Following is a list of notable alumni of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.
Academia edit
- Drucilla Cornell – professor in political science, comparative literature, and women's studies at Rutgers University; professor of law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; and Rutgers School of Law–Newark
- Dorothy Wright Nelson – dean of the University of Southern California School of Law and senior judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Joshua Dressler – professor at the Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University
- Richard D. Freer – professor at Emory University School of Law
- Eric Goldman – professor at the Santa Clara University School of Law
- Richard L. Hasen – professor at the UCLA School of Law and University of California, Irvine School of Law
- George David Kieffer – president of the Board of Governors, California Community Colleges and chair, Regents of the University of California
- Laurie L. Levenson – professor of the Loyola Law School; TV legal commentator, gained fame during Rodney King and O.J. Simpson trials
- Dorothy Wright Nelson – dean of the University of Southern California School of Law and senior judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Susan Westerberg Prager – president of Occidental College, dean of the UCLA School of Law and Southwestern Law School, provost of Dartmouth College
- Dean Spade – associate professor of law at Seattle University School of Law
- Eugene Volokh – UCLA Law professor
Business edit
- Ann Baskins – general counsel of Hewlett-Packard (2000–2006)
- Lowell Milken – co-founder and chairman of the Milken Family Foundation
- Antonia Hernández – president and CEO of the California Community Foundation, former president and general counsel, MALDEF
- Brian Lee – founder of LegalZoom and The Honest Company
- Abraham M. Lurie, developer of Marina del Rey
- Stewart Resnick – president and CEO of The Wonderful Company
- Michael Rich – president and CEO, RAND Corporation
- Nelson Rising – real estate development executive, former CEO of Catellus Development Corporation
- Martine Rothblatt – co-founder of PanAmSat and Sirius Satellite Radio, founder of United Therapeutics
- David P. Steiner – CEO of Waste Management, Inc[1]
Government edit
- Stewart Baker – Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- John Howard – director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- Janet Dhillon – member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Rachel Goslins – executive director, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
- Andrei Iancu – Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Susan Liebeler – commissioner and chairman of the United States International Trade Commission
- James E. Rogan – director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, and U.S. House of Representatives
- Joshua D. Wright – commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
Entertainment edit
- Sondra E. Berchin – executive vice president for MCA Universal
- Thomas Bliss – motion picture producer with credits on over 30 films, including The Hurricane and Air Force One
- Joe Brown – star of court show Judge Joe Brown
- Jeff Cohen – child actor in The Goonies (1985)
- Blye Pagon Faust –- Academy Award-winning film producer best known for Spotlight (2015)
- Robert Fitzpatrick – entertainment attorney, film producer, and music executive; president of Allied Artists International
- Cynthia Gouw – television show host, news anchor, reporter, actress, and model
- Chip Johannessen – writer and producer for several popular television shows
- William B. Keene – presiding judge on the court show Divorce Court.
- John Kerr – Tony Award-winning actor best known for Tea and Sympathy
- Kalyanee Mam – director and producer of the award-winning documentary A River Changes Course
- George Mastras – Emmy Award-winning writer and producer of Breaking Bad
- Stephan Pastis – creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine
- Kelly Perdew – winner of Season 2 of The Apprentice
- Stacey Snider – former co-chair or chair of three film studios: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, and Universal
- Howard K. Stern – entertainment lawyer who was the former domestic partner, attorney, and agent of model and actress Anna Nicole Smith
- Lauren Woodland – Emmy Award-nominated actress
- Ken Ziffren – entertainment attorney, L.A. film czar
Judiciary edit
- Percy Anderson – United States district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- John Arguelles – associate justice, Supreme Court of California
- Stanley Blumenfeld – United States district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Kevin Brazile – judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County; first African American man to serve as presiding judge of the same court
- Janice Rogers Brown – former judge, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals; former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
- David O. Carter – judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Audrey B. Collins – associate justice of the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District and judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Dale A. Drozd – judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California and Chief United States Magistrate Judge of the same court[2]
- Dolly M. Gee – judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Andrew Guilford – judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Philip S. Gutierrez – judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Sandra Ikuta – judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Robert Clive Jones – chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
- William Duffy Keller – judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Alex Kozinski – chief judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Jeffrey T. Miller – senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- Salvador Mendoza Jr. – judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
- Dorothy Wright Nelson – senior judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and dean of the University of Southern California School of Law
- Jacqueline Nguyen – judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the Central District of California
- Fred W. Slaughter – judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Kim McLane Wardlaw – judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Paul J. Watford – judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Law edit
Government edit
- Gil Garcetti – Los Angeles County District Attorney (1992–2000)
- Casey Gwinn – San Diego City Attorney, (1996–2004)
- Alicia Limtiaco – United States Attorney of Guam
Nonprofit edit
- Stewart Kwoh – founder and executive director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center
- Karen I. Tse – international human rights attorney, activist and director on global nonprofit
Private practice edit
- Leslie Abramson – criminal defense attorney who defended Lyle and Erik Menéndez and Phil Spector
- Harland Braun – criminal defense attorney who defended John Landis and George Folsey Jr. against manslaughter charges in the Twilight Zone: The Movie case
- Leo Terrell – civil rights attorney, talk radio host and television personality
- John Branca – entertainment lawyer who specializes in representing rock and roll acts, as well as independent investors, music publishing catalogs, and independent music labels
Literature and journalism edit
- Vincent Bugliosi – author of non-fiction works as Helter Skelter
- Robert Rotstein – novelist
Fine Arts edit
- Ragen Moss – artist
Politics edit
- Howard Berman – U.S. House of Representatives from California
- Peter Carlisle – Mayor of Honolulu and Prosecuting Attorney of Honolulu[3]
- Anna Caballero – California State Assembly and Secretary of the California State and Consumer Services Agency
- Lou Correa – California State Assembly, California State Senator, and U.S. House of Representatives from California
- David Dawson – Iowa House of Representatives
- Roger Dickinson – California State Assembly
- Mike Eng – California State Assembly
- Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher - California State Assembly
- Kirsten Gillibrand – United States Senator from New York
- José Huizar – Los Angeles City Council who was arrested and indicted on June 23, 2020, on federal corruption charges.[4]
- Jerry M. Patterson – U.S. House of Representatives from California
- James E. Rogan – U.S. House of Representatives from California, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property. and director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Linda Sánchez – U.S. House of Representatives from California
- Henry A. Waxman – U.S. House of Representatives from California
- Jack Weiss – Los Angeles City Council
Sports edit
- Val Ackerman – former basketball player, first female president of USA Basketball, and president of the WNBA
- Cara Dunne-Yates – blind Paralympic athlete
- Julie Heldman – tennis player
- Larry Nagler – tennis player
References edit
- ^ "#251 David P Steiner". Forbes. April 28, 2010. Archived from the original on May 17, 2010.
- ^ "Official Site of United States District Court, Eastern District of California". Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ Peter B. Carlisle Archived 2007-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, National District Attorneys Association. Accessed December 3, 2007.
- ^ Zahniser, David; et al. "L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar charged in federal corruption probe". LA Times. Retrieved 30 March 2021.