38 Notable alumni of
Michigan State University - College of Law
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The Michigan State University - College of Law is 1723rd in the world, 603rd in North America, and 567th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 38 notable alumni from the Michigan State University - College of Law sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Gretchen Whitmer
- Enrolled in the Michigan State University - College of Law
- In 1998 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianprosecutorlawyer
- Biography
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Gretchen Esther Whitmer is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015.
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John DeLorean
- Occupations
- entrepreneurengineer
- Biography
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John Zachary DeLorean was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry. He is widely known as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company, as well as for his work at General Motors.
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Geoffrey Fieger
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Geoffrey Fieger is an American attorney based in Southfield, Michigan. Fieger is the founder of the law firm Fieger Law, and is an occasional legal commentator for NBC and MSNBC. His practice focuses on personal injury, civil rights litigation and medical malpractice cases.
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Brian Sims
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Brian Kendall Sims is an American politician, activist and attorney. A Democrat, he was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 182nd district from 2013 until 2022. Sims is also a lawyer and advocate for LGBT civil rights. Sims became the first openly gay elected state legislator in Pennsylvania history. He won re-election on November 6, 2018. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in 2022, finishing in second place behind Austin Davis with 25% of the vote. Since leaving public office in 2022, Sims served as the Managing Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Out Leadership, on the Board of Trustees of the Tyler Clementi Foundation, and as CEO of Agenda PAC.
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Mike Bishop
- Enrolled in the Michigan State University - College of Law
- In 1993 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianbusiness executivereal estate agentlawyer
- Biography
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Michael Dean Bishop is an American attorney and politician who was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003, and the Michigan State Senate from 2003 to 2010 where he served as majority leader.
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Dennis Archer
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
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Dennis Wayne Archer is an American lawyer, jurist and former politician from Michigan. A Democrat, Archer served as Justice on the Michigan Supreme Court and as mayor of Detroit. He later served as president of the American Bar Association, becoming the first black president of the organization, which, until 1943, had barred African-American lawyers from membership.
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Benny Napoleon
- Enrolled in the Michigan State University - College of Law
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Benny Nelson Napoleon was an American attorney, law enforcement officer, and politician who served as the sheriff of Wayne County, Michigan from 2009 to 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the chief of the Detroit Police Department, and was also a candidate for the office of Mayor of Detroit in the 2013 mayoral election.
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Willis Ward
- Occupations
- athletics competitorAmerican football player
- Biography
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Willis Franklin Ward was an American track and field athlete and college football player who was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1981.
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Bernard A. Friedman
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Bernard Alvin Friedman is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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Warren Evans
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Warren Cleage Evans is an American law enforcement official, lawyer, and politician serving as the county executive of Wayne County, Michigan since 2015. Evans is a member of the Democratic Party. Evans served as Wayne County Sheriff from 2003 to 2009 and the chief of the Detroit Police Department from 2009 to 2010. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2009 Detroit mayoral special election.
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Bob Mann
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Robert Mann was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL). A native of New Bern, North Carolina, Mann played college football for the Hampton Pirates in 1942 and 1943 and the Michigan Wolverines in 1944, 1946 and 1947. Playing the end position, he broke the Big Ten Conference record for receiving yards in 1946 and 1947. After not being selected in the 1948 NFL draft, Mann signed his first professional football contract with the Detroit Lions, where he stayed for two seasons. He later played for the Green Bay Packers for parts of five seasons until 1954. Mann broke the color barrier for both teams.
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David Safavian
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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David Safavian is an American former lawyer who worked as a congressional aide, lobbyist, and later as a political appointee in the George W. Bush administration. A Republican, he served as Chief of Staff of the United States General Services Administration. He is a figure in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, having worked with the lobbyist on the Mississippi Band of Choctaw account. After serving with Abramoff as a lobbyist, in 1997 Safavian co-founded lobbying firm Janus-Merritt Strategies with Republican activist Grover Norquist.
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Sean Cox
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Sean Francis Cox is an American lawyer serving as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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Frank Navin
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Francis Joseph Navin was an American businessman and baseball executive who was the president of the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball for 27 years, from 1908 to 1935. He was part-owner from 1908 to 1919, and principal owner from 1919 to 1935. He also served as vice president and, in 1927, as acting president of the American League.
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Rodney Smith
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Rodney Smith is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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Brian Banks
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brian Roderick Banks is an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017. Banks was a candidate for the 2nd District of the Michigan Senate in 2018. He has been convicted of eight felonies related to writing bad checks and credit card fraud.
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Elbert E. Martin
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Elbert Eli Martin was Theodore Roosevelt's stenographer. He is known for tackling perpetrator John Schrank after the attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt. Martin went on to serve in the Vermont General Assembly.
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Lowell Perry
- Occupations
- American football playermilitary officer
- Biography
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Lowell Wesley Perry was an American football player and coach, government official, businessman, and broadcaster. He was the first African-American assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL), the first African American to broadcast an NFL game to a national audience, and Chrysler's first African-American plant manager. He was appointed as chairman of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by President Gerald Ford, holding that position from 1975 to 1976. He later served as the director of the Michigan Department of Labor from 1990 to 1996.
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Louis C. Rabaut
- Enrolled in the Michigan State University - College of Law
- Studied in 1912
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Louis Charles Rabaut was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was a Democratic congressman representing Michigan's 14th congressional district from 1935 to 1947, and from 1949 to 1961.
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Robert C. Odle, Jr
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Robert C. Odle, Jr. was a public official in the Nixon Administration and Reagan Administration and an American lawyer, based in Washington, D.C.
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George Anthony Dondero
- Enrolled in the Michigan State University - College of Law
- In 1910 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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George Anthony Dondero was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan.
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J. Bob Traxler
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Jerome Bob Traxler, also known as J. Bob Traxler or Bob Traxler, was an American lawyer and politician from Michigan. He served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 to 1993.
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Marianne O. Battani
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Marianne Olga Battani was an American jurist who served as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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Thaddeus M. Machrowicz
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz was a United States representative from Michigan and later was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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Jesse Paine Wolcott
- Enrolled in the Michigan State University - College of Law
- Studied in 1915
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Jesse Paine Wolcott was a politician and soldier from the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Clarence J. McLeod
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Clarence John McLeod was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Stacy Erwin Oakes
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Stacy Erwin Oakes is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. She has been a Democratic Party member of the Michigan House of Representatives and Minority Whip representing Michigan's 95th District (map), located in Saginaw County, which includes the cities of Saginaw and Zilwaukee, in addition to the following townships: Bridgeport Township, Buena Vista Township, Carrollton Township, James Township, Kochville Township, Spaulding Township, and Zilwaukee Township.
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Carl M. Weideman
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Carl May Weideman was a naval officer, politician and jurist from the U.S. state of Michigan.
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William B. Fitzgerald, Jr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William B. Fitzgerald was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served in both houses of the Michigan Legislature and was Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate. He was later the Democratic nominee for governor in 1978 but lost to incumbent governor William Milliken.
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Eugene C. Keyes
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Eugene C. Keyes was the 45th and 47th lieutenant governor of Michigan from 1943 to 1945 and 1947 to 1949.
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George Edward Bushnell
- Years
- 1887-1965 (aged 78)
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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George Edward Bushnell was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1934 to 1955.
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Frank Ellsworth Doremus
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Frank Ellsworth Doremus was an American politician who was the 49th Mayor of Detroit and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan.
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Wade Van Valkenburg
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wade Van Valkenburg was a Republican politician from Michigan who served as the Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives and as a local judge.
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Charles A. Roxborough
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Anthony Roxborough III was the first African-American man elected to the Michigan Senate.
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Arthur F. Lederle
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Arthur F. Lederle was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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Eugene F. Black
- Years
- 1903-1990 (aged 87)
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Eugene F. Black was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1956 to 1972.
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Ronald Lee Buch
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Ronald Lee Buch is a judge of the United States Tax Court.
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William A. Boos Jr
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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William A. Boos Jr. was an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives during the 1960s representing a portion of Saginaw County.
