This is a list of notable alumni of Emory University School of Law, the law school of the American Emory University, located in Atlanta, Georgia. (For a list of notable Emory University people, see the List of Emory University people.)
Notable alumni
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Business and private practice
- John Chidsey, current CEO of Subway (restaurant), former Executive Chairman and CEO of the Burger King Corporation
- John Dowd, President Trump's personal attorney (and leader of his legal team); investigator and author of the Dowd Report, which detailed betting on baseball games by Pete Rose in the 1980s; represented Senator John McCain (R-AZ) during the Senate ethics investigation known as the Keating Five in the hearings held in 1990 and 1991
- C. Robert Henrikson, former chairman, president, and CEO of MetLife
- Boisfeuillet Jones, Sr., Atlanta philanthropist
- Jim Lanzone, President and CEO of CBS Interactive; Chief Digital Officer of CBS Corporation
- Raymond W. McDaniel Jr., president and chief executive officer of Moody's Corporation
Government and politics
- David I. Adelman, former United States Ambassador to Singapore
- Luis A. Aguilar, commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (LL.M.; J.D. University of Georgia School of Law)
- Thurbert Baker, Attorney General of Georgia, 1997–2011
- Sanford Bishop, current U.S. Representative for Georgia's 2nd congressional district
- Benjamin B. Blackburn, former U.S. Representative for Georgia's 4th congressional district
- James V. Carmichael, former member of the Georgia General Assembly, former president of Scripto pen company, candidate for governor of Georgia in 1946
- John James Flynt, Jr., former U.S. Representative from Georgia (attended but did not graduate)
- Tillie K. Fowler, former U.S. Representative for the 4th District of Florida
- Wyche Fowler, former President of the Atlanta City Council, former United States Congressman 5th Congressional District of Georgia, former United States Senator Georgia, former United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
- Gordon Giffin, former United States Ambassador to Canada
- Carte Goodwin, former United States Senator of West Virginia
- Ben F. Johnson, former member of the Georgia State Senate and Dean of the Emory University School of Law and the Georgia State University College of Law
- Robb LaKritz, former Advisor to the Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary, appointed by President George W. Bush
- Elliott H. Levitas, former U.S. Representative from Georgia
- Christian Miele, member of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Joe Negron, elected to replace Mark Foley as the Republican candidate in the 16th District of Florida in the 2006 election
- Sam Nunn, former United States Senator from Georgia 1972–1997; businessman
- Sam Olens, Attorney General of Georgia, 2011–2016; formerly president of Kennesaw State University
- Randolph W. Thrower, former U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- Teresa Tomlinson, current mayor of Columbus, Georgia
- Fani Willis, District Attorney of Fulton County, Georgia
Judiciary
- Anthony Alaimo, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
- Marvin S. Arrington, Sr., former Fulton County Superior Court judge and author of Making My Mark: The Story of a Man Who Wouldn’t Stay in His Place, GA's 45th "Book of the Year"
- Rowland Barnes, former Fulton County Superior Court judge murdered in his courtroom
- Stanley F. Birch, Jr., judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Elizabeth L. Branch, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Fred P. Branson, Associate Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, served as Chief Justice 1927–1929
- Ada E. Brown, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, former appellate justice on the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas
- Mark Howard Cohen, judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Clarence Cooper, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Kristi DuBose, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
- J. Robert Elliott, Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- Orinda D. Evans, former chief district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- J. Owen Forrester, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Richard Cameron Freeman, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Leo M. Gordon, Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
- Steven Grimberg, Judge of the United States District Court for the North District of Georgia
- Catharina Haynes, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Lynn Carlton Higby, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- James Clinkscales Hill, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Frank M. Hull, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Willis B. Hunt Jr., Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Hugh Lawson, Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- Charles Allen Moye Jr., Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- R. Kenton Musgrave, Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
- William Clark O'Kelley, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- John Andrew Ross, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Leah Ward Sears, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
- George Ernest Tidwell, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Robert H. Whaley, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
Other
- W. Watts Biggers, co-creator of the animated TV series Underdog
- Glenda Hatchett, former Chief Judge of Fulton County Juvenile Court, and star of the television show Judge Hatchett
- Bobby Jones, former amateur golfer, founder and designer of the Augusta National Golf Club
- Shivana Jorawar, reproductive justice advocate and community organizer
- Bernice King, minister, daughter of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr.
- Larry Klayman, founder and former Chairman of Judicial Watch
- Josh Luber, co-founder of luxury resale website StockX
- Robert Shemin, real estate investor and author
- Bob Varsha, on-air personality for Speed
References
- "John Chidsey". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- Schmidt, Michael S.; Apuzzo, Matt (16 August 2017). "Trump Lawyer Forwards Email Echoing Secessionist Rhetoric". The New York Times.
- "Jim Lanzone Named Chief Digital Officer for CBS Corp". 13 June 2016.
- "Shivana Jorawar". Civil Liberties and Public Policy. Amherst, Massachusetts: Hampshire College. Retrieved 4 September 2015.