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:

Academia

 * Linda L. Ammons (1987), Dean of Widener University School of Law
 * David N. Diner (1983), Dean of Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
 * 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
 * L. Orin Slagle (1957), Dean of the Florida State University College of Law and Moritz 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
 * Gregory J. Vincent (1987), President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Business

 * John W. Creighton Jr. (1957), president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser Company
 * Bruce Downey (1973), chairman and CEO of Barr Pharmaceuticals (now Teva Pharmaceuticals)
 * Nicholas R. Emrick (1982), chief operating officer of LexisNexis
 * 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)
 * Henry Schuck (2009), founder and CEO of ZoomInfo

Federal

 * 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 and United States Senator from Ohio
 * Carmi Thompson (1895), 23rd Treasurer of the United States

State and local

 * John W. Bricker (1920), 54th Governor of Ohio and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
 * George Voinovich (1961), 65th Governor of Ohio and United States Senator from Ohio

Journalists

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

Federal

 * Jessica G. L. Clarke (2008), United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York
 * William Miller Drennen (1938), Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court
 * Ann Donnelly (1984), United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York
 * 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
 * Rupa Ranga Puttagunta (2007) Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
 * 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

State and local

 * 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
 * Yvette McGee Brown (1985), first African-American female Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
 * John M. Matthias (1928), Associate 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

Federal

 * 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 and United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
 * John Martin Vorys (1923), United States Congressman from Ohio

State and local

 * 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
 * Amy Salerno (1982), Ohio State Representative
 * Charles R. Saxbe (1975), Ohio State Representative
 * Robert Shaw (1929), Ohio State Senator
 * Michael Stinziano (2007), Ohio State Representative
 * Peter Stautberg, Ohio State Representative and Judge of the Ohio First District Court of Appeals
 * Mark Wagoner (1997), Ohio State Senator

Other

 * 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
 * James Robenalt (1981), lawyer and noted political non-fiction 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