19 Notable alumni of
John Marshall Law School
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John Marshall Law School is 2170th in the world, 756th in North America, and 712th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from John Marshall 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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Doug Collins
- Enrolled in John Marshall Law School
- In 2008 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianmilitary officerpastorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Douglas Allen Collins is an American lawyer and retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 9th congressional district from 2013 to 2021.
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William M. Daley
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- international forum participantlawyerpharmacologistbankerpharmacist
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William Michael Daley is an American lawyer, politician and former banker. He served as White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama, from January 2011 to January 2012. He also served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce, from 1997 to 2000, under President Bill Clinton. He has also served on the executive committee of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Daley was a candidate for Governor of Illinois in the 2014 gubernatorial election, until dropping out of the race on September 16, 2013. He ran in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election but came in third in the first-round voting, and did not advance to the runoff. He served as the Vice Chairman of BNY Mellon from June through October 2019. Since November 13, 2019, Daley has served as the Vice Chairman of Public Affairs for Wells Fargo.
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Femi Gbaja Biamila
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Olufemi Hakeem Gbajabiamila, is a Nigerian lawyer and politician, who has served as Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria since 2023. He previously served as the 14th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023.
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Darin LaHood
- Enrolled in John Marshall Law School
- In 1997 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- adjunct professorpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Darin McKay LaHood is an American attorney and politician who has served as a U.S. representative from Illinois since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, LaHood has represented the 16th district since 2023, and previously represented the 18th district from 2015 to 2023. He previously served in the Illinois Senate from the 37th legislative district from 2011 to 2015, before being elected to Congress in a special election following the resignation of Aaron Schock.
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Evelyn Sanguinetti
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Evelyn Sanguinetti is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th lieutenant governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019. She previously served on the Wheaton City Council. Sanguinetti announced her candidacy for the 2020 election in Illinois's 6th congressional district, challenging first-term Democratic incumbent Sean Casten, but dropped out on October 11, 2019.
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Nathan Ross
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- film producertalent agent
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Nathan Ross is an American film and television producer.
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Edith S. Sampson
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- lawyersocial workerjudgediplomat
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Edith Spurlock Sampson was an American lawyer and judge, and the first Black U.S. delegate appointed to the United Nations on 24 August 1950. She conceded that Black people did not have equal rights in America but she said "I would rather be a Negro in America than a citizen in any other land."
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Lee A. Daniels
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- politicianlawyer
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Lee Albert Daniels is an American retired politician who served as the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1995 to 1997, and as the Minority Leader from 1997 to 2003. A member of the a Republican Party, Daniels served as member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, representing the 40th district from 1975 to 1983, and the 46th district from 1983 to 2007. Daniels also Chaired the Illinois Republican Party from 2001 until his resignation in 2002, and served as President of the National Conference of State Legislatures from 1989 to 1990.
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Roman Pucinski
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Roman Conrad Pucinski was an American Democratic politician from Chicago, Illinois. He was a U.S. Representative from 1959 to 1973 and alderman from the 41st Ward of Chicago from 1973 to 1991. He was considered a longtime leader of Chicago Polonia and was seen to represent its interests in Washington.
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Michael Hastings
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- politician
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Michael E. Hastings is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate from the 19th Legislative District. The district includes all or parts of Lockport, New Lenox, Mokena, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Frankfort, Frankfort Square, Homer Glen, Joliet, Richton Park, Matteson, Olympia Fields, Country Club Hills, Hazel Crest, and Oak Forest.
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Charles E. Freeman
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- judgelawyer
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Charles E. Freeman was an American attorney who served as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. He was elected to the position on November 6, 1990, becoming its first African-American justice. He served as chief justice from May 12, 1997, to January 1, 2000. He retired from the court on June 14, 2018.
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Iain D. Johnston
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- lawyer
- Biography
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Iain David Johnston is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
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Michael Noland
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- politicianlawyer
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Michael Noland is a former Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 22nd District from 2007 to 2017. In November 2018, he was elected Kane County Circuit Court Judge in the 16th Judicial Circuit of Illinois.
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John W. Cox, Jr
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- politicianlawyer
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John Wayne Cox Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served a single term as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Illinois's 16th congressional district.
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Richard Bernard Vail
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- politicianbusinessperson
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Richard Bernard Vail was an American businessman and U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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Lewis M. Long
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- politicianlawyer
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Lewis Marshall Long was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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George E. Sangmeister
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- politicianjudgelawyer
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George Edward Sangmeister was an American politician and United States Representative from Illinois. He originally represented Illinois' 4th congressional district, before it was renumbered as the 11th district.
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Thomas W. Ewing
- Enrolled in John Marshall Law School
- In 1968 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianfarmer
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Thomas William Ewing is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the Illinois State House of Representatives. Ewing was a state representative from 1974 to 1991, and a U.S. Congressman representing the 15th district of Illinois from July 2, 1991 until his retirement on January 3, 2001. In January 1995 he was named a Deputy Republican House Whip. While a U.S. Congressman, Thomas Ewing was considered to be a Conservative, favoring a smaller, less intrusive government, but more on economic issues than on social ones.
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Percival G. Baldwin
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- politicianbusinessperson
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Percival Gilmore Baldwin was born in St. George, New Brunswick, Canada. He then moved to United States with his parents in 1882 and settled in Vermont. He studied at the Montpelier Seminary in Montpelier, Vermont and at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. Baldwin moved to Chicago in 1900 and was a real estate broker and contractor. Baldwin served in the Illinois Senate from 1915 to 1919 and was a Republican. He also served as a delegate in the Fifth Illinois Constitutional Convention of 1920. Baldwin died from injuries at the Cook County Hospital after being struck by an automobile.
