University of Wisconsin Law School alumni

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

Athletics

• Ken Bowman – Green Bay Packers lineman and member of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
• Pat Richter – Former NFL player and Athletic Director for the University of Wisconsin

Academics

• Daniel D. Blinka – Marquette University Law School professor^[1]
• George Bunn – Dean of William Mitchell College of Law and justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court^[2]
• Kimberlé Crenshaw – professor of law at the UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School^[3]
• Richard Danner – professor of law, Duke University
• Robben Wright Fleming – president of University of Michigan^[4]
• Spencer L. Kimball – dean of law, University of Wisconsin–Madison and former professor of law, University of Chicago
• James E. Krier – professor of law at the University of Michigan, Harvard University, Oxford University, Stanford University, and UCLA^[5]
• Stacy Leeds – dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law^[6]
• Daniel R. Mandelker – professor of law, Washington University in St. Louis
• John E. Murray Jr. – Chancellor and professor of law at Duquesne University
• Mark Nordenberg – Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh^[7]
• Frank J. Remington – professor of law, University of Wisconsin–Madison
• Lori Ringhand – interim director of Dean Rusk International Law Center and J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law^[8]
• Ediberto Roman – professor of law at Florida International University College of Law
• David Sturtevant Ruder – Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and former dean of law, Northwestern University^[9]
• Nicholas S. Zeppos – Chancellor of Vanderbilt University^[10]

Business

• Alfred S. Regnery – president of Regnery Publishing^[11]
• John Rowe – CEO of Exelon^[12]
• David Sturtevant Ruder – chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and former dean of law, Northwestern University^[9]
• Elmer Winter – founder of Manpower Inc.^[13]

Government

• March F. Chase – head of explosives division, War Industries Board^[14]
• John E. Lange – U.S. State Department official
• Stewart Simonson – Assistant Secretary of Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Judiciary

• Shirley Abrahamson – former chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[15]
• Daniel P. Anderson – presiding judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[16]
• Martha Bablitch – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[17]
• William A. Bablitch – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[18]
• Charles V. Bardeen – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[19]
• Elmer E. Barlow – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[20]
• John Barnes – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[21]
• Robert McKee Bashford – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[22]
• Bruce F. Beilfuss – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[23]
• Nils Boe – 23rd Governor of South Dakota and served as a judge for the United States Customs Court^[24]
• Ann Walsh Bradley – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[25]
• Susan Brnovich - judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona^[26]
• Grover L. Broadfoot – chief justice of Wisconsin^[27]
• Richard S. Brown – chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[28]
• Andrew A. Bruce – justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court^[29]
• George Bunn – justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Dean of William Mitchell College of Law^[2]
• Louis B. Butler – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[30]
• William G. Callow – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[31]
• William M. Conley – judge for the U. S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin^[32]
• Barbara Crabb – judge of the U. S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin^[33]
• Charles H. Crownhart – former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[34]
• George R. Currie – chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[35]
• Roland B. Day – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[36]
• John A. Decker – chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[37]
• David G. Deininger – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[38]
• Christian Doerfler – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[39]
• W. Patrick Donlin – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and Supreme Advocate of the Knights of Columbus^[40]
• F. Ryan Duffy – judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals and former United States Senator^[41]
• Charles P. Dykman – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[42]
• William Eich – chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[43]
• Evan Alfred Evans – judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit^[44]
• Thomas E. Fairchild – Senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit^[45]
• Chester A. Fowler – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Edward J. Gehl – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[46]
• Rachel A. Graham - judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
• Kenneth P. Grubb – judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin^[47]
• David W. Hagen – judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada^[48]
• Oscar Hallam – justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
• Connor Hansen – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[49]
• Nathan Heffernan – chief justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court^[50]
• Paul B. Higginbotham – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[51]
• Geraldine Hines – justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court^[52]
• Michael W. Hoover – presiding judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[53]
• James C. Kerwin – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Claude Luse – judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin^[54]
• Louis Wescott Myers – chief justice of the California Supreme Court^[55]
• Kenneth J. O'Connell – chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court^[56]
• Tawia Modibo Ocran – justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
• Walter C. Owen – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[57]
• Gregory A. Peterson – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[58]
• David Prosser Jr. – Wisconsin Supreme Court justice^[59]
• Rudolph T. Randa – federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin^[60]
• James Ward Rector – Wisconsin Supreme Court justice^[61]
• Lowell A. Reed – federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania^[62]
• Paul F. Reilly – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[63]
• Patience D. Roggensack – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[64]
• Arthur L. Sanborn – judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin^[65]
• Charles B. Schudson – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[66]
• Edgar W. Schwellenbach – chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court^[67]
• Robert G. Siebecker – chief justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court^[68]
• Albert Morris Sames – judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona^[69]
• Burton A. Scott – chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[70]
• Donald W. Steinmetz – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[71]
• E. Ray Stevens – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[72]
• Margaret J. Vergeront – judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals^[73]
• Aad J. Vinje – chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[74]
• James H. Wakatsuki – justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii, speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives^[75]
• John D. Wickhem – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[76]
• Jon P. Wilcox – justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[77]
• John B. Winslow – chief justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court^[78]

Law

• Timothy T. Cronin – U.S. Attorney^[79]
• Nneka Egbujiobi – lawyer and founder of Hello Africa^[80]
• Stephen S. Gregory – lawyer and president of the American Bar Association
• Belle Case La Follette – first woman to graduate from UW Law School (1885); women's suffrage activist, and wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.^[81]
• Peg Lautenschlager – Attorney General of Wisconsin
• Judith L. Lichtman – attorney specializing in women's rights and civil rights^[82]
• David W. Márquez – Alaska Attorney General^[83]
• J.B. Van Hollen – Attorney General of Wisconsin
• Hilbert Philip Zarky – tax attorney with the United States Department of Justice and in private practice
• Norma Zarky – attorney

Military

• Robyn J. Blader – U.S. National Guard general
• Ernest R. Feidler – U.S. Coast Guard admiral and Judge Advocate General
• Robert Bruce McCoy – U.S. National Guard Major General^[84]

Politics

• Thomas Ryum Amlie – U.S. Representative^[85]
• Gerald K. Anderson – Wisconsin State Assemblyman^[86]
• Norman C. Anderson – Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly^[87]
• James N. Azim Jr. – Wisconsin State Representative^[88]
• Tammy Baldwin – first woman to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate^[89]
• Levi H. Bancroft – Attorney General of Wisconsin, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly^[90]
• Lloyd Barbee – Wisconsin legislator and civil rights activist^[91]
• Tom Barrett – U.S. Representative^[92]
• Peter D. Bear – Wisconsin State Senator^[93]
• Theodore Benfey – Wisconsin State Senator^[94]
• Claire B. Bird – Wisconsin State Senator^[95]
• Nils Boe – 23rd Governor of South Dakota and served as a judge for the United States Customs Court^[24]
• Theodore W. Brazeau – Wisconsin State Senator^[96]
• Angie Brooks – President, United Nations General Assembly^[97]
• Edward E. Browne – U.S. Representative^[98]
• Michael E. Burke – U.S. Representative^[99]
• Howard W. Cameron – Wisconsin State Senator^[100]
• Fred J. Carpenter – Wisconsin State Representative^[101]
• Milton Robert Carr – U.S. Representative from Michigan^[102]
• Richard Cates – Wisconsin legislator and lawyer^[103]
• Moses E. Clapp – United States Senator^[104]
• David G. Classon – U.S. Representative^[105]
• Clarence Clinton Coe – Wisconsin State Representative^[106]
• John Cudahy – U.S. diplomat^[107]
• Joseph E. Davies – U.S. diplomat^[108]
• Glenn Robert Davis – U.S. Representative^[109]
• John M. Detling – Wisconsin State Representative^[110]
• Benjamin W. Diederich – Wisconsin State Representative
• Davis A. Donnelly – Wisconsin State Senator^[111]
• L. J. Fellenz – Wisconsin State Senator
• Harold V. Froehlich – U.S. Representative^[112]
• Edward R. Garvey – labor activist and politician^[113]
• Hiram Gill – Mayor of Seattle, Washington
• Ansley Gray – Wisconsin State Representative^[114]
• Mark Andrew Green – U.S. diplomat^[115]
• Kenneth L. Greenquist – Wisconsin State Senator
• Frank H. Hanson – Wisconsin State Senator and Representative^[116]
• George P. Harrington – Wisconsin State Representative
• Everis A. Hayes – United States Representative^[117]
• Knute Hill – United States Representative^[118]
• George Hudnall – Wisconsin State Senator from the 11th District.^[119]
• Paul O. Husting – U.S. Senator^[120]
• Lester Johnson – U.S. Representative^[121]
• Burr W. Jones – U.S. Representative^[122]
• William Carey Jones – U.S. Representative^[123]
• Fred F. Kaftan – Wisconsin State Senator
• John C. Karel – Wisconsin State Representative^[124]
• Robert Kastenmeier – U.S. Representative^[125]
• David Keene – chairman of the American Conservative Union^[126]
• Ernest Keppler – Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly^[127]
• Warren P. Knowles – Governor of Wisconsin^[128]
• Arthur W. Kopp – U.S. Representative^[129]
• Andrew L. Kreutzer – Wisconsin State Senator^[130]
• Philip La Follette – Governor of Wisconsin^[131]
• Robert M. La Follette, Sr. – Wisconsin governor, senator and Progressive Party candidate for U.S. president in 1924;^[132]
• Robert Watson Landry – Wisconsin State Representative
• Elmer O. Leatherwood – U.S. Representative from Utah^[133]
• Olin B. Lewis – Minnesota State politician^[134]
• James Manahan – U.S. Representative^[135]
• Herbert H. Manson – chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin
• Archie McComb – Wisconsin State Representative^[136]
• Dale McKenna – Wisconsin State Senator^[137]
• Arthur William McLeod – Wisconsin State Representative^[138]
• Carroll Metzner – Wisconsin State Representative^[139]
• Arthur O. Mockrud – Wisconsin State Representative^[140]
• Thomas Morris – Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin^[141]
• Elmer A. Morse – U.S. Representative^[142]
• Gaylord Nelson – Governor of Wisconsin – U.S. Senator and founder of Earth Day^[143]
• John M. Nelson – U.S. Representative^[144]
• Ivan A. Nestingen – Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
• John Oestreicher – Wisconsin State Representative^[145]
• Patrick H. O'Rourk, Wisconsin State Senator^[146]
• Juan Perez – mayor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• Charles B. Perry – Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Richard F. Pettigrew – United States Senator^[147]
• Vel Phillips – Wisconsin Secretary of State^[148]
• William Edmunds Plummer – Wisconsin State Representative, United States Senate^[149]
• Clifford E. Randall – U.S. Representative^[150]
• Henry R. Rathbone – U.S. Representative^[151]
• Michael Reilly – U.S. Representative^[152]
• Paul Samuel Reinsch – U.S. diplomat
• John W. Reynolds – Governor of Wisconsin^[153]
• Alan S. Robertson – Wisconsin State Representative^[154]
• Harry Sauthoff – U.S. Representative^[155]
• Rudolph Schlabach – Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
• Henry O. Schowalter – Wisconsin State Representative^[156]
• James Sensenbrenner – U.S. Representative and former Chair of the House Judiciary Committee^[157]
• Roy C. Smelker – Wisconsin State Representative^[158]
• Edward H. Sprague – Wisconsin State Representative^[159]
• Paul Soglin – Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
• James A. Tawney – U.S. Representative^[160]
• Howard Teasdale – Wisconsin State Senator
• Donald Edgar Tewes – U.S. Representative from Wisconsin^[161]
• William Te Winkle – Wisconsin State Senator^[162]
• Lewis D. Thill – U.S. Representative^[163]
• Carl W. Thompson – Wisconsin State Senator^[164]
• Tommy Thompson – Governor of Wisconsin and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services^[165]
• Vernon W. Thomson – Governor of Wisconsin^[166]
• Eugene A. Toepel – Wisconsin State Assembly
• Phillip James Tuczynski – Wisconsin State Representative^[167]
• Fran Ulmer – Lieutenant Governor of Alaska
• Edward Voigt – U.S. Representative^[168]
• Michael J. Wallrich – Wisconsin State Representative^[169]
• Thomas J. Walsh – U.S. Senator from Montana^[170]
• Kenneth S. White – Wisconsin State Senator
• Alexander Wiley – U.S. Senator^[171]
• Herman C. Wipperman – Wisconsin State Representative, 1895–1907^[172]
• Richard J. Zaborski – Wisconsin State Senator^[173]