# 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 at 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 Law
* 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
* Donald R. Colvin (1945): law clerk to William O. Douglas
* Carolyn R. Dimmick (1953): U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington; first woman on the Washington Supreme Court
* Robert Jensen Bryan (1958): judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
* 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
* Raquel Montoya-Lewis (1995): Washington Supreme Court Justice
* Richard B. Sanders (1969): Washington Supreme Court Justice
* Hugh J. Rosellini (1933): Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
* 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

* 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
* Floyd Hicks (1948): U.S. Representative
* Tom Foley (1957): Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Ambassador to Japan
* Bruce Harrell (1984): Mayor of Seattle
* 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
* 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 from 1980 to 1992.