List of The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School alumni

This is a list of notable alumni who have attended or graduated The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School. The JAG School is generally considered the most exclusive graduate service academy within the U.S. Federal Government. It is considered "highly selective" with an acceptance rate ranging between 4 and 7%. In 2017, the Army JAG Corps and subsequent JAG School only accepted 200 of 4,000 applicants.[1] The JAG School has a long history of supplying attorneys into the military and federal government roles, particularly the federal judiciary.

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Federal appellate judges edit

  • G. Steven Agee, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • Roger Miner, Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • Leslie H. Southwick, Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • Carl E. Stewart, Chief Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • William Lockhart Garwood, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • John Weld Peck II, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • Pasco Bowman II, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • David R. Hansen, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • Evan Wallach, Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • Herbert Choy, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Gregory W. Carman, Chief Judge of the United States Court of International Trade

Federal district court judges edit

  • Liles C. Burke, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
  • L. Scott Coogler, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
  • Douglas L. Rayes, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
  • Morrison C. England Jr., Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • James M. Ideman, Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • Gary L. Taylor, Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • Royce Lamberth, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  • Donald L. Graham, Judge of United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • Winston Arnow Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
  • Howell W. Melton, Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • J. P. Boulee, Judge United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
  • Charles A. Pannell Jr., Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
  • Derrick Watson, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
  • Dee D. Drell, Chief Judge of United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
  • David C. Joseph, Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
  • Frederic N. Smalkin, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
  • Edward L. Leahy Judge of United States District Court for the New Hampshire
  • Steven J. McAuliffe, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
  • John Laurance, Judge of United States District Court for the District of New York
  • Kenneth John Gonzales, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
  • Frank DeArmon Whitney, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
  • David Dudley Dowd Jr., Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • William Huntington Kirkpatrick, Judge United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • Edmund V. Ludwig, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • Kim R. Gibson, Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  • Jose Victor Toledo, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
  • Ira K. Wells, Judge of United States District Court for the District Puerto Rico
  • Andrew Wendell Bogue, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota
  • Lawrence L. Piersol, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota
  • Robert J. O'Conor Jr., Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • Sim Lake, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • James R. Spencer, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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References edit

  1. ^ "Law Students Accepted into the Military JAG Corps Program". uwyo.edu. University of Wyoming.