Famous Lawyers

• Adams, George Washington

  Eldest son of John Quincy Adams

• Bachmann, Michele

  Minnesota Congresswoman and 2012 presidential candidate

• Bork, Robert H.

  President Reagan's rejected Supreme Court pick

• Brandeis, Louis

  The first Jewish Supreme Court justice

• Brown, Jerry

  The governor of California from 1975-83 and 2011-2019

• Burris, Roland W.

  The Illinois senator appointed by impeached Governor Rod Blagojevich

• Bush, George Prescott

  The son of former Florida governor Jeb Bush

• Clooney, Amal

  The international lawyer who married George Clooney

• Coakley, Martha

  Attorney General of Massachusetts, 2007-2015

• Cochran, Johnnie

  Defense attorney in the O.J. Simpson murder case

• Cohen, Michael

  Donald Trump's personal lawyer who pled guilty to breaking campaign finance laws

• Comey, James

  Director of the FBI, 2013-17

• Darrow, Clarence

  The defense attorney from 1925's Scopes Trial

• Dean, John

  Nixon's lawyer who squealed about Watergate

• Ebadi, Shirin

  Winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize

• Emhoff, Douglas

  The first-ever "second gentleman" of the United States

• Finch, Atticus

  The upstanding lawyer from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird

• Garland, Merrick

  The judge unsuccessfully nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016

• Gonzales, Alberto

  U.S. Attorney General, 2005-2007

• Gray, Fred D.

  The lawyer for Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks

• Henry, Patrick

  The American patriot who said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

• Holder, Eric

  Attorney General of the United States, 2009-2015

• Kavanaugh, Brett

  The U.S. Supreme Court justice confirmed by a 50-48 Senate vote in 2018

• Key, Francis Scott

  The attorney who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner"

• Lease, Mary Elizabeth

  The 19th century activist who wrote 'The Problem of Civilization Solved'

• Libby, Lewis "Scooter"

  Dick Cheney's chief of staff, 2001-2005

• Luttig, J. Michael

  U.S. Court of Appeals judge, 1991-2006

• Lynch, Loretta

  U.S. Attorney General, 2015-2017

• Miers, Harriet

  Failed Supreme Court nominee of George W. Bush

• Mitchell, John

  President Nixon's Attorney General convicted over Watergate

• Murray, Pauli

  The Civil Rights Era hero who became an Episcopalian priest

• Sorensen, Ted

  Counselor and speechwriter for John F. Kennedy

• Srinivasan, Sri

  The Indian-born U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the D.C. Circuit

• Thompson, Fred

  Actor and U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1994-2003)

• Vance, Cyrus

  U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-80

• Van Susteren, Greta

  Host of the Fox News show On The Record from 2002-16

• Yoo, John

  Creator of the "Yoo Doctrine" under President George W. Bush

See: Index by Occupation