter (J.D. 1978), U.S. representative from Colorado

Governors

George Alfred Carlson (LL.B. 1904), former governor of Colorado Ralph Lawrence Carr (LL.B. 1912), former governor of Colorado William Lee Knous (LL.B. 1911), former governor of Colorado Bill Ritter (J.D. 1981), former governor of Colorado, former district attorney of Denver County Roy Romer (LL.B. 1952), former governor of Colorado

State officials

Bernie Buescher (J.D. 1974), former secretary of state of Colorado Morgan Carroll (J.D. 2000), Colorado Democratic Party chair; former member of the Colorado Senate Crisanta Duran (J.D. 2005), former speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives Larry Jent (J.D. 1983), member of the Montana Senate Robert Lee Knous (J.D. 1970), former lieutenant governor of Colorado Jeanne Labuda (J.D. 1989), former member, Colorado House of Representatives Alice Madden (J.D. 1989), former member, majority leader Colorado House of Representatives Dan Pabon (J.D. 2005), member, Colorado House of Representatives Ellen Roberts (J.D. 1986), former member, Colorado Senate Brandon Shaffer (J.D. 2001), former president of the Colorado State Senate Pat Steadman (J.D. 1991), former member, Colorado Senate Sam T. Taylor, former member, Colorado Senate Albert J. Tomsic (J.D. 1951), former speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives Tom Van Norman (J.D. 1993), former member, South Dakota House of Representatives

Local officials

Penfield Tate II (J.D. 1968), first African-American mayor of Boulder, Colorado

Sports

Elizabeth Bird (J.D. 2024), Olympic steeplechase runner and lawyer Fred Folsom (LL.B. 1899), former NCAA football coach Ellen Hart Peña (J.D. 1988), former world-class runner and lawyer Chris Rowley (J.D. 2024), former MLB pitcher and lawyer, first player to attend the United States Military Academy to make MLB

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