# List of Emory University School of Law alumni

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
### 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