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)
• Barbara A. Dortch-Okara, JD 1974, judge, Boston Municipal Court (1984–1989); Massachusetts Superior Court (1989–2012)
• 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)
• Bryan A. Nickels, JD 2001, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Idaho Office of Administrative Hearings (2022- )
• 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^[1]
• Charity Clark, JD 2005, Vermont Attorney General (2023 to present)^[2]
• 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^[3]
• 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