List of University of San Francisco School of Law alumni
This is a list of notable alumni of the University of San Francisco School of Law.
Academia[edit]
- Ifeoma Ajunwa (2007), writer and professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law
- Edward Imwinkelried (1969), Evidence Scholar and Professor at UC Davis School of Law[1]
- Thomas Nazario (1975), noted professor, lawyer, and scholar of human rights and international children's rights
Arts, entertainment, and journalism[edit]
- Cupcake Brown (2001), author and lawyer, wrote A Piece of Cake: A Memoir[2]
- Emily Compagno (2006), attorney, TV host, former National Football League cheerleader, Fox News Channel contributor
- John Corcoran, speechwriter for the Governor of California and White House staffer
- Jeff Gottesfeld (1981), novelist and television writer
- Kimberly Guilfoyle (1994), former assistant San Francisco district attorney and television personality[3]
- Gini Graham Scott (1990), author
- Dick Spotswood (1973), journalist and politician
Athletics[edit]
- Tatiana Lysenko (2005), Ukrainian gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics and world champion gymnast
- Marcus McElhenney (2014), lawyer and bronze medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Juliet Starrett (2003), two-time whitewater rafting world champion and CEO of CrossFit San Francisco
- Andy Wolfe, lawyer and noted college basketball player
Business[edit]
- Byington Ford (did not graduate), noted real estate developer
- Hekani Jakhalu Kense, businesswoman and social entrepreneur
- Lloyd Levitin (1961), businessman and professor
- Marjorie Scardino (1975), CEO of Pearson PLC, and the first woman to head a top 100 firm on the London Stock Exchange[4]
Government and politics[edit]
Members of Congress[edit]
- John Burton (1960), long-serving politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1974-1983), California State Assembly (1965-1974; 1988–1996); California State Senate (1996-2004); and Chair of the California Democratic Party (1973-1974; 2009–2017)[5]
- John F. Shelley (1932), member of the United States House of Representatives (1949-1964), Mayor of San Francisco (1964-1968), and member of the California State Senate (1939-1947)[6]
Members of state legislatures[edit]
- Randy Iwase (1974), member of the Hawaii Senate (1990-2000)
- Susan C. Lee (1982), member of the Maryland House of Delegates (2002-2015) and Maryland Senate (2015–present)[7][8]
- Sylvia Luke (1995), member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1999–present)
- J. Eugene McAteer, member of the California Senate (1959-1967)
- Bill Monning (1976), member of the California State Assembly (2008-2012) and California State Senate (2012-2020)
- Arthur Ohnimus (1921), Chief Clerk of the California State Assembly (1923-1937; 1941–1967)
- Frank S. Petersen (1951), member of the California Senate (1963-1967) and Judge on the Del Norte County Superior Court (1966-1988)
State and territorial executive offices[edit]
- Ron Knecht (1995), Nevada State Controller (2015-2019) and member of the Nevada Assembly (2002-2004)
- Thomas C. Lynch (1929), 25th Attorney General of California (1964-1971) and District Attorney of San Francisco (1951-1964)
- Leo T. McCarthy (1958), Lieutenant Governor of California (1983-1995); member and Speaker of the California State Assembly (1969-1982); member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1964-1968)
- Bill Schuette (1979), Michigan Attorney General (2011-2019), member of the United States House of Representatives (1985-1991), and Justice of the Michigan Court of Appeals (2003-2009)[9]
- Faoa Aitofele Sunia (1975), Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa (2003-2013)
Municipal and local offices[edit]
- Angela Alioto (1983), civil rights attorney and member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1989-1997)[10]
- Matthew R. Beauchamp (1984), District Attorney of Colusa County, California (2016–present)[11]
- David Brady (1976), District Attorney of Trinity County, California (2020–present)[12]
- Michael Hennessey (1973), long-serving Sheriff of the City and County of San Francisco (1980–2012)[13]
- John C. Houlihan, Mayor of Oakland (1961-1966)
- Suzy Loftus (2005), interim District Attorney of San Francisco (2019-2020)
- William J. Quinn (1925), Chief of the San Francisco Police Department (1929-1940)
- Jill Ravitch (1987), District Attorney of Sonoma County, California (2011–present)[14]
- Anne Marie Schubert (1989), District Attorney of Sacramento County, California (2015–present)[15]
- Katy Tang (2017), member and President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2013-2019)
- Joseph E. Tinney (1933), member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1961-1966) and San Francisco City Assessor (1966-1979)
- Brendon Woods (1996), Public Defender of Alameda County, California (2012–present)
Judicial and legal figures[edit]
National supreme court justices[edit]
- Daniel Foley (1974), Justice of the Supreme Court of Palau (2013-present) and Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (2000-2016)[16]
Federal judges[edit]
- Saundra Brown Armstrong (1977), Judge on the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (1991–present)[17]
- Ellen Carroll (1980), Judge on the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (1998-2012)[18]
- Peter M. Elliott (1953), Judge on the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (1971-1989)[19]
- Roger D. Foley (1946), long-serving and noted Chief Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (1962-1996) and Attorney General of Nevada (1959-1962)
- David Hagen (1959), Judge on United States District Court for the District of Nevada (1993-2005)[16]
- George Bernard Harris (1926), Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1946-1983) and San Francisco Municipal Court (1941-1946)
- Maria-Elena James (1978), Magistrate Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1994-2018)[18]
- Rene Lastreto (1981), Judge on the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California (2016-present)[16]
- Mark N. Olds (1945), Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
- Edward Joseph Schwartz (1939), Judge and Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (1968-2000)
- William Thomas Sweigert (1923), Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1959-1983) and the San Francisco County Superior Court (1949-1959)
- Herbert Ross (1964), Judge on the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Alaska (1993-2000)[16]
- Lek von Kaesborg (1952), Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California (1960s-1970s)[16]
- Frederick J. Woelflen (1946), Chief Magistrate and Justice of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1978-1992)[20]
- Owen E. Woodruff Jr. (1952), Chief Magistrate and Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1981-1984)[21]
State supreme court justices[edit]
- Ming Chin (1967), Justice of the Supreme Court of California (1996-2020)[22]
- Martin Jenkins (1980), Justice of the Supreme Court of California (2020–present), California Courts of Appeal (2008-2019), and United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1997-2008)[23]
- Buell A. Nesbett (1940), the first Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court (1959-1970)
- Raymond L. Sullivan (1930), Justice of the Supreme Court of California (1966-1977) and California Courts of Appeal (1961-1966)
- Mary Jane Theis (1974), Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois (2010–present)[24]
State appellate court justices[edit]
- Herbert L. Ashby (1958), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1972-1992)[25]
- John E. Benson (1955), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1986-1994) and San Francisco County Superior Court (1974-1986)[26]
- Preston Devine (1927), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1966-1974)[20]
- Robert L. Dossee (1960), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1979-1998) and San Francisco County Superior Court (1972-1979)[27]
- Norman H. Elkington (1927), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1959-1988)[20]
- Carl Evans (1950), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal and Fresno County Superior Court[28]
- Daniel M. Hanlon (1964), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1992-2000) and San Francisco County Superior Court (1978-1992)[29]
- Barbara J.R. Jones (1974), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1996-2020) and San Francisco County Superior Court (1992-1996)[18]
- Robert F. Kane (1952), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1971-1979), San Mateo County Superior Court (1969-1971), and the United States Ambassador to Ireland (1984-1985)
- Donald B. King (1958), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1982-1996)[30]
- John B. Molinari (1933), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1962-1977) and on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1950s)[20]
- Joanne Parrilli (1974), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1995-2007) and on the Alameda County Superior Court (1988-1995)[31]
- James Richman (1965), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (2006-present) and Alameda County Superior Court (1997-2006)[16]
- Maria P. Rivera (1974), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (2002-2018) and Contra Costa County Superior Court (1996-2002)[18]
- Allison M. Rouse (1948), Justice of California Courts of Appeal (1971-1988) and San Francisco County Superior Court (1967-1971)[32]
- James Ward (1959), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1996-present)
- Charles Wilson (2002), Justice of the California Courts of Appeal (2021-present) and Santa Clara County Superior Court (2014-present)[16]
State trial court judges[edit]
- Stephen P. Acquisto (1994), Judge on the Sacramento County Superior Court (2014-present)[16]
- Arthur J. Anderson (1935), Judge on the Lassen County Superior Court (1973-1979)[20]
- Byron Arnold (1930), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1955-1971)[20]
- Lorenzo Arredondo (1972), Judge on Lake County Circuit Court (1986-2010)[20]
- Joseph G. Babich (1951), Judge on the Sacramento County Superior Court (1964-1984)[20]
- Lindi L. Baker (1984), Judge on the Josephine County Circuit Court (2005-present)[18]
- David Ballati (1975), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1995-2009)[16]
- James D. Barbolino (1969), Judge on the Placer County Superior Court (1984-2004)[33]
- Martha Beckwith (1976), Judge on the Alaskan District Court for Anchorage (1984-1992)[20]
- James G. Bertoli (1985), Judge on the Sonoma County Superior Court (2000–present)[34]
- John J. Bible (1959), Judge on the San Mateo County Superior Court (1978-1993)[35]
- John J. Boskovich (1953), Judge on the Sacramento County Superior Court (1970s-1980s)[36]
- Nathaniel Bradley (1947), Judge on the Tulare County Superior Court (1971-1988)[16]
- J. Michael Brown (1964), Judge on the Humboldt County Superior Court (1982-2018)[37]
- Jackie Brown (1977), Judge on the Orange County Superior Court (2008-present)[16]
- Neal Cabrinha (1967), Judge on the Santa Clara County Superior Court (1998-2013)[16]
- Walter F. Calcagno (1948), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1969-1985)[20]
- Roland Candee (1978), Judge on the Sacramento County Superior Court (1992-2012)[16]
- Michael Candela (1987), Judge on the Butte County Superior Court (2010-present)[16]
- Robert E. Carey (1948), Judge on the San Mateo County Superior Court (1971-1989)[20]
- C. Harold Caulfield (1916), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1956-1971)[38]
- James G. Changaris (1951), Judge on the Sutter County Superior Court (1982-1988)[20]
- Robert D. Chapman (1951), Judge on the Santa Clara County Superior Court (1980-1990s)[20]
- Leeland J. Cole-Chu (1978), Judge on the New London County Superior Court (2012-present)[16]
- Marie Bertillion Collins (1958), Judge on the Alameda County Superior Court (1970-1995)[20]
- Steve Counelis (1988), Judge on the Riverside County Superior Court (1992-present)[16]
- Frank J. Creede Jr. (1950), Judge on the Fresno County Superior Court (1973-1998)[39]
- Melvin I. Cronin (1921), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1944-1977)[20]
- Ray Cunningham (1973), Judge on the Santa Clara County Superior Court (1984-2008)[16]
- Thomas J. Dandurand (1960), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1971-1994)[20]
- John Davidson (1981), Judge on the San Diego County Superior Court (1994-2010)[16]
- Michael Robert Deems (1985), Judge on the Butte County Superior Court (2012-present)[16]
- Louis B. Dematteis (1933), Judge on the San Mateo County Superior Court (1953-1973)[20]
- N. Edward Denton (1952), Judge on the Mono County Superior Court (1985-1998)[16]
- Joseph Desmond (1960), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1998-2002) and San Francisco Municipal Court (1983-1998)[40]
- Ralph V. De Voto (1932), Judge on the Lake County Superior Court (1969-1983)[20]
- Ursula Jones Dickson (1998), Judge on the Alameda County Superior Court (2013-present)[18]
- Carly Dolan (1998), Judge on the Mendocino County Superior Court (2017–present)[41]
- Sean Dowling (1974), Judge on the Nevada County Superior Court (2005-2015)[16]
- Stephen Drew (1972), Judge on the Tulare County Superior Court (1990-2010)[20]
- Robert J. Drewes (1948), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1966-1980)[20]
- Terrance R. Duncan (1966), Judge on the Monterey County Superior Court (1995-2011)[42]
- Lynn Duryee (1979), Judge on the Marin County Superior Court (1993-2014)[43]
- Kristine Eagle (1989), Judge on the San Joaquin County Superior Court (2016-present)[16]
- Rochelle C. East (1996), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (2013–present)[44]
- Arthur Eissinger (1951), Judge on the Sacramento County Superior Court (1966-1987)[16]
- Wayne Ellison (1975), Judge on the Fresno County Superior Court (1995-2015)[16]
- John A. Ertola (1954), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1970-1991) and member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors[45]
- Lyle R. Edson (1948), Judge on the San Mateo County Superior Court (1969-1983)[20]
- Coleman Fannin (1959), Judge on the Contra Costa County Superior Court (1972-1988)[46]
- Robert Fairwell (1951), Judge on the Alameda County Superior Court (1967-2007)[16]
- Thomas E. Feeney (1944), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1966-1967)[20]
- Lee Felice (1974), Judge on the Kern County Superior Court (1990s-2012)[16]
- William F. Ferroggiaro Jr. (1962), Judge on the Humboldt County Superior Court (1983-1997)[20]
- Richard P. Figone (1961), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1981-1996)[47]
- Jeffrey R. Finigan (1993), Judge on the San Mateo County Superior Court (2015-present)[16]
- Ralph Flageollet (1950), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1979-2000)[16]
- Eric Fleming (1995), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (2018–present)[48]
- Paul Flynn (1968), Judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court (1989-2006)[16]
- Robert Foiles (1984), Judge on the San Mateo County Superior Court (2006-present)[16]
- Bryan Foster (1974), Judge on the San Bernardino County Superior Court (2003-present)[16]
- Frank C. Francis (1962), Judge on the Nevada County Superior Court (1977-1997)[20]
- Jose S. Franco (1998), Judge on the Santa Clara County Superior Court (2015-present)[16]
- Gail Fraties (1966), Judge on the Bethel County Superior Court (1986-1989)[16]
- Donald Fretz (1951), Judge on the Merced County Superior Court (1963-1990)[16]
- John J. Gallagher (1965), Judge on the Sonoma County Superior Court (1976-1997)[20]
- James Garbolino (1969), Judge on the Placer County Superior Court (1987-2007)[16]
- David A. Garcia (1970), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1990-2003) and Municipal Court (1983-1990)[49]
- Lupe Garcia (1995), Judge on the Alameda County Superior Court (2016-present)[16]
- Mark A. Garcia (1995), Judge on the Merced County Superior Court (2007-2015)[16]
- Richard C. Garner (1957), Judge on the San Bernardino Superior Court (1971-1990s)[20]
- Steven Gevercer (1983), Judge on the Sacramento County Superior Court (2012-present)[16]
- Virginia George (1984), Judge on the Contra Costa County Superior Court (2017-present)[16]
- Patrick D. Gilroy (1960), Judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Oregon (1974-2005)[50]
- Raymond J. Giordano (1970), Judge on the Sonoma County Superior Court (1981-2006)[20]
- Joseph M. Golden (1916), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1956-1971)[20]
- Larry J. Goodman (1974), Judge on the Alameda County Superior Court (1984-2017)[20]
- David Gottlieb (1987), Judge on the Fresno County Superior Court (2005-present)[16]
- Patricia A. Gray (1984), Judge on the Sonoma County Superior Court (1994-2000)[18]
- Michael R. Griffin (1968), Judge on the Carson County District Court (1979-2007)[51]
- Paul Haakenson (1993), Judge on the Marin County Superior Court (2006–present)[52]
- John Griffin (1965), Judge on the Stanislaus County Superior Court (1989-2006)[16]
- Susan L. Hahn (1982), Judge on the Yakima County Superior Court (1990-2017)[18]
- Harold Haley (1928), Judge on the Marin County Superior Court (1965-1970) and victim of the Marin County Civic Center attacks (1970)
- Barry Hammer (1962), Judge on the San Luis Obispo Superior Court (1985-2006)[20]
- Barry Harding (1984), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (2001-present)[16]
- Frank Hart (1952), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1984-2000s)[16]
- Leighton Hatch (1954), Judge on the Sacramento County Superior Court (1974-1994) and Director of the California Department of Consumer Affairs (1969-1972)[53]
- Richard James Henderson (1974), Judge on the Mendocino County Superior Court (2000-2016)[54]
- Brian E. Hill (1981), Judge on the Santa Barbara County Superior Court (2003-present)[16]
- Christopher M. Honigsberg (2005), Judge on the Sonoma County Superior Court (2018–present)[55]
- Peggy Hora (1978), Judge on the Alameda County Superior Court (1984-2005)[56]
- John Ing (1977), Judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court (2007-present)[16]
- William Jacka (1919), Judge on the Santa Clara County Superior Court (1940s-1950s)[16]
- Harry Jacobs (1968), Judge on the Merced County Superior Court (2012-present)[16]
- Margaret Johnson (1978), Judge on the Santa Clara County Superior Court (2000-2018)[18]
- Alesia F. Jones (1991), Judge on the Solano County Superior Court (2008–present)[57]
- Joseph Karesh (1933), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1960-1978)[20]
- Robert M. Kawahara (1980), Judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court (2002-present)[16]
- Terence Keeley (1963), Judge on the Sutter County Superior Court (1978-1993)[16]
- Kenneth R. Kingsbury (1975), Judge on the Alameda County Superior Court (1995-2008)[16]
- Nona L. Klippen (1988), Judge on the Santa Clara County Superior Court (2015-present)[16]
- Roger Kosel (1973), Judge on the Siskiyou County Superior Court (2007-2009)[16]
- Christopher E. Krueger (1994), Judge on the Sacramento County Superior Court (2011-present)[16]
- William F. Lanam (1959), Judge on the San Mateo County Superior Court (1972-1990)[20]
- Leland J. Lazarus (1929), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1965-1974)[20]
- Kenneth L. Lewis (1946), Judge on the Kitsap County District Court[20]
- James Libbey (1968), Judge on the Contra Costa County Superior Court (1981-2008)[16]
- Frank J. Mackin (1928), Judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court (1961-1971)[20]
- Runston Maino (1968), Judge on the San Diego County Superior Court (1987-present)[20]
- Jordan L. Martinelli (1921), Judge on the Marin County Superior Court (1949-1961)[58]
- Lawrence W. Marvin (1953), Judge on the Sacramento County Superior Court (1985-1990s)[20]
- Leonard H. McBride (1953), Judge on the Orange County Superior Court (1979-2002)[20]
- Thomas F. McBride (1940), Judge on the Contra Costa County Superior Court (1965-1981)[20]
- Brigid McCann (1991), Judge on the San Bernardino Superior Court (2008-present)[18]
- John A. McCarthy (1974), Judge on the Pierce County Superior Court (1997-2014)[16]
- James McFetridge (1985), Judge on the Sacramento County Superior Court (2006-present)[16]
- William McGivern (1970), Judge on the Marin County Superior Court (1998-2003)[16]
- Charles J. McGolderick (1929), Judge on the Sonoma County Superior Court (1951-1968)[20]
- E. Warren McGuire (1950), Judge on the Marin County Superior Court (1968-1988)[59]
- Michael McInnes (1951), Judge on the Solano County Superior Court (1979-1991)[16]
- Kevin McKenney (1973), Judge on the Santa Clara County Superior Court (2005-2014)[16]
- Christopher McKenzie (1969), Judge on the First Circuit Court District of Hawaii (2002-present)[16]
- Winton McKibben (1952), Judge on the Alameda County Superior Court (1976-1995)[60]
- Barbara Miller (1978), Judge on the Alameda County Superior Court (1996-2009)[18]
- James Mize (1974), Judge on the Sacramento County Superior Court (2008-present)[16]
- Edward Molkenbuhr (1920), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1949-1960)[16]
- John M. Monterosso (1990), Judge on the Riverside County Superior Court (2007-present)[16]
- Heather D. Morse (1981), Judge on the Santa Cruz County Superior Court (1989-2017)[18]
- Hugh F. Mullin Jr. (1932), Judge on the San Mateo County Superior Court (1934-1949)[20]
- Kevin Murphy (1984), Judge on the Contra Costa County Superior Court (2006-present)[16]
- Stephen Murphy (1981), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (2017–present)[61]
- Gary Nadler (1979), Judge on the Sonoma County Superior Court (2002–present)[62]
- Clifford L. Nakea (1971), Judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Hawaii (1978-2004)[20]
- Karlene Navarro (2007), Judge on the Sonoma County Superior Court (2021–present)[63]
- Rene Navarro (1975), Judge on Santa Clara County Superior Court (1994-2006)[16]
- Harold Neville (1960), Judge on the Humboldt County Superior Court (1972-1994)[16]
- Diane Northway (1969), Judge on the Santa Clara County Superior Court (1990-2013)[18]
- Marco Nunez (2000), Judge on the Imperial County Superior Court (2017-present)[16]
- Timothy W. O'Brien (1949), Judge on the Mendocino County Superior Court (1971-1985)[20]
- William A. O'Brien (1926), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1963-1970)[20]
- Agnes O'Brien Smith (1941), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1970-1978)[64]
- Raymond J. O'Connor (1931), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1964-1969)[20]
- Edward O'Day Jr. (1936), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1960-1972)[20]
- Lynn O'Malley Taylor (1972), Judge on the Marin County Superior Court (1990-2004)[16]
- Robert O'Neill (1965), Judge on the San Diego County Superior Court (1978-2000s)[20]
- Frank J. Passalacqua (1962), Judge on the Sonoma County Superior Court (1964-2001)[20]
- Claude D. Perasso (1953), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1971-2006)[20]
- Rosemary Pfeiffer (1976), Judge on the San Mateo County Superior Court (1991-2011)[18]
- Gary M. Picetti (1972), Judge on the Alameda County Superior Court (2015-present)[20]
- Daniel A. Quinlan (1948), Judge on the Nez Perce County District Court (1970-1973)[20]
- John Quinlen (1965), Judge on the Kern County Superior Court (1991-2007)[16]
- Dawna Reeves (1995), Judge on the Stanislaus County Superior Court (2008-present)[18]
- Benjamin Reyes (1992), Judge on the Contra Costa County Superior Court (2017-present)[16]
- Enrique Romero (1976), Judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court (1988-1999)[16]
- Roger Ross (1974), Judge on the San Joaquin County Superior Court (2007-present)[16]
- T.W. Salter (1972), Judge on the Stanislaus County Superior Court (2006-present)[16]
- Reginald Saunders (1984), Judge on the Alameda County Superior Court (1995-2015)[16]
- Philip Schafer (1964), Judge on the Orange County Superior Court (1988-2000)[16]
- Kirstin Schoonover, Judge on the Superior Court of Vermont (2015-present)[16]
- Robert L. Schouweiler (1965), Judge of the Second District Court of Nevada (1981-1991)[65]
- William Edmund Scott (1923), Judge on the San Mateo County Superior Court (1946-1971)[20]
- Aram Serverian (1967), Judge on the San Mateo County Superior Court (1986-2000)[16]
- Nancy Case Shaffer (1977), Judge on the Sonoma County Superior Court (2011-2021)[16]
- Frank W. Shaw (1953), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1971-1980s)[20]
- LeRoy A. Simmons (1967), Judge on the San Bernardino County Superior Court (1994-2004)[66]
- Donald Smith (1951), Judge on the San Diego County Superior Court (1979-1987)[16]
- Peter Smith (1951), Judge on the Marin County Superior Court (1979-1991)[16]
- Vernon Smith (1968), Judge on the Marin County Superior Court (1982-2007)[16]
- Andrew E. Sweet (1992), Judge on the Marin County Superior Court (2009–present)[67]
- G. Dave Teja (1958), Judge on the Sutter County Superior Court (1978-1990s)[68]
- Gary W. Thomas (1961), Judge on the Marin County Superior Court (1986-1998)
- Ronald I. Toff (1973), Judge on the Santa Clara County Superior Court (2010-present)[16]
- William F. Traverso (1918), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1945-1965) [20]
- Ksenia Tsenin (1973), Judge of the San Francisco County Superior Court (1998-2017)[18]
- Charles R. Tunley (1964), Judge on the Alaskan Superior Court for Nome (1980-1995)[69]
- Robert Twiss (1976), Judge on the Sacramento County Superior Court (2009-present)[16]
- Steven Unpingco (1982), Judge on the Superior Court of Guam (1994-2011)[16]
- Herman A. Van Der Zee (1922), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1947-1972)[20]
- Rafael Varquez (2004), Judge on the Monterey County Superior Court (2017-present)[16]
- W. Lee Vavuris (1944), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1971-1982)[20]
- Luis M. Villareal (1975), Judge on the Solano County Superior Court (1997-2005) and Municipal Court (1982-1997)[70]
- Dorothy von Beroldingen (1954), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1977-1999) and member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1966-1977)
- Marcia J. Waldorf (1975), Judge on the First Circuit Court of Hawaii (1985-2007)[18]
- Denise Whitehead (1986), Judge on the Fresno County Superior Court (2001-2021)[16]
- Raymond D. Williamson (1963), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1985-1998)[71]
- Mary E. Wiss (1981), Judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court (2001–present)[72]
- Beverly Wood (1983), Judge on the Marin County Superior Court (2013-2021)[73]
- Douglas R. Woodworth (1952), Judge on the San Diego County Superior Court (1972-1988) and San Diego Municipal Court (1968-1972)[74]
Local judges[edit]
- Charles E. Aguilar (1960), Judge on the Stanislaus County Municipal Court (1977-1998)[20]
- Jeffrey S. Allen (1973), Judge on the Alameda County Municipal Court (1985-1990s)[20]
- John M. Allen (1969), Judge on the Alameda County Municipal Court (1984-1990s)[20]
- Clifford B. Bachand (1951), Judge on the Alameda County Municipal Court (1976-1980s)[20]
- George T. Choppelas (1961), Judge on the San Francisco Municipal Court (1982-1990s)[20]
- Frank J. Comaich (1930), Judge on the San Mateo County Municipal Court (1960-1973)[20]
- Thomas F. Curtin (1954), Judge on the Contra Costa County Municipal Court (1971-1990s)[75]
- Dan B. Eymann (1947), Judge on the Fresno County Municipal Court (1954-1977)[20]
- John J. Fahey (1931), Judge on the San Mateo County Municipal Court (1940-1949)[20]
- Richard D. Gravelle (1954), Judge on the San Mateo County Municipal Court (1984-1986)[20]
- Kiernan R. Hyland (1950), Judge on the Sonoma County Municipal Court (1972-1981)[20]
- James E. Jones Jr. (1950), Judge on the Sonoma County Municipal Court (1972-1981)[20]
- William J. Mallen (1961), Judge on the San Francisco Municipal Court (1982-1992)[20]
- George E. Maloney (1931), Judge on the San Francisco Municipal Court (1961-1976)[20]
- Lewis May (1948), Judge on the Alameda County Municipal Court (1969-1989)[16]
- George E. McDonald (1949), Judge on the Alameda County Municipal Court (1966-1985)[20]
- Ronald McGaw (1987), Judge on the City Court of Poughkeepsie (1996-2006)[16]
- Alexander McMahon (1951), Judge on the Sonoma County Municipal Court (1966-1976)[16]
- John J. McMahon (1925), Judge on the San Francisco Municipal Court[20]
- Steven D. McMorris (1969), Judge on the Douglas County Court of Justice (1984-?)[20]
- J. Dominique Olcomendy (1959), Judge on the San Francisco Municipal Court (1974-1995)[76]
- Roy G. Pucci (1948), Judge on the Alameda County Municipal Court (1966-1970s)[20]
- Raymond H. Simmons (1955), Judge on the Monterey County Municipal Court (1971-1998)[20]
- Douglas J. Smith (1973), Judge on the King County District Court (1990-2018)[16]
- Michael Tamony (1962), Judge on the San Francisco Municipal Court (1982-1992)[16]
- Caron Taylor (1951), Judge on the Stanislaus County Municipal Court (1977-1984)[16]
- Eric R. Uldall (1970), Judge on the Solano County Municipal Court (1984-1990s)[20]
- James C. Walsh Jr. (1946), Judge on the Alameda County Municipal Court (1977-1980s)[20]
- James S. White (1966), Judge on the Alameda County Municipal Court (1979-1990s)[20]
- Russell Zaches (1936), Judge on the Monterey County Municipal Court[20]
- Ernest C. Zunino (1963), Judge on the Marin County Municipal Court (1985-1990s)[20]
Judges of other courts[edit]
- Theodore Bofinger (1950), Federal Administrative Law Judge (1963-1985)[16]
- Thomas Patrick Brady (1948), Federal Administrative Law Judge (1967-1993)[16]
- Judith A. Epstein (1977), Judge on the State Bar Court of California[77]
- Tamia Gordon (1997), Administrative Law Judge of the Social Security Administration (2014-2018) and United States Department of Health and Human Services (2018-2020)[18]
- Christopher Knowdell (1997), Federal Administrative Law Judge of the Social Security Administration (2016-present)[16]
- Alfonso Montano (1980), Administrative Law Judge (1994-2009)[16]
- Abel Shapiro (1978), Administrative Law Judge (1989-2011)[16]
Other legal figures[edit]
- Tom Asimou (1998), noted lawyer specializing in missing persons cases
- Thomas Anthony Durkin (1973), criminal defense and civil rights attorney
- Vincent Hallinan (1918), noted lawyer and the Progressive Party candidate in the 1952 United States presidential election
- Frederick J. Kenney (1991), Judge Advocate General of the United States Coast Guard (2011-2014)[78]
- Jay Leiderman (1999), criminal defense lawyer noted for work with cases involving computer hacking
- Mark Massara (1987), Director of the Sierra Club Coastal Programs and environmental lawyer[79]
- Kevin V. Ryan (1984), United States Attorney for the Northern District of California (2002-2007)[80]
- Patricia A. Shiu (1982), Director of the Federal Contract Compliance (2009-2016) and employment attorney
- Joe Alioto Veronese (2000), civil rights attorney and civil servant
- Chan Chung Wing (1918), immigration and civil rights attorney; and the first Chinese American lawyer in California
Further reading[edit]
- Abrahamson, Eric. The University of San Francisco School of Law, A History, 1912-1978. The University of San Francisco, 1987.
- Ziajka, Alan. Legacy and Promise: 150 Years of Jesuit Education at the University of San Francisco. The University of San Francisco, 2005.
- Ziajka, Alan. The University of San Francisco School of Law Century. The University of San Francisco, 2012.
- Ziajka, Alan. USF Firsts, Facts, Honors, and Achievements 1855-2017. The University of San Francisco, 2017.
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