List of Ohio State University Moritz College of Law alumni

The following is a list of notable alumni of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in Columbus, Ohio:

• Linda L. Ammons (1987), dean of Widener University School of Law
• John W. Garland (1974), president of Central State University
• RonNell Andersen Jones (2000), professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
• Joan Krauskopf (1957), professor emeritus of Law at the Moritz College of Law
• Arthur T. Martin (1929), dean of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
• LeRoy Pernell (1974), dean of Florida A&M University College of Law and Northern Illinois University College of Law
• Don W. Sears (1948), dean and professor emeritus of Law at the University of Colorado Law School; Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient
• Paul L. Selby (1947), dean and professor emeritus of Law at the West Virginia University College of Law; member of 1942 National Championship Ohio State Buckeyes football team
• L. Orin Slagle (1957), dean of the Florida State University College of Law and Moritz College of Law
• Gregory J. Vincent (1987), president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges

• John W. Creighton Jr. (1957), president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser Company
• Bruce Downey (1973), chairman and CEO of Barr Pharmaceuticals (now Teva Pharmaceuticals)
• John Lowe (1998), CEO of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
• Nick Mileti (1956), founder and owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers and owner of the Cleveland Indians
• Thomas F. Patton (1926), president, chairman and CEO of Republic Steel (now Mittal Steel Company)
• Donald Clinton Power (1926), chairman and CEO of GTE Corporation (now Verizon Communications)

• Thomas J. Fiscus (1975), United States Air Force Judge Advocate General
• Linda Fisher (1982), deputy administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
• William Isaac (1969), chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• William Saxbe (1948), 70th United States attorney general; United States senator from Ohio
• Carmi Thompson (1895), 23rd treasurer of the United States

• John W. Bricker (1920), 54th governor of Ohio; United States senator from Ohio
• Aaron D. Ford (2001), 34th attorney general of Nevada
• Paul M. Herbert (1917), 47th, 49th, and 52nd lieutenant governor of Ohio; associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• George Sidney Marshall, 38th mayor of Columbus, Ohio
• James H. McGee (1948), first African-American mayor of Dayton, Ohio
• C. William O'Neill (1942), 59th governor of Ohio; former chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Buck Rinehart (1973), 50th mayor of Columbus, Ohio
• Mike Sanders (1994), Jackson County, Missouri executive
• Brian Sandoval (1989), 29th governor of Nevada; former United States district judge for the District of Nevada
• Russell Suzuki, 15th attorney general of Hawaii
• Edward C. Turner (1901), 26th and 30th Ohio attorney general; justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• George Voinovich (1961), 65th governor of Ohio; United States senator from Ohio

• Bob Fitrakis (1982), editor-in-chief of the Columbus Free Press
• Chris Geidner (2005), journalist and legal editor for BuzzFeed
• Madison Gesiotto (2017), columnist for the Washington Times; Miss Ohio USA 2014
• Erin Moriarty (1977), Emmy Award-winning journalist for CBS News and 48 Hours

• Jessica G. L. Clarke (2008), United States district judge for the Southern District of New York
• Ann Donnelly (1984), United States district judge for the Eastern District of New York
• William Miller Drennen (1938), chief judge of the United States Tax Court
• Robert Duncan (1952), first African-American United States district judge for Ohio and Ohio Supreme Court justice
• Wallace Samuel Gourley (1929), United States district judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• Donald L. Graham (1974), United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida
• James L. Graham (1962), United States district judge for the Southern District of Ohio
• George Philip Hahn (1905), United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• Kenneth Harkins (1943), United States Court of Federal Claims judge
• Charles Sherrod Hatfield (1907), United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals judge
• Jeffrey J. Helmick (1988), United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• Benson W. Hough (1899), United States district judge for the Southern District of Ohio
• David A. Katz (1957), United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• Sara Elizabeth Lioi (1987), United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• David A. Ruiz (2000), United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• George Curtis Smith (1959), United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• Jeffrey Sutton (1990), United States Court of Appeals judge for the Sixth Circuit
• William Kernahan Thomas (1935), United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio
• Herman Jacob Weber (1952), United States district judge for the Southern District of Ohio

• James F. Bell (1939), associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Brent D. Benjamin (1984), justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
• Lloyd O. Brown (1955), associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Paul W. Brown (1939), associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Howard E. Faught (1935), associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Judith L. French (1988), associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• W. F. Garver (1893), associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Thomas M. Herbert (1955), associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Wade L. Hopping (1955), Florida Supreme Court justice
• Robert E. Leach (1935), chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• John M. Matthias (1928), associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Yvette McGee Brown (1985), first African-American female justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Henry A. Middleton (1911), associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Thomas J. Moyer (1964), chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Paul Pfeifer (1966), associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• James E. Robinson (1893), associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Evelyn Lundberg Stratton (1979), justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Beth Walker (1990), justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• Elizabeth M. Welch (1995), justice of the Michigan Supreme Court

• Pete Abele (1953), United States congressman from Ohio
• Walter H. Albaugh (1914), United States congressman from Ohio
• John M. Ashbrook (1955), United States congressman from Ohio
• Thomas W. L. Ashley (1951), United States congressman from Ohio
• Charles G. Bond (1899), United States congressman from New York
• Daniel S. Earhart (1928), United States congressman from Ohio
• Israel Moore Foster (1898), United States congressman from Ohio; proposed Child Labor Amendment to U.S. Constitution
• David L. Hobson (1963), United States congressman from Ohio
• Robert E. Holmes (1949), United States congressman from Ohio
• Lawrence E. Imhoff (1930), United States congressman from Ohio
• Harry P. Jeffrey (1926), United States congressman from Ohio; author of G.I. Bill
• Thomas A. Jenkins (1907), United States congressman from Ohio
• Mary Jo Kilroy (1980), United States congresswoman from Ohio
• Frank Le Blond Kloeb (1907), United States congressman from Ohio
• William Moore McCulloch (1925), United States congressman from Ohio; key backer of Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Howard Metzenbaum (1941), United States senator from Ohio; introduced WARN Act
• C. Ellis Moore (1910), United States congressman from Ohio
• Grant E. Mouser Jr. (1917), United States congressman from Ohio
• William Huston Natcher (1933), longest-serving United States congressman from Kentucky; Presidential Citizens Medal recipient
• Michael G. Oxley (1969), United States congressman from Ohio; introduced Sarbanes–Oxley Act
• Zack Space (1986), United States congressman from Ohio
• Robert M. Switzer (1892), United States congressman from Ohio
• Mell G. Underwood (1915), United States congressman from Ohio; United States district judge for the Southern District of Ohio
• John Martin Vorys (1923), United States congressman from Ohio

• William G. Batchelder (1967), 101st speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Rupert R. Beetham, speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
• John W. Bowen (1953), Ohio state senator
• Harold Brazil, council member of the District of Columbia
• John Patrick Carney (2001), Ohio state representative
• Kathleen Clyde (2008), Ohio state representative
• Keith Faber (1991), 98th president of the Ohio Senate
• Patrick O. Jefferson, Louisiana state representative
• Charles Kurfess (1957), 94th speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
• James A. Lantz (1947), Ohio state representative
• Jason Petrie (1998), Kentucky state representative
• Amy Salerno (1982), Ohio state representative
• Charles R. Saxbe (1975), Ohio state representative
• Robert Shaw (1929), Ohio state senator
• Peter Stautberg, Ohio state representative; judge of the Ohio First District Court of Appeals
• Michael Stinziano (2007), Ohio state representative
• Mark Wagoner (1997), Ohio state senator

• Blake Haxton (2016), U.S. Paralympic athlete and two-time Paralympic medal winner
• Brendan Healy (2009), three time All-American and professional lacrosse player
• Brandon Mitchell (2013), former National Football League player
• Rich Nathan (1980), pastor and author
• Bobby Samini (1995), nationally renowned celebrity attorney
• Michael Shane (1953), lawyer and actor
• Stuart A. Summit (1959), executive secretary of the New York City mayor's Committee on the Judiciary