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List of UC Berkeley School of Law alumni

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UC Berkeley School of Law has produced many influential alumni in law, government, business, academia and society.

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The following are prominent alumni of Berkeley Law. Within each category below, alumni are listed by their graduation date from the law school. Alumni may appear more than once if they hold or have held roles that encompass multiple categories. Individuals were conferred with J.D. or LL.B. degrees unless otherwise noted in parentheses.

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United States government and politics

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The following are Berkeley Law graduates who have served in prominent federal, state, and local government positions and/or important political roles.

Federal government

United States Cabinet and Executive Council

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Dean Rusk '40, 54th U.S. Secretary of State
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G. William Miller '52, 65th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and 11th Chair of the Federal Reserve

United States Congress

Senators
Representatives
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Colin Allred '14, U.S. Representative from Texas
Notable congressional staff

Department of Justice

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Theodore Olson '65, 42nd Solicitor General of the United States
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Melinda Haag '87, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California

Department of State

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Michael Posner '72, former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

Other federal departments and agencies

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Jelena McWilliams '02, Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Executive staff

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Nicole Wong '95, former Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States

State and territorial governments

Governors

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Earl Warren '14, 14th Chief Justice of the United States and 30th Governor of California
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Pete Wilson '62, 36th Governor of California and former U.S. Senator for California

State cabinet members

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Ann O'Leary '05, Chief of Staff to the Governor of California

State and territorial legislators

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William Raggio '51 served as either Majority or Minority Leader in the Nevada State Senate for over 30 years.
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Frank Tejeda '74, former U.S. Representative and Texas State Senator

Other state and territorial officials

Local governments

Mayors

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Ed Lee '78, former Mayor of San Francisco

Local councils

District attorneys

City attorneys

Other local officials

Political figures

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International government and politics

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Wissanu Krea-ngam LL.M. '74, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
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Judiciary

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The following are Berkeley Law graduates who have served as appointed judges on international, federal, state and/or prominent criminal courts.

Federal courts

United States Supreme Court justices

Court of Appeals judges

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Harry Pregerson '50, former Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Amul Thapar '94, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

District Court judges

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Claudia Ann Wilken '75, former Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California
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Miranda Du '94, former Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Nevada
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Vince Chhabria '98, Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Magistrate judges

Other federal judges

State courts

State Supreme Courts

State chief justices
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Roger J. Traynor '27, 23rd Chief Justice of California
State associate justices
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Kathryn Werdegar '62, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California

State appellate judges

Superior Court judges

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Karin Immergut '87, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Previously served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon and state circuit court judge.

Other state judges

Municipal judges

International courts

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Academia

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Upendra Baxi LL.M. '73 has served as dean, vice chancellor or professor at nine law schools in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Philip Alston LL.M. '76, NYU Law professor and former UN Special Rapporteur (2004–2010)
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Michael H. Cohen '87, Assistant Professor of Health Law and Policy, Harvard School of Public Health
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Noura Erakat '05, Palestinian-American legal scholar
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Business and technology

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Mitchell Baker '87, CEO and executive chair of the Mozilla Corporation
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David Estrada '93, former Chief Legal Officer at GoogleX and VP of Government Relations at Lyft

Hospitality

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Nonprofit and non-governmental organizations

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Barry Scheck '74, co-founder of the Innocence Project
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Ira Kurzban '76, Founder, Institute of Justice & Democracy in Haiti
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James Cavallaro '92, former president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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Private law practice

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Dale Minami '71 (pictured on the far left), the lead litigator in the case that overturned Fred Korematsu's prior conviction in Korematsu v. United States
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Zoë Baird '77, former partner at O'Melveny & Myers and president of the Markle Foundation
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Robert C. O'Brien '91, 28th United States National Security Advisor
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Sports

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Terdema Ussery '87, former president and CEO of the Dallas Mavericks
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Writing, radio, and television

Entertainment

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Timothy Tau LL.M. '17, notable writer, filmmaker and law professor

Journalism

Literature

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References

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