List of Gonzaga University School of Law alumni

Notable alumni of the Gonzaga University School of Law in the United States.

Federal Judges

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington judges

• William James Lindberg (LL.B. 1927), Judge of the Eastern District of Washington (1951–1961)^[1]
• Robert James McNichols (LL.B. 1952), Judge of the Eastern District of Washington (1979–1993)^[2]
• Justin Lowe Quackenbush (LL.B. 1957), Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Washington (1980–1995),^[3] Lecture Series Namesake^[4]
• Thomas O. Rice (1986), Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Washington (2012–present)^[5]

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington judges

• William James Lindberg (LL.B. 1927), Judge of the Western District of Washington (1951–1981)^[1]
• Franklin D. Burgess (1966), Judge of the Western District of Washington (1994–2005)^[6]

U.S. Bankruptcy Court judges

• L. Warden Hanel (1939), Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Washington (1973–1981), Bankruptcy Bar Association Scholarship Namesake
• John M. Klobucher (1956), Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Washington (1981–1997)
• Frank L. Kurtz (1974), Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Washington (2005–present), Ninth Circuit U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (2013-present)
• Madeleine C. Wanslee (1988), Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona (2014–present)^[7]
• Patricia C. Williams (1975), Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Washington (1997–2013)

Supreme Court Judges

Washington Supreme Court judges

• Mary Fairhurst (1984), Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice (2016-present), Associate Justice (2002–2016)^[8] and former president of the Washington State Bar Association (1997–1998)^[9]
• Richard P. Guy (1959, 1967), Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice (1999-2001), Associate Justice (1989–1999)^[10]
• Barbara Madsen (1977), Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice (2010–2016), Associate Justice (1992–2010, 2016-present)^[11]
• Debra L. Stephens (1993), Washington Supreme Court Associate Justice (2008–present)^[12]
• William H. Williams (1951), Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice (1983-1985), Associate Justice (1979-1983)^[13]

Other Supreme Court judges

• Christopher Dietzen (1973), Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice (2008–2016)^[14]
• Mike McGrath (1975), Montana Supreme Court Chief Justice (2009–present)^[15]

From 2008–present, with Madsen, Fairhurst, and Stephens concurrently serving on the Washington Supreme Court, Gonzaga University School of Law became the law school whose alumni constituted a majority of that Court's justices.

Politicians

• Christine Gregoire (1977), 22nd Governor of Washington (2005–2013), 16th Attorney General of Washington (1993–2005)^[16]
• Christopher Loeak (1982), 6th President of the Marshall Islands (2012-2016)^[17]
• Catherine Cortez Masto (1990), U.S. Senator-Elect from Nevada (2017-present), 32nd Nevada Attorney General (2007-2014)^[18][19][20]
• Mike McGrath (1975), 22nd Attorney General of Montana (2000–2008)^[15]
• Lloyd Meeds (1958), U.S. Congressman from Washington (second district) (1965–1979)^[21]
• George Nethercutt (1971), U.S. Congressman from Washington (fifth district) (1995–2005)^[22]
• Mary Verner (1999), Mayor of Spokane, Washington (2007–2011)^[23]

Educators

• Michael Farris (1976), Founding President and Chancellor of Patrick Henry College^[24]

Other

• Patrick J. Conroy (1972-1973, did not graduate), 60th Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives (2011-present)^[25]
• Bing Crosby (1922-1924, did not graduate), Academy Award-winning singer and actor^[26]
• Richard A. Davey (1999), CEO of Boston 2024^[27]
• Chad Little (1988), NASCAR Winston West Series Champion (1987) and NASCAR Director for Camping World Truck Series^[28][29]
• Paul N. Luvera (1959), American Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame Inductee^[30]
• Michael C. Ormsby (1981), United States Attorney, Eastern District of Washington (2010-present)^[31]
• Jim Wickwire (1967), World-class mountain climber; First American to summit K2^[32]

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