# List of University of Colorado Law School alumni

Following is a list of notable alumni of the University of Colorado Law School.

## Academia

* Frances Olsen (J.D. 1971), professor of law at UCLA
* Manuel Ramos (J.D. 1973), novelists who also has taught Chicano literature courses at Metropolitan State University of Denver

## Business

* Maggie L. Fox, CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection
* Louis O. Kelso (LL.B. 1938), founder of private equity firm Kelso & Company, inventor of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan
* Floyd Odlum (LL.B. 1914), founder of Atlas Corporation, owner of RKO

## Government

* Anne Gorsuch Burford (J.D. 1964), former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
* Michael L. Connor, former commissioner U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior
* Carlton R. Stoiber (J.D. 1969), former deputy general counsel for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and former director of the U.S. Department of State Office of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy

## Judiciary
### U.S. Supreme Court Justices and Federal Appeals Court Judges

* Jean Sala Breitenstein (LL.B. 1924), former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
* William Edward Doyle (LL.B. 1940), former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
* Wiley Blount Rutledge (LL.B. 1922), former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
* Timothy Tymkovich (J.D. 1982), judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, former solicitor general of Colorado

### U.S. District Court Judges

* Alfred A. Arraj (LL.B. 1928), former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
* Robert E. Blackburn (J.D. 1974), judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
* Olin Hatfield Chilson (LL.B. 1927), former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
* Larry R. Hicks (J.D. 1968), judge of United States District Court for the District of Nevada
* Marcia S. Krieger (J.D. 1979), judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
* Walker David Miller (LL.B. 1963), former judge for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
* William J. Rea (LL.B. 1949), former judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
* Edward Nottingham (J.D. 1972), former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
* Waldo Henry Rogers (LL.B. 1931), former judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
* Jacob Weinberger (LL.B. 1904), former judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
* Robert Wherry, former judge of the United States Tax Court
* Fred M. Winner (LL.B. 1936), former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
* Regina M. Rodriguez (J.D. 1988), judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado

### State Supreme Court Justices

* Michael L. Bender (J.D. 1967), former chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
* Nathan B. Coats (J.D. 1977), former chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
* Carol Ronning Kapsner (J.D. 1977), justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
* Alex J. Martinez (J.D. 1976), former justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
* William Neighbors (J.D. 1965), former justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
* Luis Rovira (LL.B. 1950), former chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
* Felix L. Sparks (LL.B. 1947), former justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, U.S. Army brigadier general

## Law
### Attorneys General

* Jason R. Dunn (J.D. 2001), former U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado
* Clara Ruth Mozzor (LL.B. 1915), first woman to serve as a U.S. assistant attorney general
* John Suthers (J.D. 1977), former Attorney General of Colorado and mayor of Colorado Springs
* George Thatcher (LL.B. 1904), Attorney General of Nevada

## Literature and journalism

* Stephen Coonts (J.D. 1979), thriller and suspense novelist
* Vine Deloria, Jr. (J.D. 1970), Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist
* Manuel Ramos (J.D. 1973), novelists who also has taught Chicano literature courses at Metropolitan State University of Denver

## Politics
### United States Senators

* Gordon L. Allott (LL.B. 1929), former U.S. senator from Colorado
* Hank Brown (J.D. 1969), former U.S. senator from Colorado and former president of the University of Colorado and the University of Northern Colorado
* Cory Gardner (J.D. 2001), former U.S. senator from Colorado, former U.S. Representative from Colorado
* Eugene Millikin (LL.B. 1913), former U.S. senator from Colorado

### United States Representatives

* Donald G. Brotzman (LL.B. 1949), former U.S. representative from Colorado
* John Chenoweth (LL.B. 1916), former U.S. representative from Colorado
* James Paul Johnson (LL.B. 1959), former U.S. representative from Colorado
* John H. Marsalis (LL.B. 1934), former U.S. representative from Colorado
* John J. McIntyre (LL.B. 1928), former U.S. representative from Wyoming, former justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
* Joe Neguse (J.D. 2009), U.S. representative from Colorado
* Ed Perlmutter (J.D. 1978), U.S. representative from Colorado

### Governors

* George Alfred Carlson (LL.B. 1904), former governor of Colorado
* Ralph Lawrence Carr (LL.B. 1912), former governor of Colorado
* William Lee Knous (LL.B. 1911), former governor of Colorado
* Bill Ritter (J.D. 1981), former governor of Colorado, former district attorney of Denver County
* Roy Romer (LL.B. 1952), former governor of Colorado

### State officials

* Bernie Buescher (J.D. 1974), former secretary of state of Colorado
* Morgan Carroll (J.D. 2000), Colorado Democratic Party chair; former member of the Colorado Senate
* Crisanta Duran (J.D. 2005), former speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives
* Larry Jent (J.D. 1983), member of the Montana Senate
* Robert Lee Knous (J.D. 1970), former lieutenant governor of Colorado
* Jeanne Labuda (J.D. 1989), former member, Colorado House of Representatives
* Tom Van Norman (J.D. 1993), former member, South Dakota House of Representatives
* Dan Pabon (J.D. 2005), member, Colorado House of Representatives
* Ellen Roberts (J.D. 1986), former member, Colorado Senate
* Brandon Shaffer (J.D. 2001), former president of the Colorado State Senate
* Pat Steadman (J.D. 1991), former member, Colorado Senate
* Sam T. Taylor, former member, Colorado Senate
* Albert J. Tomsic (J.D. 1951), former speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives

### Local officials

* Penfield Tate II (J.D. 1968), first African-American mayor of Boulder, Colorado

## Sports

* Fred Folsom (LL.B. 1899), former NCAA football coach
* William Hybl (J.D. 1967), chairman of the El Pomar Foundation and current President Emeritus of the United States Olympic Committee
* Ellen Hart Peña (J.D. 1988), former world-class runner and lawyer
* Elizabeth Bird (J.D. 2024), Olympic Steeplechase runner and lawyer
* Chris Rowley (J.D. 2024), Former MLB Pitcher and lawyer, first player to attend the The United States Military Academy to make MLB