# List of American University Washington College of Law alumni

Following is a list of notable alumni from the American University Washington College of Law.

## Academia

* Anthony Crowell, dean of New York Law School
* Juliane Kokott, professor at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and German Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities
* M. Peter McPherson, president of Michigan State University, chairman of Dow Jones, head of United States Agency for International Development

## Business

* Louis Dubin, real estate developer
* Gregory D. Hague, real estate entrepreneur
* M. Peter McPherson, chairman of Dow Jones, president of Michigan State University, and head of United States Agency for International Development

## Entertainment

* Roy Lee, film producer known for The Departed and The Ring
* Crystal McCrary McGuire, film producer, and director known for Little Ballers
* Judy Sheindlin, TV judge (Judge Judy) (later transferred to the New York Law School)
* Judy Smith, television producer
* Sarah Stewart Holland, host of the podcast Pantsuit Politics

## Government

* Bradley Brooker, General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
* M. Peter McPherson, head of United States Agency for International Development, chairman of Dow Jones, and president of Michigan State University
* Walter Shaub, Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics
* Hugo Teufel III, Former Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security
* Flora Warren Seymour, attorney, writer, historian, first woman on the Board of Indian Commissioners

## Judiciary
### Federal

* George Arceneaux, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
* Margaret Bartley, Chief judge, United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
* Sarah Evans Barker, judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
* Terrence Boyle, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
* June Lazenby Green, judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
* Claude M. Hilton, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
* Henry E. Hudson, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
* C. Darnell Jones II, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
* Gerald Bruce Lee, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
* Sharon Prost, Chief judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
* Robert W. Schroeder III, judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
* Margaret B. Seymour, judge, United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
* Moody R. Tidwell III, judge, United States Court of Federal Claims
* Reggie Walton, judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia

### State

* Michael W. Farrell, judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
* C. Darnell Jones II, judge First Judicial District of Pennsylvania
* Warren R. King, judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
* Michael J. Lindner, judge, Fairfax General District Court, Virginia
* Frank Q. Nebeker, judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals and United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
* Warren Silver, judge, Maine Supreme Judicial Court
* Zuberi Williams, associate judge, Montgomery County, District Court of Maryland
* Thomas P. Mann, justice, Supreme Court of Virginia

### International

* Maria Filomena Singh, current associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

## Law

* Tom Goldstein, co-founder of the firm Goldstein and Howe, and co-founder of Scotusblog
* Joseph T. Kelliher, an American energy executive and former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
* Stephen Latchford, earliest U.S. expert on aviation law who worked for the U.S. State Department
* Sophia A. Nelson, legal counsel to New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman and GOP counsel for the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee
* Nanette B. Paul, legal scholar, lawyer, suffragist, author, instructor, lecturer
* Darrell F. Smith, former Attorney General of Arizona

## Nonprofit and advocacy

* Ilan Berman, Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council
* Manjaagiin Ichinnorov, Mongolian human rights activist
* Alice Paul, notable suffragist

## Politics
### Diplomacy

* Suriya Evans-Pritchard Jayanti, diplomat, U.S. Department of State
* Richard Verma, United States Ambassador to India
* Addie Viola Smith (1983–1975), attorney and trade commissioner in Shanghai

### Federal

* Nick Rathod, former White House Special Assistant and deputy director of Intergovernmental Affairs to President Obama.
* Robert Byrd, former United States Senator
* Thomas Downey, former Member, U.S. House of Representatives
* Peter Feldman, Commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
* Gwen Graham, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
* Rick Lazio, U.S. House of Representatives
* Raymond Muir, White House Chief Usher and Deputy Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State (1943–1954)
* Stacey Plaskett, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
* Peter J. White, Senior Policy Advisor to President Donald Trump

### State

* Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
* Toney Anaya, former Governor of New Mexico
* Colin Bell, former New Jersey Senate
* Eileen Filler-Corn, former speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates
* Kim Guadagno, Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey
* Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky Secretary of State
* Frank Hall, minority leader of the Virginia House of Delegates
* Juan Mari Brás, Puerto Rico political leader
* David Moon, State Delegate, Maryland House of Delegates
* Kirill Reznik, State Delegate, Maryland House of Delegates
* Marcus Simon, member of the Virginia House of Delegates
* Robert White, At-Large member of the Council of the District of Columbia.

### International

* Masoud bin Mohammed Al Ameri, Qatari Minister of Justice
* Karin Elharar, Israeli Knesset member for the Yesh Atid party and chair of the State Control Committee of the Knesset
* Vekuii Rukoro, Paramount Chief of the Herero people, Namibia
* Ivan Duque, President of Colombia

### Other

* Nicholas Sarwark, Chairman of the Libertarian National Committee

## Sports

* Avram Glazer, NFL owner of Tampa Bay Buccaneers and majority owner of Manchester United F.C.
* Ed Tapscott, former interim head coach of the Washington Wizards NBA team