# List of Washington and Lee University School of Law alumni

Washington and Lee University School of Law is a private law school in Lexington, Virginia. Following are some of its notable alumni.

## Academia

* Ronald J. Bacigal, 1967, professor at the University of Richmond School of Law
* Charles A. Graves, 1872, professor at Washington and Lee School of Law and at the University of Virginia School of Law
* Robert Huntley, 1950 and 1957, dean and president of Washington and Lee University and former president and CEO of Best Products
* Robert Shepherd, 1959 and 1961, professor emeritus of law at the University of Richmond School of Law
* Paul S. Trible Jr., 1971, president of Christopher Newport University and United States Senate
* Henry St. George Tucker III, 1876, dean of Washington and Lee School of Law and the George Washington University Law School, and United States House of Representatives from Virginia

## Business

* Robert Huntley, 1957, president and CEO of Best Products and dean and president of Washington and Lee University
* Sydney Lewis, 1943 (finished his J.D. degree at George Washington University), founder of Best Products and recipient of the National Medal of Arts
* Gordon P. Robertson, CEO of the Christian Broadcasting Network

## Entertainment

* David Brown, 2000, former host of the Marketplace radio program, current anchor of the Texas Standard

## Government

* Mary Beth Long, 1998, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs at the United States Department of Defense

## Judiciary
### U.S. Supreme Court

* Joseph Rucker Lamar, 1878 (attended, did not graduate) Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
* Lewis Franklin Powell Jr., 1931, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court

### Federal Courts

* Nathan P. Bryan, 1895, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and US Senator from the State of Florida
* Mark Steven Davis, 1988, United States District Court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
* Duncan Lawrence Groner, 1894, judge for United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
* James Hay 1877, judge on the United States Court of Claims and United States Representative from Virginia
* Jerrauld Jones, 1980, a judge on the Norfolk Circuit Court
* Walter DeKalb Kelley Jr., 1977 and 1981, former federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia
* Jackson L. Kiser, 1952, judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
* Harry Jacob Lemley, 1910, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
* John Ashton MacKenzie, 1939, judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
* Robert E. Payne, 1967, judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
* Heartsill Ragon, a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and US Congressman from Arkansas
* James Clinton Turk, 1952, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
* Sol Wachtler, chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals
* H. Emory Widener Jr., 1953, former judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

### State Supreme Courts

* Brynja McDivitt Booth, 1996, justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland
* William T. Brotherton Jr., chief justice of the Supreme Court of West Virginia
* Archibald C. Buchanan, 1914, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
* Christian Compton, 1950 and 1953, justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
* John W. Eggleston, 1910, Chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
* Herbert B. Gregory, 1911, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
* Daniel B. Lucas, poet and justice on the Supreme Court of West Virginia
* Charles W. Mason, 1911, justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
* William Ray Price Jr., 1978, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri
* Daniel K. Sadler, justice on the New Mexico Supreme Court
* Abram Penn Staples, 1908, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia and Attorney General of Virginia
* Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr., 1943 and 1947, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
* Kennon C. Whittle, 1914, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia

## Law
### Attorney General

* Bruce L. Castor Jr., 1986, Attorney General (interim), Solicitor General of Pennsylvania, and presidential Impeachment Counsel 2021
* Tom Sansonetti, 1976, United States Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division
* Abram Penn Staples, 1908, Attorney General of Virginia and justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia

### Solicitor General

* Bruce L. Castor Jr., 1986, Solicitor General of Pennsylvania, Attorney General (interim), presidential Impeachment Counsel 2021
* John Goode, ~1851, Solicitor General of the United States and United States Congressman from Virginia
* John W. Davis, 1895 and 1892, Solicitor General; Ambassador to Britain; argued more cases before the Supreme Court than anyone else in the twentieth century

### Government

* John P. Fishwick Jr., former United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Attorney in private practice in Roanoke, Virginia
* R. Booth Goodwin, 1996, United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia
* Robert W. Ray, 1985, former head of the US Office of the Independent Counsel and partner at Fox Rothschild
* Peter G. Strasser, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana

### Private practice

* Robert J. Grey Jr., 1976, American Bar Association President 2004–2005
* Linda A. Klein, 1983, past president of the American Bar Association and a managing partner for the Georgia offices of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
* Morgan Meyer, 1999, lawyer for Bracewell & Giuliani in Dallas, Texas, and Texas House of Representatives
* Prescott Prince, 1983, attorney defending Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

## Literature and journalism

* Terry Brooks, 1969, The New York Times bestselling author of fantasy fiction
* Clarence J. Brown, 1915, president of Brown Publishing Company and United States Congressman from Ohio
* Daniel B. Lucas, poet and justice on the Supreme Court of West Virginia

## Military

* Newton D. Baker, 1894, U.S. Secretary of War and Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
* Edwin Gray Lee, 1859, Brigadier General in the Confederate States of America
* John Otho Marsh Jr., 1951, Secretary of the Army and United States Congressman

## Politics
### United States Senate

* Nathan P. Bryan, 1895, United States Senate from Florida and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
* William James Bryan, 1899, United States Senate from Florida
* Joe Donnelly, 1981, United States Senate from Indiana
* Scott Marion Loftin, 1899, United States Senate from Florida
* Miles Poindexter, 1891, United States Senate from Washington
* Alfred E. Reames, 1893, United States Senate from Oregon
* Paul S. Trible Jr., 1971, United States Senate from Virginia and president of Christopher Newport University

### United States Congress

* Samuel B. Avis, United States House of Representatives
* Franklin Brockson, United States House of Representatives
* Clarence J. Brown, 1915, United States House of Representatives and president of Brown Publishing Company
* Edward Cooper, United States House of Representatives
* William Fadjo Cravens, United States House of Representatives
* John J. Davis, 1856, United States House of Representatives
* John Goode, United States House of Representatives and Solicitor General of the United States
* Bob Goodlatte, 1977, United States House of Representatives
* Morgan Griffith, 1983, United States House of Representatives
* James Hay, 1877, United States House of Representatives and judge on the United States Court of Claims
* James Murray Hooker, 1896, United States House of Representatives
* John Otho Marsh Jr., 1951, United States House of Representatives and U.S. Secretary of the Army
* Robert Murphy Mayo, 1859, United States House of Representatives
* Heartsill Ragon, United States House of Representatives and judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
* Henry St. George Tucker III, 1876, United States House of Representatives and dean of Washington and Lee School of Law and the George Washington University Law School
* David Gardiner Tyler, 1869, United States House of Representatives
* Seward H. Williams, 1895, United States House of Representatives
* Harry M. Wurzbach, 1896, United States House of Representatives

### Diplomacy

* John W. Davis, 1895 and 1892, Ambassador to Britain and U.S. Solicitor General; argued more cases before the U. S. Supreme Court than anyone else in the twentieth century

### Governor

* Spencer Cox, 2001, Governor of Utah
* George Washington Hays, Governor of Arkansas
* Homer A. Holt, 1918 and 1923, Governor of West Virginia
* James L. Kemper, 1842, Governor of Virginia
* Ruby Laffoon, 1890, Governor of Kentucky
* Henry M. Mathews, 1857, Governor of West Virginia
* Thomas Chipman McRae, Governor of Arkansas and United States House of Representatives
* Charles L. Terry Jr., Governor of Delaware
* William M. Tuck, 1921, Governor of Virginia
* Junius Edgar West, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

### State

* William Ross Allen, Virginia House of Delegates
* Robert D. Bailey Jr., West Virginia Secretary of State
* Morgan Meyer, 1999, Texas House of Representatives and lawyer with Bracewell & Giuliani in Dallas, Texas
* Mark Obenshain, 1987, Senate of Virginia
* Mark J. Peake, 1988, Senate of Virginia
* Lacey E. Putney, Virginia House of Delegates
* Susan Swecker, chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia

### Local

* Newton D. Baker, 1894, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and U.S. Secretary of War
* Vance A. Funk III, 1968, Mayor of Newark, Delaware

## Sports

* Gay Elmore, Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year