Phi Alpha Delta is a North American professional fraternity composed of pre-law and law students, legal educators, attorneys, judges, and government officials."In the Law Schools", Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, April 25, 1995. Law Bulletin Publishing Company (Chicago, 1995) It was established in Chicago, Illinois on November 8, 1902. Following are some of its notable members.Directory of Membership 2006 - Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International, Harris Connect, Inc. 2006.

Academia

Vincent Martin Bonventre, distinguished professor at Albany Law School Lee Fisher, president of Baldwin Wallace University, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, Attorney General of Ohio, Ohio Senate, and Ohio House of Representatives

Business

Nello Ferrara (Story 1942), executive of Ferrara Candy Company and creator of Lemonhead and Atomic Fireball candies L. R. Kershaw (Magruder), founder of the Eastern Oklahoma Electric Traction Company and an Aberdeen Angus breeder

Entertainment

Joseph Brown (McKenna), arbiter of the reality court show Judge Joe Brown Kim McGuire (O'Niell 1982), actress, author, and lawyer Omarosa Manigault Newman, reality television contestant, known for appearing on The Apprentice and Big Brother John P. Noonan, percussionist and music educator Joseph Wapner (Ross 1982), judge of the reality court show The People's Court

Government and military

Hanson Edward Ely, dean of the War College of the United States Army and major general Guy Otto Farmer, civil servant and chairman of the National Labor Relations Board Robert E. Freer, Federal Trade Commission chair John J. Pershing, United States Army general and founder of Pershing Rifles

Judiciary

U.S. Supreme Court Samuel Alito (Paterson 2003), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Stephen Breyer (Redding Alumni 1996) associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Warren E. Burger, chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesRaymond, Judice C. Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International: The History Continues. Baltimore: Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, 2000. p. 64 Harold H. Burton, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Senate, Ohio House of Representatives, and Mayor of Cleveland Tom C. Clark (Taney 1945) associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States William O. Douglas, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Redding Alumni 1994), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Elena Kagan (Redding Alumni 2011), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Solicitor General of the United States Sonia Sotomayor (Redding Alumni 2010), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Charles Evans Whittaker (Benton 1922), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Federal Courts

Jesse C. Adkins, senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Robert Aguilar, senior judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California C. Clyde Atkins, senior judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Thomas A. Ballantine Jr., senior judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Campbell E. Beaumont, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Charles Hardy Carr, senior judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California James Marshall Carter, senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and chief judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Philip J. Finnegan, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Herbert Funk Goodrich, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Lapsley W. Hamblen Jr., judge of the United States Tax Court Joseph W. Hatchett (Fletcher 1975), chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Joseph C. Howard Sr., senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland William Matthew Kidd, senior judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia George N. Leighton (Chicago Alumni, honorary, 2009), senior judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois M. James Lorenz, senior judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California J. Warren Madden (Beaumont) senior judge of the United States Court of Claims and List of Chairmen of the National Labor Relations Board John Michael Manos, senior judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio John Sirica (Taft 1941), senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Arthur J. Tuttle, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and Michigan Senate Laughlin Edward Waters Sr., senior judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California

State Supreme Courts John Taylor Adams, justice of the Colorado Supreme Court Robert G. Allbee, justice of the Iowa Supreme Court Bond Almand, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia and Georgia House of Representatives Don Barnes, associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court Wayne W. Bayless, justice on the Oklahoma Supreme Court Campbell E. Beaumont, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Robert Benham (A. H. Stephens 1968), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia John T. Broderick Jr. (New Hampshire Statewide Alumni), New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice William T. Brotherton Jr., chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court and president of the West Virginia Senate Herbert R. Brown, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio Haslett Platt Burke, chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court Eugene A. Burdick, North Dakota Fifth Judicial District judge and surrogate judge of the North Dakota Supreme Court Edward F. Carter, justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court Lloyd Church, justice of the New York Supreme Court Christian Compton, justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia Maura D. Corrigan (Murphy 1970), chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and director of the Michigan Department of Human Services Ann K. Covington (Lawson 1988), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri Caswell J. Crebs, justice of the Illinois Supreme Court Maria Elena Cruz, justice of the Arizona Supreme Court John T. Culbertson Jr., justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois Sidna Poage Dalton, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri Fred Henry Davis, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Florida, Florida Attorney General, and Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives James R. Dean, justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court Douglas L. Edmonds, associate justice of the Supreme Court of California W. H. Ellis, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Florida Richard Ervin, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Florida and Florida Attorney General James G. Exum, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and North Carolina House of Representatives Edward Fadeley, justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon House of Representatives, and the Oregon State Senate Frederick F. Faville, chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court William Henry Folland, chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court John F. Fontron, justice of the Kansas Supreme Court Albert T. Frantz, chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court Harry Freeland Garrett, justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, Attorney General of Iowa, and Iowa House of Representatives Frank Herbert Hall, chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court Harry B. Hershey, justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois Byron O. House, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois Edward W. Hudgins, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and Virginia House of Delegates Paul Winniford Hyatt, justice of the Idaho Supreme Court Amos W. Jackson, justice of the Indiana Supreme Court Schuyler W. Jackson, justice of the Kansas Supreme Court William D. Jochems, justice of the Kansas Supreme Court Lawrence W. I'Anson, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia Luke E. Linnan, justice of the Iowa Supreme Court Haymond Maxwell, judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, West Virginia House of Delegates, circuit judge in West Virginia for the 15th Judicial Circuit Mary Ann McMorrow (Chicago Alumni 1992), justice on the Supreme Court of Illinois Stanley Mosk, associate justice of the California Supreme Court and Attorney General of California Paul Martin Newby, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court Charles Austin O'Niell, chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court Roger A. Page (Sanford 2016) chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court Marlin T. Phelps, chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court Edward E. Pringle, justice of Colorado Supreme Court Peggy Quince (Cardozo 1972), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Florida R. William Riggs, justice of the Oregon Supreme Court Howard C. Ryan, justice of the Illinois Supreme Court Edward Ray Sloan, justice of the Kansas Supreme Court and Kansas House of Representatives Milford K. Smith, justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Elwyn Thomas, chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court

Local and lower state courts S. Thomas Currin II, judge on the North Carolina Superior Court Albert N. Gualano, judge of the Municipal Court in Chicago DaSean Jones, judge of the Texas 180th District Court

Law

Attorney James P. Aylward, lawyer and campaign manager for Harry S. Truman Robert Bilott (McKinley 1987), environmental lawyer and author Johnnie Cochran (Ford 1960), defense lawyer for O. J. Simpson Robert J. Gorman, lawyer who practiced probate and civil rights law and was counsel for Roosevelt University Fred Gray (Central Alabama Alumni 2020), civil rights attorney who represented Rosa Parks, the NAACP, and Martin Luther King Jr. Arsalan Iftikhar (C. Clark 1999), human rights lawyer and author Stephen Jones, defense attorney Edward L. Masry (Ford 1958), lawyer who was instrumental in bringing about the multi-plaintiff direct action suit against Pacific Gas and Electric Company Charlotte E. Ray, first African American female lawyer in the United States

Attorney General Fred Jason Babcock, Idaho Attorney General George F. Barrett, Illinois Attorney General Clyde R. Chapman, Maine Attorney General Eldon S. Dummit, Attorney General of Kentucky Charles William Hadley, Illinois Attorney General James Lawrence, Ohio Attorney General Ernest Karl Neumann, Attorney General of New Mexico and New Mexico House of Representatives K. Berry Peterson, Arizona Attorney General

U.S. Attorney

Frank D. Allen, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Frank S. Tavenner Jr., United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia

Literature

David A. Embury, mixologist and author of The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks

Nonprofit and activism

Erin Brockovich (Ford 2004), environmental activist and legal clerk Harry E. Johnson, CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. James C. Logan, national president and expansion leader of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity Robert M. Wilson Jr., founder of the Wilson History and Research Center,

Politics

U.S. Presidents Joe Biden (Read 1994), President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, and U.S. Senate Bill Clinton (Garland 1974) President of the United States and Governor of Arkansas Jimmy Carter (Keener 1986), President of the United States, Governor of Georgia, and Georgia State Senate