# List of Boston College Law School alumni

Boston College Law School is a private law school in Newton, Massachusetts. Following are some of its notable alumni.

## Academia

* William M. Bulger, JD 1961, president of the University of Massachusetts System (1996–2003); president of the Massachusetts Senate (1978–1996)
* Dan Malloy, JD 1977, Chancellor of the University of Maine System and governor of Connecticut
* Charles E. Rice, JD 1956, author, legal scholar, and professor of law

## Business

* James A. Champy, JD 1968, organizational theorist and chairman and chief executive officer of CSC Index

## Judiciary

* Robert W. Clifford, JD 1962, associate justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1986–2009)
* John Dooley, LLB 1968, associate justice, Vermont Supreme Court (1987–2017)
* Thomas E. Humphrey, JD 1972, associate justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court (2015–present)
* Ellen Segal Huvelle, JD 1975, judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (1999–present); associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia (1990–1999)
* Okla Jones II, JD 1971, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1994–1996)
* Erik P. Kimball, JD 1990, judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida
* Leslie E. Kobayashi, JD 1983, judge, United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (2010–present)
* Myles Lane, JD 1938, justice, New York Supreme Court (1968–1979); professional ice hockey player; and college football player and coach
* Sandy N. Leal, JD 1989, judge, Orange County Superior Court (2018–present)
* Bernard J. Leddy, LLB 1934, judge, United States District Court for the District of Vermont (1966–1972)
* Lara Montecalvo, JD 2000, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
* David Sutherland Nelson, JD 1960, judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1979–1998); associate justice, Massachusetts Superior Court (1973–1979)
* Francis Patrick O'Connor, JD 1953, associate justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
* William Orrick III, JD 1979, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2013–present)
* James A. Redden, LLB 1954, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, former Oregon Attorney General, and State Treasurer of Oregon
* William P. Robinson III, JD 1975, associate justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court (2004–present)
* Francis X. Spina, JD 1971, associate justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1999–2016)

## Law
### Attorneys general

* Thomas Capano, JD 1973, former Deputy Attorney General of Delaware; convicted murderer
* Charity Clark, JD 2005, Vermont Attorney General (2023 to present)
* Peter Neronha, JD 1989, 74th Attorney General of Rhode Island
* James A. Redden, LLB 1954, Oregon Attorney General, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, and State Treasurer of Oregon
* Thomas Reilly, JD 1970, Attorney General of Massachusetts (1999–2007)
* Warren Rudman, JD 1960, Attorney General of New Hampshire (1970–1976) and United States senator from New Hampshire (1980–1993)

### Government

* Charles Ferris, JD 1961, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (1977–1981)
* Philip H. Hilder, JD 1981, former attorney-in-charge of the United States Department of Justice's Houston office of Organized Crime Strike Force
* Cameron Kerry, JD 1978, General Counsel of the United States Department of Commerce (2009–2013), acting United States Secretary of Commerce (2013)
* Marilyn Mosby, JD 2007, State Attorney for City of Baltimore (2014–present)
* Christina Nolan, JD 2004, former United States Attorney for the District of Vermont (2017–2021)
* Charles Redding Pitt, JD 1977, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama (1994–2001)
* Marian T. Ryan, JD 1979, District Attorney, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (2013–present)
* Debra Wong Yang, JD 1984, United States Attorney for the Central District of California (2002–2006)
* Gerald T. Zerkin, JD 1976, Federal Public Defender for Zacarias Moussaoui

### Private practice

* J. W. Carney Jr., JD 1978, criminal defense attorney
* Michael S. Greco, JD 1972, president, American Bar Association (2006–2007

## Literature and journalism

* Kerry Kennedy, JD, human rights activist, writer, and daughter of Robert F. Kennedy
* William Landay, novelist
* Larry Ruttman, JD 1958, author
* Patric Verrone, JD 1984, president of the Writers Guild of America West

## Politics

* Edward P. Boland, JD 1936, United States congressman from Massachusetts
* Garrett J. Bradley, JD 1995, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2000–2016)
* Scott Brown, JD 1985, United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa (2017–2020); United States senator from Massachusetts (2010–2013)
* William M. Bulger, JD 1961, President of the University of Massachusetts System (1996–2003); President of the Massachusetts Senate (1978–1996)
* Mike Capuano, JD 1977, United States congressman from Massachusetts (1999–2019); mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts (1990–1999)
* Paul Cellucci, JD 1973, United States Ambassador to Canada (2001–2005); Governor of Massachusetts (1999–2001); lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (1991–1999)
* Mike Connolly, JD 2009, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2017–present)
* Silvio O. Conte, JD 1949, United States congressman from Massachusetts (1959–1991); member of the Massachusetts Senate (1951–1959)
* Bill Delahunt, JD 1967, United States congressman from Massachusetts (1997–2011); District Attorney, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (1975–1997)
* James B. Eldridge, JD 2000, member of the Massachusetts Senate (2009–present); member Massachusetts House of Representatives (2003–2008)
* James N. Gabriel, LLB 1949, Bankruptcy Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1977–1990); United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts (1971–1972, 1973–1977)
* Deb Goldberg, JD 1983, 58th Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts (2015–present); former member of the Brookline Board of Selectmen (1998–2004)
* Margaret Heckler, JD 1956, United States Congresswoman; United States Secretary of Health and Human Services; United States Ambassador to Ireland
* Paul Hodes, JD 1978, United States congressman from New Hampshire (2007–2011)
* Jared Huffman, JD 1990, United States congressman from California (2013–present); former member of the California State Assembly (2006–2012)
* John Kerry, JD 1976, United States Secretary of State (2013–2017), United States senator (1985–2013), 2004 Democratic candidate for President of the United States
* David Linsky, JD 1982, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1999–present)
* Mark Longietti, JD 1988, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2007–present)
* Paul Loscocco, JD 1987, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2001–2009)
* Frank Lowenstein, JD 1997, United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (2013; 2014–2017)
* Stephen F. Lynch, JD 1991, United States congressman (2001–present)
* Dan Malloy, JD 1977, governor of Connecticut (2011–2019) and Chancellor of the University of Maine System
* Ed Markey, JD 1972, United States senator (2013–present), United States congressman (1976–2013)
* Grier Raggio, JD 1968, Democratic candidate in 32nd congressional district of Texas
* James A. Redden, LLB 1954, State Treasurer of Oregon, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, and former Attorney General
* Manuel Rodríguez Orellana, JD 1975, Puerto Rican Independence Party (senator 2000) and professor of law (retired)
* Warren Rudman, JD 1960, United States senator from New Hampshire (1980–1993); Attorney General of New Hampshire (1970–1976)
* Thomas Salmon, JD 1957, governor of Vermont (1973–1977)
* Bobby Scott, JD 1973, United States congressman from Virginia (1993–present)
* Michael A. Sullivan, JD 1985, mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
* Richard Thompson, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1994–2000)
* Kevin White, LLB 1955, mayor of Boston, Massachusetts (1968–1984)
* Diane Wilkerson, JD 1981, first African-American member of the Massachusetts Senate (1993–2008)

## Sports

* Myles Lane, JD 1938, professional ice hockey player; college football player and coach, and justice, New York Supreme Court (1968–1979)
* Christopher Liwski, Canadian American rower, a six-time U.S. National Team member, a double world championship medal winner, and a two-time member of the U.S. Olympic Rowing Team
* Shannon Miller, JD 2007, Olympic gymnast
* Cammy Myler, JD 2001, 4-time Winter Olympian

## Fictional

* Frank Galvin, JD 1952, fictional alumnus, main character in the film The Verdict, portrayed by Paul Newman