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Columbia Law School graduates are engaged in a broad range of government work in the United States and across the world, including as Supreme Court justices, attorneys general, senior regulators, top policy advisers, and even as one country’s leader. Here is a sampling of Law School graduates serving in the public sector:
Lynn S. Adelman ’65
Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
Stephen Adler ’65
Chief Justice, National Labor Court of Israel
Giuliano Amato ’63
Senator, Italian Senate
Joseph F. Bianco ’91
Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Antony J. Blinken ’88
National Security Advisor to the Vice President, The White House
Michael B. Bradfield ’59
General Counsel, U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lanny A. Breuer ’85
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Anita B. Brody ’58
Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Naomi Reice Buchwald ’68
Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Stephen C. Bullock ’94
Attorney General, Montana Department of Justice
George S. Canellos ’89
Director, New York Regional Office, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Michael A. Cardozo ’66
Corporation Counsel, New York City Mayor’s Office
Robert L. Carter ’41 LL.M.
Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum ’53
Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Lawrence A. Collins ’65
Justice, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Denise L. Cote ’75
Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Dickinson R. Debevoise, ’51
Judge, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Susan Gageby Denham ’72
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Ireland
Annette S. Elstein ’42
Immigration Judge, U.S. Department of Justice
Wilfred Feinberg ’43
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
Daniel F. Feldman ’93
Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. Department of State
Jose W. Fernandez ’80
Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, & Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Liana Fiol-Matta ’96
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Nicholas G. Garaufis ’74
Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Paul G. Gardephe ’82
Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’59
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Daniel L. Glaser ’93
Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Steven G. Glickman ’05
Senior Policy Advisor, White House National Economic Council
Nathaniel M. Gorton ’65
Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Alexander Harvey ’50
Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Alvin K. Hellerstein ’56
Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Eric L. Hirschhorn ’68
Under Secretary for Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce
Eric H. Holder, Jr. ’76
Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Richard J. Holwell ’70
Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Denise Page Hood ’77
Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
Beryl A. Howell ’83
Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
Pi Hu “Peggy” Hsu ’79 LL.M.
Justice, Constitutional Court of Taiwan
Jeh C. Johnson ’82
General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense
William Kanter ’65
Deputy Director, Appellate Staff, U.S. Department of Justice
Kenneth M. Karas ’91
Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Lawrence K. Karlton ’58
Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Antti A. Korkeakivi ’94
Head of Section, Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
Harlan A. Levy ’80
First Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, State of New York
Robert A.R. MacLennan ’63
The Lord MacLennan of Rogart, House of Lords
George W. Madison ’80
General Counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Lawrence M. McKenna ’59
Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
David Meister ’87
Director of Enforcement, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
R. Bradley Miller ’79
Representative, North Carolina’s 13th District, U.S. Congress
Chaikasem Nitisiri ’74 LL.M.
Director General, Thailand’s Office of Attorney General
Charlotte B. Oldham-Moore ’92
Senior Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Manuel Medina Ortega ’62
Member, European Parliament
Daryl A. Mundis ’91
Chief of Prosecutions, Special Tribunal for Lebanon
Irvin B. Nathan ’67
Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
David L. Neal ’89
Acting Chairman, Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. Department of Justice
Robert P. Patterson ’50
Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Mariko Peters ’96
Member of Parliament, House of Representatives of the Netherlands
S. Jay Plager ’61 LL.M.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Timothy M. Reif ’85
General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Walter H. Rice ’62
Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Richard W. Roberts ’78
Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
Mikheil N. Saakashvili ’94
President, Republic of Georgia
Robert D. Sack ’63
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
Richard G. Seeborg ’81
Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Andrew J. Shapiro ’94
Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Harris D. Sherman ’67
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hironobu Takesaki ’71
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Japan
Jefferson P. VanderWolk ’85
International Tax Counsel, U.S. Senate, Committee on Finance
Donald B. Verrilli ’83
Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice
Elizabeth Giavani Verville ’64
Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State
David C. Vladeck ’76
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Jack B. Weinstein ’48
Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
