Notable Cincinnati Law Alumni

Notable Cincinnati Law Alumni

1800s

Hon. Charles D. Drake, Class of 1833

U.S. Senator, Missouri, 1867-1870
Chief Justice of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1870-1885

Samuel Fenton Cary, Class of 1837
U.S. Congressman, 1st District of Ohio, 1867-1869

General James W. Denver, Class of 1844
City of Denver, CO named after him
U.S. Congressman, California, 1855-1857
Brigadier General, 1861-1863
Territorial Governor, Kansas Territory, 1857-1858

Oliver P. Morton, Class of 1852
14th Governor of Indiana, 1861-1867
U.S. Senator 1867-1877

Joseph G. Cannon, Class of 1858
40th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1903-1911

Edward F. Noyes, Class of 1858
30th Governor of Ohio, 1872-1874
Ambassador to France, 1877-1881

Charles Preston Wickham, Class of 1858
U.S. Congressman, 14th District of Ohio, 1887-1891

Hon. Norton P. Chipman, Class of 1859
U.S. Congressman, District of Columbia, 1871-1875
First Presiding Justice, California Courts of Appeal, Third District, 1905-1921

Milton Sayler, Class of 1864
U.S. Congressman, 1st District of Ohio, 1873-1879

Ozro J. Dodds, Class of 1866
U.S. Congressman, 1st District of Ohio, 1872-1873

Bellamy Storer, Class of 1869
U.S. Congressman, 1st District of Ohio, 1891-1895
Assistant Secretary of State, 1897
Minister to Belgium Spain, Austria-Hungary, 1897-1906

Jacob H. Bromwell, Class of 1870
U.S. Congressman, 2nd District of Ohio, 1894-1903

Judson Harmon, Class of 1870
42nd United States Attorney General, 1895-1897
46th Governor of Ohio, 1909-1913

James Beauchamp Clark (Champ Clark), Class of 1875
41st Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1911-1919
Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives, 1908-1911, 1919-1921

Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., Class of 1875
U.S. Solicitor General, 1893-1895

H. Clay Van Voorhis, Class of 1875
U.S. Congressman, 15th District of Ohio, 1893-1904

William J. Goebel, Class of 1877
34th Governor of Kentucky, 1900 (assassinated)

Richard P. Ernst, Class of 1880
U.S. Senator, Kentucky, 1921-1927

William Howard Taft, Class of 1880
United States Solicitor General, 1890-1892
27th President of the United States, 1909-1913
Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-1930

Willis Van Devanter, Class of 1881
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1911-1937

John C. Chaney, Class of 1882
U.S. Congressman, 2nd District of Indiana, 1905-1909

Charles G. Dawes, Class of 1886
30th Vice President of the United States, 1925-1929
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 1925

Atlee Pomerene, Class of 1886
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1911
U.S. Senator, Ohio, 1911-1923

Stanley E. Bowdle, Class of 1889
U.S. Congressman, 1st District of Ohio, 1913-1915

William E. Tou Velle, Class of 1889
U.S. Congressman, 4th District of Ohio, 1907-1911

Alfred G. Allen, Class of 1890
U.S. Congressman, 2nd District of Ohio, 1911-1917

Warren Gard, Class of 1894
U.S. Congressman, 3rd District of Ohio, 1913-1921

Nicholas Longworth IV, Class of 1894
43rd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1925-1931

Victor Heintz, Class of 1899
U.S. Congressman, 2nd District of Ohio, 1917-1919

1900s

Miller J. Huggins, Class of 1902
Manager, New York Yankees, 1918-1929

Edwin P. Morrow, Class of 1902
40th Governor of Kentucky, 1919-1923

Charles Tatgenhorst, Jr., Class of 1910
U.S. Congressman, 2nd District of Ohio, 1928-1929

Charles Sawyer, Class of 1911
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1933-1935
Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, 1944-1945
U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1948-1953

Charles H. Elston, Class of 1914
U.S. Congressman, 1st District of Ohio, 1939-1953

1930s

Theodore M. Berry, Class of 1931

Head, Office of Economic Opportunity Community Action Programs, 1965-1969
Mayor of Cincinnati, 1972-1975

Hon. Joseph P. Kinneary, Class of 1935
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1966-2001
Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1973-1975

Milton J. Schloss, Sr., Class of 1937
President and CEO, Kahn’s Meats (Sara Lee Meat Group), 1948-1978
President and CEO, John Morrell and Company, 1987-1991

1940s

Hon William S. Richardson, Class of 1943

Chief Justice, Hawaii State Supreme Court, 1966-1982

Donald D. Clancy, Class of 1948
Mayor of Cincinnati, 1957-1960
U.S. Congressman, 2nd District of Ohio, 1961-1977

J. Robert Droege, Class of 1949
Corporate VP, Real Estate and Development, Marriott Corp., 1956-1984

1950s

William J. Keating Class of 1950

U.S. Congressman, 1st District of Ohio, 1971-74
CEO and Publisher, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1974-1992
Chairman of the Board, Associated Press, 1987-1992

Hon. John D. Holschuh, Sr., Class of 1951
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1980-1990
Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1990-1996
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1996-

Richard E. Speidel, Class of 1957
Dean, Boston University School of Law, 1977-1980

Charles A. Corry, Class of 1959
Chairman and CEO, USX Corporation, 1989-1995

Hon. Donald C. Wintersheimer, Class of 1959
Justice, Supreme Court of Kentucky, 1982-2006

1960s

Hon. William M. Barker, Class of 1967

Judge, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1998-2005
Chief Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 2005-2008

Hon. Sandra S. Beckwith, Class of 1968
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1992-2004
Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 2004-2008
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 2009-

Colombe M. Nicholas, Class of 1968
President, Christian Dior, 1980-1988
President and CEO, Ann Klein Group, 1996-1999

1970s

Major General John D. Altenburg, Jr., Class of 1973

Deputy Judge Advocate General, Department of the Army, 1997-2001
Appointing Authority for Military Commissions, 2003-2006

Colonel Levator Norsworthy, Jr., Class of 1973
Deputy General Counsel (Acquisitions), United States Army, 1998-
Acting Principal Deputy, General Counsel (Acquisitions), United States Army

Hon. Mark P. Painter, Class of 1973
Judge, Hamilton County Muncipal Court, 1982-1995
Judge, First District Court of Appeals, 1995-2009
Judge, United Nations Appeals Tribunal, 2009–

Hon. Thomas M. Rose, Class of 1973
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 2002-

Marvin I. Schotland, Class of 1973
President/CEO, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, 1989-

Hon. Stephen J. Markman, Class of 1974
U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1989-1993
Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1995-1999
Justice, Michigan State Supreme Court, 1999-

Andrew F. Reardon, Class of 1974
President and CEO, TTX Company, 2001-2008

Melanie Stinson Newby, Class of 1974
Vice Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989-2006

James C. Kennedy, Class of 1976
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary, American Financial Group, 1998-2010

Charles J. Luken, Class of 1976
Mayor of Cincinnati, 1984-1991, 1999-2005
U.S. Congressman, 1st District of Ohio, 1991-1992

Robert A. Taft II, Class of 1976
67th Governor of Ohio, 1999-2007

Hon Michael R. Barrett, Class of 1977
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 2006-

Hon. Marianna Bettman, Class of 1977
Judge, First District Court of Appeals, 1993-1999

Paul W. Heldman, Class of 1977
Senior VP, Secretary and General Counsel, The Kroger Company, 1997-2006
Executive VP, Secretary and General Counsel, The Kroger Company, 2006-

Hugh C. O’Donnell, Class of 1977
Senior VP, General Counsel and Secretary, Milacron, 1999-

Hon. Nancy K. Johnson, Class of 1978
Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 1990-

William P. Morelli, Class of 1978
VP, Secretary and General Counsel, Ingram Industries, Inc., 1996-2003
Executive VP, Secretary and General Counsel, Ingram Industries, Inc. 2003-

Naomi C. Dallob, Class of 1979
Vice President & Secretary, Chemed Corp., 1994-

1980s

Gary A. Garfield, Class of 1981

CEO and President, Bridgestone Americas Holding, 2001-

Joseph T. Deters, Class of 1982
Ohio State Treasurer, 1999-2005
Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, 2005-

James R. Hubbard, Class of 1983
Senior VP and Counsel, Fifth Third Bancorp, 2001-

Robert J. Martineau, Jr., Class of 1983
Partner, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLC, 1995-2010
Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, 2011-

Kathryn A. Hollister, Class of 1984
US Managing Partner, Deloitte and Touch LLP
Vice Chairperson, Board of Directors, Deloitte LLP, 2011-

Sharon Zealey, Class of 1985
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1997-2001
Senior Litigation Counsel, The Coca-Cola Company, 2006-

James J. Vance, Class of 1986
Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Western & Southern Financial Group, 1999-

Julie S. Janson, Class of 1988
Senior VP and Corporate Secretary, Duke Energy, 2006-2008
President, Duke Energy Ohio and Duke Energy Kentucky 2008-

Katie Brown Blackburn, Class of 1989
Executive Vice President, Cincinnati Bengals

1990s

Cris Collinsworth, Class of 1991

Cincinnati Bengals, 1981-1988
Television Sportscaster, 1990-

Troy A. Blackburn, Class of 1992
Vice President, Cincinnati Bengals

D. Scott Poley, Class of 1994
Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel, Minor League Baseball, 2008-

2000s

Yvette Simpson, Class of 2004

Cincinnati City Councilmember, 2011-

Rob Richardson, Jr., Class of 2005

Youngest Chair of University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees, 2016

Aftab Purveal, Class of 2008

Hamilton County Clerk of Courts, 2017