List of University of Texas School of Law alumni

Politics

Law

Academia

Leon A. Green – long-time dean at Northwestern University School of Law and professor at UT and at Yale Law School; authored pioneering works in tort law^{[citation needed]}
Frank Shelby Groner (1877-1943) – President of the College of Marshall.
Kent Hance – Chancellor Emeritus of Texas Tech University System; Former Member of Congress who defeated George W Bush in his first Congressional race.^[17]
Herbert Hovenkamp – Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; prolific author and expert in Antitrust law; member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences^{[citation needed]}
W. Page Keeton – 1931 graduate and Dean from 1949 to 1974; expert in Torts; Grandfather of White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan
Thomas Mengler – President of Saint Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas; previously, dean of the law school at University of St. Thomas; former dean at the University of Illinois College of Law
John T. Montford (Class of 1968) – former Chancellor of Texas Tech University System, 1996-2001; member of the Texas State Senate, 1983-1996; businessman in San Antonio, since 2001
Gene Nichol – law professor at the University of North Carolina; former professor and President of the College of William and Mary; former dean of the law schools at North Carolina and Colorado
Jack W. Nowlin – Dean of Texas Tech University School of Law^[42]
Covey T. Oliver – Former Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs; Former United States Ambassador to Colombia; Former Dean of University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Joseph Tyree Sneed III – U.S. Deputy Attorney General; Judge United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Dean of Duke University School of Law; Father of Carly Fiorina

Business

Samuel T. Bledsoe – President of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1933–1939^[43]
Kimberly S. Bowers – Former CEO and chairman of the Board of CST Brands; Listed by Fortune Magazine as one of the 50 most powerful women in business.
William Frank Buckley Sr. – Powerful lawyer and oil speculator in Mexico and Venezuela. Father of William F. Buckley Jr., Senator James L. Buckley, grandfather of Christopher Buckley
Adam Dell – Partner at Goldman Sachs; head of Goldman Sachs personal app Marcus;^[44] Former partner in leading Venture Capital firm Austin Ventures; brother of Michael Dell
Belinda Johnson – Chief operating officer of Airbnb
Michael R. Levy – Founder and publisher of Texas Monthly magazine
J. Hugh Liedtke and Bill Liedtke – brothers who cofounded Zapata Petroleum Corporation with President George HW Bush; acquired South Penn Oil Company which they renamed Pennzoil^[45]
Oliver Luck – former NFL player; former executive with NFL Europa and the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer; current CEO and Commissioner of the XFL (2020)
Hugh "Skip" McGee III – Former global head of investment banking at Lehman Brothers and Barclays
Robert McGehee – Former CEO of Progress Energy
Clay Sell – CEO of X-energy; Former president of Hunt Energy Horizons; Former United States Deputy Secretary of Energy

Non-Profit

Kathryn S. Fuller – Chair of the Ford Foundation and former president of the World Wildlife Fund^[46]
Pete Geren – President of the Sid W. Richardson Foundation
Father T. J. Martinez – Founder of Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston a Jesuit High School exclusively dedicated to low-income students in Houston. Inducted into Papal Knighthood Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Sam Simon, consumer advocate
Darren Walker – President of the Ford Foundation

References

^ "History of the Law School". The University of Texas School of Law. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019 – via law.utexas.edu.
^ "Robert B. Anderson". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
^ "William R. Archer". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
^ "James Baker". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
^ "Ben Barnes". The University of Texas at Austin. November 26, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
^ "Paul Begala". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
^ "Lloyd Bentsen". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
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^ "Jack Brooks". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
^ Mcnulty, Timothy; Mcnulty, Brendan (May 11, 2019). "The Man Richard Nixon Called His 'Executioner'". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
^ "Tom C. Clark". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
^ "Tom Connally". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
^ "Henry Cuellar". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
^ "Lloyd Doggett". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
^ "Pete Geren". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
^ "Thomas Watt Gregory". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Kent Hance". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
^ "Jeb Hensarling". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
^ "Kay Bailey Hutchison". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
^ Tom Sanchez (February 16, 1986). "Illness Claims Laredo leader". Laredo Morning Times. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
^ Fleming, Richard T. "Biography, George Edwin Bailey Peddy (1892–1951)". Handbook of Texas. Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, p. 455. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8108-5622-6. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
^ Svitek, Patrick (February 16, 2018). "Texas Public Policy Foundation head Brooke Rollins to join White House". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved June 19, 2019 – via texastribune.org.
^ "Biography of John Steen". sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
^ "Corbin Van Arsdale's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
^ "Bob Wheeler Seeks Second Term as State Representative". The Cotulla Record. Vol. 59, no. 16. June 1, 1956.
^ "Linda L. Addison, Managing Partner". Norton Rose Fulbright. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^ "Judge Harriet Murphy, '69, inducted into the National Bar Association Hall of Fame". utexas.edu. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
^ "Lisa Blatt - Williams & Connolly LLP". www.wc.com. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
^ "William Curtis Bryson". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
^ Martin, Douglas. "William Conner, Judge Expert in Patent Law, Dies at 89", The New York Times, July 19, 2009. Accessed July 20, 2009
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^ "James DeAnda". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
^ "Orlando Luis Garcia". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
^ "Mike Godwin". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
^ "Hayden Wilson Head, Jr". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
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[about-1] "History of the Law School". The University of Texas School of Law. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019 – via law.utexas.edu.

[2] "Robert B. Anderson". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved January 12, 2013.

[3] "William R. Archer". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 12, 2013.

[4] "James Baker". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved January 12, 2013.

[5] "Ben Barnes". The University of Texas at Austin. November 26, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2013.

[6] "Paul Begala". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved January 13, 2013.

[7] "Lloyd Bentsen". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2013.

[8] "Robert Lee Bobbitt". freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.

[9] "Jack Brooks". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2013.

[10] Mcnulty, Timothy; Mcnulty, Brendan (May 11, 2019). "The Man Richard Nixon Called His 'Executioner'". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

[11] "Tom C. Clark". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved January 13, 2013.

[12] "Tom Connally". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2013.

[13] "Henry Cuellar". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2013.

[14] "Lloyd Doggett". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2013.

[15] "Pete Geren". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

[16] "Thomas Watt Gregory". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

[auto-17] "Kent Hance". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

[18] "Jeb Hensarling". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

[19] "Kay Bailey Hutchison". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

[20] Tom Sanchez (February 16, 1986). "Illness Claims Laredo leader". Laredo Morning Times. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved July 3, 2015.

[Fleming-21] Fleming, Richard T. "Biography, George Edwin Bailey Peddy (1892–1951)". Handbook of Texas. Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

[22] William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, p. 455. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8108-5622-6. Retrieved September 30, 2013.

[23] Svitek, Patrick (February 16, 2018). "Texas Public Policy Foundation head Brooke Rollins to join White House". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved June 19, 2019 – via texastribune.org.

[24] "Biography of John Steen". sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved June 7, 2013.

[25] "Corbin Van Arsdale's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

[26] "Bob Wheeler Seeks Second Term as State Representative". The Cotulla Record. Vol. 59, no. 16. June 1, 1956.

[27] "Linda L. Addison, Managing Partner". Norton Rose Fulbright. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

[28] "Judge Harriet Murphy, '69, inducted into the National Bar Association Hall of Fame". utexas.edu. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

[29] "Lisa Blatt - Williams & Connolly LLP". www.wc.com. Retrieved December 12, 2020.

[30] "William Curtis Bryson". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved January 13, 2013.

[31] Martin, Douglas. "William Conner, Judge Expert in Patent Law, Dies at 89", The New York Times, July 19, 2009. Accessed July 20, 2009

[32] "Dick DeGuerin". The University of Texas School of Law. Retrieved August 3, 2017.

[33] "History of the Federal Judiciary". Fjc.gov. Retrieved January 20, 2016.

[34] "David Frederick". The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved January 15, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

[35] "James DeAnda". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

[36] "Orlando Luis Garcia". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

[37] "Mike Godwin". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

[38] "Hayden Wilson Head, Jr". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

[39] ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/25/texas-judge-abortion-pill-decision/

[40] "Judge Michael Keasler". The Texas Tribune. December 21, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2014.

[41] "Edwin Parker, Claims Head, Succumbs". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 30, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved January 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[42] "Jack Wade Nowlin - Faculty Directory - School of Law - TTU". www.depts.ttu.edu. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

[43] Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. p. 421.

[44] "Goldman Sachs, the 150-year-old investment bank, is staking its future on a mobile app". CNBC. January 13, 2020.

[The_Petroleum_Hall_of_Fame-45] "J. Hugh Liedtke 1995" (PDF). petroleummuseum.org. The Petroleum Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 6, 2015.

[46] "Kathryn S. Fuller". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

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