31 Notable alumni of
Southwestern Law School
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Southwestern Law School is 1433rd in the world, 502nd in North America, and 470th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 31 notable alumni from Southwestern Law School sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jerry O'Connell
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- voice actorscreenwritertelevision directorfilm producerfilm actor
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Jeremiah O'Connell is an American actor and TV show host. He is known for his roles as Quinn Mallory in the television series Sliders, Andrew Clements in My Secret Identity, Vern Tessio in the film Stand by Me (1986), Joe in Joe's Apartment (1996), Frank Cushman in Jerry Maguire (1996), Derek in Scream 2 (1997), Michael in Tomcats (2001), Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack (2003), and Detective Woody Hoyt on the NBC drama Crossing Jordan. He starred as Pete Kaczmarek in the single 2010–2011 season of The Defenders. He also had a starring role in the comedy horror film Piranha 3D (2010). Currently, he voices Commander Jack Ransom on the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks, is co-host of The Talk, and hosts a version of Pictionary syndicated on Fox stations.
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Marcia Clark
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- screenwriterlawyerwriterjournalistjurist
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Marcia Rachel Clark is an American prosecutor, author, television correspondent, and television producer. She is best known for having been the lead prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson murder case.
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Donald Sterling
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- businesspersonlandlordlawyer
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Donald T. Sterling is an American attorney and businessman who was the owner of the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1981 to 2014.
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Gloria Allred
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- human rights activistradio personalityattorney at lawcivil rights advocatelawyer
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Gloria Rachel Allred is an American attorney known for taking high-profile and often controversial cases, particularly those involving feminist causes. She has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
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Elaine Brown
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- writersingerpolitical activist
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Elaine Brown is an American prison activist, writer, singer, and former Black Panther Party chairwoman who is based in Oakland, California. Brown briefly ran for the Green Party presidential nomination in 2008.
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Howard W. Hunter
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- priestprophetlawyer
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Howard William Hunter was an American lawyer and the 14th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1994 to 1995. His nine-month presidential tenure is the shortest in the church's history. Hunter was the first president of the LDS Church born in the 20th century and the last to die in it. He was sustained as an LDS apostle at the age of 51, and served as a general authority for over 35 years.
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Gordon H. Smith
- Enrolled in Southwestern Law School
- In 1979 graduated with law degree
- Occupations
- politicianpriestlawyer
- Biography
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Gordon Harold Smith is an American politician, businessman, and academic administrator who served as a United States Senator from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served two terms in the Senate from 1997 to 2009. On September 18, 2009, he was appointed president of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). As of 2025, he is the last Republican to represent Oregon in the U.S. Senate.
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Daniel Horowitz
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- lawyer
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Daniel Aaron Horowitz is an American defense attorney who has represented several high-profile clients including talk show host Michael Savage and is a frequent commentator in the media on criminal cases in the news. In 2014 Horowitz was named a Top 100 Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers. He is listed as a contributor to Criminal Law, Practice & Procedure. Daniel Horowitz is also a licensed real estate broker. Since 2017 Daniel Horowitz has been an SEC registered investment advisor associated with Meridian Investment Counsel, Inc..
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Tom Bradley
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- politicianpolice officerlawyer
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Thomas Bradley was an American politician, athlete, police officer, and lawyer who served as the 38th Mayor of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993. Bradley was Los Angeles' first black mayor, first liberal mayor, and longest-serving mayor. A member of the Democratic Party, Bradley's multiracial liberal political coalition was a forerunner of future President of the United States Barack Obama's coalition in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections.
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Stefanie Schaeffer
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- lawyerbusinessperson
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Stefanie Schaeffer is an American defense attorney and television presenter from California. She was the winner of The Apprentice: Los Angeles, the sixth season of the reality show The Apprentice. She is currently the host of Know Your Rights TV, a news and legal webisodic.
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Ira Reiner
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- politician
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Ira Kenneth Reiner is an American attorney and politician who served as the Los Angeles City Attorney from 1981 to 1984 and Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1984 to 1992. The McMartin preschool trial occurred during his tenure as DA.
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Fulvio Cecere
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- film actortelevision actorfilm directoractor
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Fulvio Cecere is a Canadian actor and filmmaker.
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Edward Ross Roybal
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- politician
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Edward Ross Roybal was a Mexican-American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Latino American to be elected to the Los Angeles City Council, serving from 1949 to 1962. He later served 15 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1993, representing portions of Downtown and East Los Angeles.
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Murray Chotiner
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- lawyer
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Murray M Chotiner was an American political strategist, attorney, government official, and close associate and friend of President Richard Nixon during much of the 37th President's political career. He served as campaign manager for the future president's successful runs for the United States Senate in 1950 and for the vice presidency in 1952, and managed the campaigns of other California Republicans. He was active in each of Nixon's two successful runs for the White House in low-profile positions.
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Jim Gibbons
- Enrolled in Southwestern Law School
- In 1979 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotpoliticiangeologisthydrologistlawyer
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James Arthur Gibbons is an American attorney, aviator, geologist, hydrologist and politician who was the 28th Governor of Nevada from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the U.S. representative for Nevada's 2nd congressional district from 1997 to 2006.
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Stanley Mosk
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- lawyerjudge
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Morey Stanley Mosk was an American jurist, politician, and attorney. He served as Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court for 37 years (1964–2001), the longest tenure in that court's history.
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Matt Fong
- Enrolled in Southwestern Law School
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Matthew Kipling Fong was an American Republican politician who served as the 30th California State Treasurer. He was a government appointee, finance industry director, and consultant after retiring from the Air Force Reserve. As of 2024, Fong is the last Republican to serve as California State Treasurer to date.
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Otis D. Wright II
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- lawyerjudge
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Otis Dalino Wright II is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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Ed Chau
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- politician
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Edwin “Ed” Chau is an American jurist and politician who served in the California State Assembly as a Democrat representing the 49th state assembly District from 2012 to 2021. On November 29, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Chau to be a judge in the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
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Robert Philibosian
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- lawyer
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Robert Harry Philibosian was an American politician. He was appointed Los Angeles County District Attorney in 1981 when his predecessor John Van de Kamp was elected Attorney General of California. Philibosian served as district attorney until 1984 when he was defeated in countywide election by Ira Reiner. He received his B.A. degree in history from Stanford University and his J.D. degree from Southwestern Law School, and was admitted to the California State Bar in 1968.
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Julian C. Dixon
- Enrolled in Southwestern Law School
- In 1967 graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Julian Carey Dixon was an American Democratic politician from California who was a member of the California State Assembly from 1973 to 1978 and then a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until his death. He chaired the House Ethics Committee from 1985 to 1991.
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William John Cox
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- lawyer
- Biography
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William John "Billy Jack" Cox is an American public interest lawyer and author.
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Keith Fink
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United States - Occupations
- lawyer
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Keith Fink is an American attorney, author, and academic. He represented clients in a contract dispute with Ellen DeGeneres dubbed by the media as "Iggygate".
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Ronald S.W. Lew
- Enrolled in Southwestern Law School
- In 1971 graduated with Juris Doctor
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- lawyerjudge
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Ronald Sing Wai Lew was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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Gisela Colón
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- sculptor
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Gisela Colon is an American international contemporary artist who has developed a unique vocabulary of Organic Minimalism, breathing lifelike qualities into reductive forms. Operating at the intersection of art and science, Colon is best known for meticulously creating light-activated sculptures through industrial and technological processes. Drawing from aerospace and other scientific realms, Colon utilizes innovative sculptural materials such as carbon fiber and optical materials of the 21st century, to generate her energetic sculptures. Colon's gender-fluid sculptures disrupt the traditional view of the masculine minimal object, by embodying qualities of energy, movement and growth, through a merger of industrial with the organic.
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Lori Lipman Brown
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- lobbyistpolitician
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Lori Lipman Brown is an American politician and activist from the state of Nevada. She has served as a state senator, lobbyist, lawyer, educator, and social worker supporter. Additionally, her political views have been secularist and civil libertarian and describes herself as an atheist humanist Jew. She served as a Nevada State Senator from 1992 to 1994, advocating for repeals of consensual sex crimes. This led to her being named Civil Libertarian of the Year by the Nevadan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Additionally, she has organized numerous events for the Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada, the Secular Student Alliance, and the American Humanist Association. She was defeated for reelection to the State Senate by Kathy Augustine in 1994.
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Denise Moreno Ducheny
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- politician
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Denise Moreno Ducheny is an American lawyer and former politician from California. She is a former California State Senator who represented Senate District 40, which includes southern San Diego County, part of Riverside County, and all of Imperial County. Ducheny is a Democrat. She lives with her husband, Al, in San Diego, California. She is now a senior policy advisor at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California, San Diego.
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Richard T. Williamson
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- 1958-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Richard Thomas Williamson is an American non-fiction writer who has written books and articles on asset protection, estate planning, and capital gains tax planning. He is a California attorney specializing in estate planning and forming business entities such as corporations and limited liability companies (LLCs). His books are designed to approach tax strategies and asset protection from a real estate investor's perspective.
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George N. Zenovich
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- judgepoliticianlawyer
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George Nicholas Zenovich was an American politician and jurist, as well as a longtime Democrat.
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Larraine Segil
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- entrepreneurlecturerwriter
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Larraine D Segil is a South African-born entrepreneur, attorney, advisor, lecturer, author, board member and urban farmer. She is CEO of The Little Farm Company, a Los-Angeles based family holding company which was mentioned in Forbes magazine. Segil has been a commentator for CNN and CNBC and has been featured in Fast Company magazine and Bloomberg Business.
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Charles C. Bernstein
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- judge
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Charles C. Bernstein was a justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona from January 5, 1959, to January 4, 1969. He served as chief justice from January 1962 to December 1963, and from January 1967 to December 1967.
