List of Washington and Lee University School of Law alumni

Following is a list of notable alumni from the Washington and Lee University School of Law.

Academia

 * Ronald J. Bacigal, 1967, professor at the University of Richmond School of Law
 * Charles A. Graves, 1872, professor at Washington and Lee School of Law and at the University of Virginia School of Law
 * Robert Huntley, 1950 and 1957, dean and president of Washington and Lee University and former president and CEO of Best Products
 * Robert Shepherd, 1959 and 1961, professor emeritus of law at the University of Richmond School of Law
 * Paul S. Trible Jr., 1971, president of Christopher Newport University and United States Senate
 * Henry St. George Tucker III, 1876, dean of Washington and Lee School of Law and the George Washington University Law School, and United States House of Representatives from Virginia

Business

 * Robert Huntley, 1950 and 1957, president and CEO of Best Products and dean and president of Washington and Lee University
 * Sydney Lewis, 1940 and 1943, founder of Best Products and recipient of the National Medal of Arts
 * Gordon P. Robertson, CEO of the Christian Broadcasting Network

Entertainment

 * David Brown, 2000, former host of the Marketplace radio program, current anchor of the Texas Standard

Government

 * Mary Beth Long, 1998, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs at the United States Department of Defense

U.S. Supreme Court

 * Joseph Rucker Lamar, 1878, Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
 * Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.,1929 and 1931, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court

Federal Courts

 * Nathan P. Bryan, 1895, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and US Senator from the State of Florida
 * Mark Steven Davis, 1988, United States District Court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
 * Duncan Lawrence Groner, 1894, judge for United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
 * James Hay 1877, judge on the United States Court of Claims and United States Representative from Virginia
 * Jerrauld Jones, 1980, a judge on the Norfolk Circuit Court
 * Walter DeKalb Kelley Jr., 1977 and 1981, former federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia
 * Jackson L. Kiser, 1952, judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
 * Harry Jacob Lemley, 1910, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
 * John Ashton MacKenzie, 1939, judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
 * Robert E. Payne, 1967, judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
 * Heartsill Ragon, a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and US Congressman from Arkansas
 * James Clinton Turk, 1952, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
 * Sol Wachtler, chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals
 * H. Emory Widener Jr., 1953, judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

State Supreme Courts

 * Brynja McDivitt Booth, 1996, justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland
 * William T. Brotherton Jr., chief justice of the Supreme Court of West Virginia
 * Archibald C. Buchanan, 1914, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
 * Christian Compton, 1950 and 1953, justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
 * John W. Eggleston, 1910, Chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
 * Herbert B. Gregory, 1911, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
 * Daniel B. Lucas, poet and justice on the Supreme Court of West Virginia
 * Charles W. Mason, 1911, justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
 * William Ray Price Jr., 1978, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri
 * Daniel K. Sadler, justice on the New Mexico Supreme Court
 * Abram Penn Staples, 1908, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia and  Attorney General of Virginia
 * Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr., 1943 and 1947, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia
 * Kennon C. Whittle, 1914, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia

Attorney General

 * Bruce L. Castor Jr., 1986, Attorney General (interim), Solicitor General of Pennsylvania, and presidential Impeachment Counsel 2021
 * Tom Sansonetti, 1976, United States Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division
 * Abram Penn Staples, 1908, Attorney General of Virginia and justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia

Solicitor General

 * Bruce L. Castor Jr., 1986, Solicitor General of Pennsylvania, Attorney General (interim), presidential Impeachment Counsel 2021
 * John Goode, Solicitor General of the United States and United States Congressman from Virginia
 * John W. Davis, 1895 and 1892, Solicitor General; Ambassador to Britain; argued more cases before the Supreme Court than anyone else in the twentieth century

Government

 * John P. Fishwick Jr., former United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Attorney in private practice in Roanoke, Virginia
 * R. Booth Goodwin, 1996, United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia
 * Robert W. Ray, 1985, former head of the US Office of the Independent Counsel and partner at Fox Rothschild
 * Peter G. Strasser, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Private practice

 * Robert J. Grey Jr., 1976, American Bar Association President 2004–2005
 * Linda A. Klein, 1983, past president of the American Bar Association and a managing partner for the Georgia offices of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
 * Morgan Meyer, 1999, lawyer for Bracewell & Giuliani in Dallas, Texas, and Texas House of Representatives
 * Prescott Prince, 1983, attorney defending Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
 * Christopher Wolf, 1980, partner at Hogan Lovells and founder and co-chair of the Future of Privacy Forum

Literature and journalism

 * Terry Brooks, 1969, The New York Times bestselling author of fantasy fiction
 * Clarence J. Brown, 1915, president of Brown Publishing Company and United States Congressman from Ohio
 * Daniel B. Lucas, poet and justice on the Supreme Court of West Virginia

Military

 * Newton D. Baker, 1894, U.S. Secretary of War and Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
 * Edwin Gray Lee, 1859, Brigadier General in the Confederate States of America
 * John Otho Marsh Jr., 1951, Secretary of the Army and United States Congressman

United States Senate

 * Nathan P. Bryan, 1895, United States Senate from Florida and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
 * William James Bryan, 1899, United States Senate from Florida
 * Joe Donnelly, 1981, United States Senate from Indiana
 * Scott Marion Loftin, 1899, United States Senate from Florida
 * Miles Poindexter, 1891, United States Senate from Washington
 * Alfred E. Reames, 1893, United States Senate from Oregon
 * Paul S. Trible Jr., 1971, United States Senate from Virginia and president of Christopher Newport University

United States Congress

 * Samuel B. Avis, United States House of Representatives
 * Franklin Brockson, United States House of Representatives
 * Clarence J. Brown, 1915, United States House of Representatives and president of Brown Publishing Company
 * Edward Cooper, United States House of Representatives
 * William Fadjo Cravens, United States House of Representatives
 * John J. Davis, 1856, United States House of Representatives
 * John Goode, United States House of Representatives and Solicitor General of the United States
 * Bob Goodlatte, 1977, United States House of Representatives
 * Morgan Griffith, 1983, United States House of Representatives
 * James Hay, 1877, United States House of Representatives and judge on the United States Court of Claims
 * James Murray Hooker, 1896, United States House of Representatives
 * John Otho Marsh Jr., 1951, United States House of Representatives and U.S. Secretary of the Army
 * Robert Murphy Mayo, 1859, United States House of Representatives
 * Heartsill Ragon, United States House of Representatives and judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
 * Henry St. George Tucker III, 1876, United States House of Representatives and dean of Washington and Lee School of Law and the George Washington University Law School
 * David Gardiner Tyler, 1869, United States House of Representatives
 * Seward H. Williams, 1895, United States House of Representatives
 * Harry M. Wurzbach, 1896, United States House of Representatives

Diplomacy

 * John W. Davis, 1895 and 1892, Ambassador to Britain and U.S. Solicitor General; argued more cases before the U. S. Supreme Court than anyone else in the twentieth century

Governor

 * Spencer Cox, 2001, Governor of Utah
 * George Washington Hays, Governor of Arkansas
 * Homer A. Holt, 1918 and 1923, Governor of West Virginia
 * James L. Kemper, 1842, Governor of Virginia
 * Ruby Laffoon, 1890, Governor of Kentucky
 * Henry M. Mathews, 1857, Governor of West Virginia
 * Thomas Chipman McRae, Governor of Arkansas and United States House of Representatives
 * Charles L. Terry Jr., Governor of Delaware
 * William M. Tuck, 1921, Governor of Virginia
 * Junius Edgar West, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

State

 * William Ross Allen, Virginia House of Delegates
 * Robert D. Bailey Jr., West Virginia Secretary of State
 * Morgan Meyer, 1999, Texas House of Representatives and lawyer with Bracewell & Giuliani in Dallas, Texas
 * Mark Obenshain, 1987, Senate of Virginia
 * Mark J. Peake, 1988, Senate of Virginia
 * Lacey E. Putney, Virginia House of Delegates
 * Susan Swecker, chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia

Local

 * Newton D. Baker, 1894, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and U.S. Secretary of War
 * Vance A. Funk III, 1968, Mayor of Newark, Delaware

Sports

 * Gay Elmore, Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year