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BAR ASSOCIATION

Founded in 1972.

Official Website:
http://www.dcbar.org/

Location:
Washington, DC

Founding Date:
1972

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Kathleen Q. Abernathy
Government
5-Jun-1956   FCC Commissioner, 2001-05
G. Steven Agee
Judge
12-Nov-1952   4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Dennis Archer
Politician
1-Jan-1942   Mayor of Detroit, 1994-2001
Stephen M. Axinn
Attorney
1938   Antitrust attorney
Donald B. Ayer
Attorney
30-Apr-1949   Partner, Jones Day
Jed Babbin
Columnist
c. 1948   Human Events
James Bacchus
Politician
21-Jun-1949   Congressman from Florida, 1991-95
Elizabeth F. Bagley
Diplomat
13-Feb-1952   US Ambassador to Portugal, 1994-97
Thomas A. Balmer
Judge
1952   Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
Robert B. Barnett
Attorney
26-Aug-1946   Washington literary agent, debate coach
Charlene Barshefsky
Diplomat
11-Aug-1950   US Trade Representative, 1997-2001
John D. Bates
Judge
11-Oct-1946   FISA Court Judge
Lawrence Bathgate
Attorney
17-May-1939   GOP activist
Robert F. Bauer
Attorney
22-Feb-1952   White House Counsel, 2010-11
Evan Bayh
Politician
26-Dec-1955   US Senator from Indiana, 1999-2011
Robert S. Bennett
Attorney
2-Aug-1939   Washington attorney
Richard B. Berman
Activist
c. 1942   Astroturf spindoctor
Berl Bernhard
Attorney
7-Sep-1929   Co-Founder, Verner Liipfert
Mary Frances Berry
Government
17-Feb-1938   Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980-2004
Marsha S. Berzon
Judge
17-Apr-1945   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
A. Bruce Bielaski
Government
1884 Feb-1964 FBI Director 1912-19
Brad Blakeman
Government
1-Sep-1958   Republican strategist
Scott Bloch
Government
c. 1958   Office of Special Counsel, 2004-08
J. Caleb Boggs III
Government
c. 1962   Republican National Lawyers Association
Robert C. Bonner
Government
29-Jan-1942   Commissioner, US Customs Service, 2001-05
Sheldon M. Bonovitz
Attorney
26-Apr-1937   Partner, Duane, Morris & Hecksher
Michael Boudin
Judge
29-Nov-1939   1st Circuit Court of Appeals
Edward Thomas Brady
Judge
1-Nov-1943   Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
Grover C. Brown
Judge
18-Jun-1935   Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella
James R. Browning
Judge
1-Oct-1918 5-May-2012 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1961-2000
William C. Bryson
Judge
19-Aug-1945   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
James H. Burnley IV
Government
30-Jul-1948   US Secretary of Transportation, 1987-89
Preston Burton
Attorney
c. 1963   Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Jay Bybee
Judge
27-Oct-1953   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Plato Cacheris
Attorney
22-May-1929   Washington defense attorney
Joseph Califano
Government
15-May-1931   Carter's HEW Secretary
Dave Camp
Politician
9-Jul-1953   Congressman, Michigan 4th
Mortimer M. Caplin
Business
11-Jul-1916   Caplin & Drysdale
Kathleen L. Casey
Government
12-Apr-1966   Securities and Exchange Commission
William E. Casselman II
Government
c. 1941   White House Counsel, 1974-75
Erwin Chemerinsky
Scholar
14-May-1953   Legal Scholar
Ron Christie
Government
7-Aug-1969   Former Cheney aide
James W. Cicconi
Attorney
1952   EVP Legislative Affairs at AT&T
Benjamin R. Civiletti
Attorney
17-Jul-1935   US Attorney General, 1979-81
Eric L. Clay
Judge
18-Jan-1948   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Paul Clement
Government
24-Jun-1966   US Solicitor General, 2005-08
Sue M. Cobb
Attorney
1937   Florida Secretary of State, 2005-07
John P. Cole, Jr.
Attorney
12-Jan-1930   Telecommunications attorney
R. Guy Cole, Jr.
Judge
23-May-1951   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Lovida H. Coleman, Jr.
Attorney
21-May-1949   Partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan
John Connally
Politician
27-Feb-1917 15-Jun-1993 Governor of Texas, 1963-69
Kenneth L. Connor
Activist
24-Apr-1947   President of the Family Research Council, 2000-03
Jim Courter
Politician
14-Oct-1941   Congressman from New Jersey, 1979-91
Adrian Cronauer
Radio Personality
8-Sep-1938   Subject of biopic Good Morning Vietnam
Arthur Culvahouse
Government
4-Jul-1948   White House Counsel, 1987-89
Dennis C. Cuneo
Business
c. 1949   Counsel, Arent Fox
James R. Curtiss
Attorney
20-Dec-1953   Nuclear lobbyist, Winston & Strawn
Norman D'Amours
Politician
14-Oct-1937   Congressman from New Hampshire, 1975-85
John Danforth
Politician
5-Sep-1936   US Ambassador to the UN, 2004
Lanny J. Davis
Government
c. 1946   White House Counsel, 1996-98
Walter Dellinger
Attorney
15-May-1941   Duke University law professor
Adrian W. DeWind
Attorney
1-Dec-1913 7-Aug-2009 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Samuel Dexter
Politician
14-May-1761 4-May-1816 US Secretary of War, Treasury
Norm Dicks
Politician
16-Dec-1940   Congressman, Washington 6th
James C. Diggs
Attorney
c. 1948   General Counsel, PPG Industries
Bob Dole
Politician
22-Jul-1923   US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96
Frank Donatelli
Activist
4-Jul-1949   McGuireWoods Consulting
Thomas E. Donilon
Government
14-May-1955   US National Security Advisor
Timothy B. Dyk
Judge
14-Feb-1937   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Frank H. Easterbrook
Judge
3-Sep-1948   7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Michael J. Egan
Politician
8-Aug-1926   Georgia State Senator
Stuart Eizenstat
Diplomat
15-Jan-1943   US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96
Ralph E. Erickson
Attorney
3-Oct-1928   Deputy US Attorney General, 1972-73
Frank Fahrenkopf
Business
28-Aug-1939   CEO, American Gaming Association
Charles Fahy
Attorney
27-Aug-1892 17-Sep-1979 Solicitor General, Appellate Judge
Daniel A. Farber
Educator
16-Jul-1950   Retained by the People
Michael Farris
Activist
27-Aug-1951   Founder, Patrick Henry College
Kenneth Feinberg
Government
23-Oct-1945   Pay Czar for TARP and Gulf of Mexico disaster
Sam Feist
Journalist
21-Jan-1969   CNN Washington Bureau Chief
Alan D. Feld
Attorney
c. 1937   Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld
Charles D. Ferris
Government
9-Apr-1933   FCC Chairman, 1977-81
Fred F. Fielding
Attorney
21-Mar-1939   White House Counsel to Reagan, GWB
Daniel J. Freed
Educator
12-May-1927 17-Jan-2010 Yale Law professor
J. William Fulbright
Politician
9-Apr-1905 9-Feb-1995 Conceived the Fulbright Scholarships
Kathryn S. Fuller
Administrator
c. 1946   World Wildlife Fund CEO, 1989-2005
Frederick P. Furth
Attorney
12-Apr-1934   Partner, The Furth Firm
Arthur J. Gajarsa
Judge
1-Mar-1941   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Evan Griffith Galbraith
Business
2-Jul-1928 21-Jan-2008 US Ambassador to France, 1981-85
Merrick B. Garland
Judge
13-Nov-1952   US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
Gregory G. Garre
Government
1-Nov-1964   US Solicitor General, 2008-09
Janet E. Garvey
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Cameroon
Gordon D. Giffin
Diplomat
c. 1949   US Ambassador to Canada, 1997-2001
David Girard-diCarlo
Lobbyist
20-Jan-1943   Lobbyist, US Ambassador to Austria
Mitch Glazier
Lobbyist
1966   EVP at RIAA
Mike Godwin
Attorney
26-Oct-1956   Former General Counsel, Wikimedia
Jack Goldsmith
Government
26-Sep-1962   The Terror Presidency
John Goode
Politician
27-May-1829 14-Jul-1909 Congressman from Virginia, 1875-81
Jamie S. Gorelick
Attorney
6-May-1950   9-11 Commission member
Thomas A. Gottschalk
Attorney
5-Jul-1942   General Counsel of General Motors, 1994-2006
G. Michael Green
Attorney
29-Sep-1958   Washington tax attorney
Clayton Greene, Jr.
Judge
22-Jan-1951   Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals
Thomas B. Griffith
Judge
5-Jul-1954   US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
Joseph A. Grundfest
Attorney
8-Sep-1951   Stanford law professor
Savannah Guthrie
Journalist
27-Dec-1971   NBC News Chief Legal Analyst
Lloyd N. Hand
Attorney
31-Jan-1929   Chief of Protocol for Johnson
Thomas M. Hardiman
Judge
8-Jul-1965   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Ruth R. Harkin
Business
c. 1944   United Technologies VP, 1997-2005
Anthony S. Harrington
Diplomat
9-Mar-1941   US Ambassador to Brazil, 2000-01
Herbert Harris
Politician
14-Apr-1926 24-Dec-2014 Congressman from Virginia, 1975-81
Gary Hart
Politician
28-Nov-1936   US Senator from Colorado, 1975-87
William J. Haynes II
Government
30-Mar-1958   DOD General Counsel, 2001-08
Deborah S. Hechinger
Business
c. 1950   BoardSource
Nathan L. Hecht
Judge
15-Aug-1949   Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Wade Henderson
Activist
1948   Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Hugh Hewitt
Radio Personality
22-Feb-1956   Conservative talk radio show
Anita Hill
Victim
30-Jul-1956   Former colleague of Clarence Thomas
Peter Hoagland
Politician
17-Nov-1941 30-Oct-2007 Congressman from Nebraska, 1989-95
Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Government
21-Jan-1951   US Attorney General, 2009-15
Edith E. Holiday
Attorney
14-Feb-1952   Attorney, former US Treasury official
Jerome A. Holmes
Judge
18-Nov-1961   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
Politician
21-Sep-1923   Governor of Virginia, 1970-74
Christopher C. Horner
Activist
?   Competitive Enterprise Institute
Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes
Diplomat
1958   US Ambassador to Suriname
Reed E. Hundt
Business
3-Mar-1948   FCC Chairman, 1993-97
Asa Hutchinson
Politician
3-Dec-1950   Governor of Arkansas
Donald C. Johnson
Diplomat
c. 1948   US Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea
Robert M. Johnson
Publisher
14-Jul-1945   Publisher of Newsday, 1986-94
James R. Jones
Diplomat
5-May-1939   US Ambassador to Mexico, 1993-97
Kent A. Jordan
Judge
24-Oct-1957   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Brett M. Kavanaugh
Judge
12-Feb-1965   US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
Peter D. Keisler
Government
13-Oct-1960   Co-Founder, Federalist Society
Anastasia D. Kelly
Attorney
c. 1949   EVP at American International Group
Raymond M. Kethledge
Judge
11-Dec-1966   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Jeffrey B. Kindler
Business
13-May-1955   CEO of Pfizer, 2006-10
Michael R. Klein
Attorney
c. 1942   Wilmer Cutler & Pickering
John A. Knebel
Politician
4-Oct-1936   US Secretary of Agriculture, 1976-77
Thomas H. Kuchel
Politician
15-Aug-1910 21-Nov-1994 US Senator from California, 1953-69
Steven J. Law
Government
c. 1961   American Crossroads
Michael S. Lee
Politician
4-Jun-1971   US Senator from Utah
Rex Lee
Attorney
27-Feb-1935 11-Mar-1996 US Solicitor General, 1981-85
Daniel B. Levin
Government
4-Mar-1956   Justice Department attorney
Mel Levine
Politician
7-Jun-1943   Congressman from California, 1983-93
Jacob J. Lew
Government
29-Aug-1955   US Secretary of the Treasury
Lewis Libby
Government
22-Aug-1950   Cheney's former Chief of Staff
Belva Lockwood
Activist
24-Oct-1830 19-May-1917 Feminist
Zoe Lofgren
Politician
21-Dec-1947   Congresswoman, California 16th
Breckinridge Long
Diplomat
16-May-1881 26-Sep-1958 US Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36
Hall S. Lusk
Judge
21-Sep-1883 15-May-1983 Oregon State Supreme Court Justice, 1937-68
Robert Luskin
Attorney
21-Jan-1950   Karl Rove's lawyer
Deborah Platt Majoras
Government
1963   FTC chairwoman
Charles T. Manatt
Attorney
9-Jun-1936 22-Jul-2011 DNC Chairman, 1981-85
Daniel Marcus
Attorney
5-Jan-1941   Wilmer Cutler & Pickering
Leonard H. Marks
Diplomat
5-Mar-1916 11-Aug-2006 Washington lawyer, diplomat
Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
Attorney
12-Aug-1956   Partner, Bingham McCutchen
David H. Martin
Activist
?   Founder, Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
Kevin J. Martin
Government
14-Dec-1966   FCC Chairman, 2005-09
Steve A. Matthews
Attorney
c. 1956   Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
Haldane Robert Mayer
Judge
21-Feb-1941   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Terry McAuliffe
Politician
9-Feb-1957   Governor of Virginia
Seamus P. McCaffery
Judge
3-Jun-1950   Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Donald F. McGahn
Government
?   US FEC Commissioner
Gerald S. McGowan
Attorney
3-Sep-1946   US Ambassador to Portugal, 1998-2001
John J. McMackin, Jr.
Business
10-Jan-1952   Partner, Williams & Jensen
Harry C. McPherson
Attorney
22-Aug-1929 16-Feb-2012 White House Counsel to Johnson
George Meader
Politician
13-Sep-1907 15-Oct-1994 Congressman from Michigan, 1951-65
Lloyd Meeds
Politician
11-Dec-1927 17-Aug-2005 Congressman from Washington, 1965-79
Richard A. Meserve
Attorney
20-Nov-1944   President of the Carnegie Institution
David C. Miller
Diplomat
15-Jul-1942   US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 1984-86
Steven J. Milloy
Activist
?   JunkScience.com
Cleta Mitchell
Attorney
1950   Conservative lawyer
George J. Mitchell
Politician
20-Aug-1933   US Senator from Maine, 1980-95
Stacey J. Mobley
Attorney
1946   Senior Counsel at Dickstein Shapiro
Karen Nelson Moore
Judge
19-Nov-1948   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Kimberly A. Moore
Judge
15-Jun-1968   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
George Muñoz
Business
1951   CEO of OPIC, 1997-2001
Lawrence M. Noble
Attorney
c. 1951   FEC General Counsel, 1987-2000
Beth Nolan
Attorney
1951   White House Counsel, 1999-2001
David A. Norcross
Activist
30-Mar-1937   Republican National Lawyers Association
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Politician
13-Jun-1937   Congresswoman, Washington DC
Kenneth J. Novack
Business
1941   Former Partner, Mintz Levin
Lawrence C. Nussdorf
Business
c. 1946   Clark Enterprises, Inc.
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Politician
5-Nov-1884 1-Dec-1962 US Senator from Wyoming, 1934-61
Vicki A. O'Meara
Attorney
13-May-1957   Chief Legal Officer at Pitney Bowes
David W. Ogden
Attorney
12-Nov-1953   Deputy US Attorney General
Charles Ogletree
Attorney
31-Dec-1952   Law professor
Ajit V. Pai
Attorney
10-Jan-1973   FCC Commissioner
Gerald Parsky
Attorney
c. 1942   UC Regent, 1996-2008
Deval Patrick
Politician
31-Jul-1956   Governor of Massachusetts
James R. Patton, Jr.
Attorney
27-Oct-1928   Founder, Patton Boggs
Frank H. Pearl
Business
27-May-1943 4-May-2012 CEO of Perseus LLC
Robert Pelletreau
Diplomat
9-Jul-1935   US Ambassador to Egypt, 1991-93
Thomas J. Perrelli
Attorney
12-Mar-1966   US Associate Attorney General
Charles E. Phillips, Jr.
Business
c. 1960   President of Oracle, 2003-10
Owen B. Pickett
Politician
31-Aug-1930 27-Oct-2010 Congressman from Virginia, 1987-2001
Pedro Pierluisi
Politician
26-Apr-1959   Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico
Trevor Potter
Attorney
24-Oct-1955   FEC Commissioner, 1991-95
Larry Pressler
Politician
29-Mar-1942   US Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97
Randall R. Rader
Judge
21-Apr-1949   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Alan Charles Raul
Government
9-Sep-1954   Sidley & Austin
Jack Reed
Politician
12-Nov-1949   US Senator from Rhode Island
Bert W. Rein
Attorney
c. 1939   Wiley Rein & Fielding
William Bradford Reynolds
Government
21-Jun-1942   Reagan administration
John J. Rhodes III
Politician
8-Sep-1943   Congressman from Arizona, 1987-93
Margaret Milner Richardson
Government
14-May-1943   IRS Commissioner, 1993-97
Henry M. Rivera
Attorney
25-Sep-1947   FCC Commissioner, 1981-85
John A. Rizzo
Government
c. 1949   CIA Acting General Counsel
James Robertson
Judge
1938   Judge, resigned from FISA court
Ed Rogers
Government
22-Nov-1958   Republican strategist
John M. Rogers
Judge
26-Jun-1948   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Judith W. Rogers
Judge
27-Jul-1939   US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
William D. Rogers
Diplomat
12-May-1927 22-Sep-2007 Under Secretary of State, 1976-77
Francis Rooney
Business
4-Dec-1953   US Ambassador to the Vatican, 2005-08
Evans Rose
Attorney
10-Mar-1932 20-Jul-2012 Cohen & Grigsby
George Rublee
Diplomat
7-Jul-1868 26-Apr-1957 Advisor to Woodrow Wilson
Charles F. C. Ruff
Attorney
1-Aug-1939 19-Nov-2000 Clinton's impeachment attorney
Richard Samp
Activist
c. 1952   Chief counsel, Washington Legal Foundation
William B. Saxbe
Politician
24-Jun-1916 24-Aug-2010 US Attorney General, 1974-75
Tom Schatz
Activist
c. 1952   Citizens Against Government Waste
Phyllis Schlafly
Activist
15-Aug-1924   Opponent of women's liberation
John Patrick Schmitz
Government
1955   Washington lobbyist
Edward C. Schmults
Attorney
6-Feb-1931   Deputy US Attorney General, 1981-84
Pauline A. Schneider
Attorney
c. 1943   Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Mary M. Schroeder
Judge
4-Dec-1940   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Alan Sears
Activist
?   CEO, Alliance Defense Fund
William J. Sebald
Diplomat
5-Nov-1901 Aug-1980 Chief US FSO in Japan, 1947-52
Bruce M. Selya
Judge
27-May-1934   1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1986-2006
James Sharp
Attorney
1940   High-powered Washington attorney
Daniel P. Sheehan
Activist
1946   Christic Institute
John H. Shenefield
Attorney
23-Jan-1930   Morgan Lewis
Sargent Shriver
Activist
9-Nov-1915 18-Jan-2011 First Director of the Peace Corps
Gerry Sikorski
Politician
26-Apr-1948   Congressman from Minnesota, 1983-93
John Sirica
Judge
19-Mar-1904 14-Aug-1992 Watergate judge
Walter B. Slocombe
Government
23-Sep-1941   Defense analyst
Milan D. Smith, Jr.
Judge
19-May-1942   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
David Sobel
Attorney
?   EFF Senior Counsel
Arlen Specter
Politician
12-Feb-1930 14-Oct-2012 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1981-2011
James B. Steinberg
Government
7-May-1953   Deputy Secretary of State
Ted Stevens
Politician
18-Nov-1923 10-Aug-2010 US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009
Linda G. Stuntz
Attorney
c. 1954   Stuntz, Davis & Staffier
Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr.
Attorney
11-Mar-1942   Oliver North's counsel during Iran-Contra
H. Patrick Swygert
Educator
17-Mar-1943   President of Howard University, 1995-2008
Deanell Reece Tacha
Judge
26-Jan-1946   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
David S. Tatel
Judge
16-Mar-1942   US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
George Terwilliger
Attorney
5-Jun-1950   Deputy US Attorney General, 1991-93
Victoria Toensing
Pundit
16-Oct-1941   Washington lawyer
William T. Torgerson
Business
c. 1944   Vice Chairman of Pepco Holdings
Juan R. Torruella
Judge
7-Jun-1933   1st Circuit Court of Appeals
Stanley A. Twardy
Attorney
c. 1951   US Attorney for Connecticut, 1985-91
Timothy M. Tymkovich
Judge
2-Nov-1956   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
James R. Ukropina
Attorney
1937   Former Partner, O'Melveny & Myers
Guy Vander Jagt
Politician
26-Aug-1931 22-Jun-2007 Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93
A. Devitt Vanech
Attorney
26-Mar-1906 10-Sep-1967 Deputy US Attorney General, 1951-52
Christine A. Varney
Attorney
17-Dec-1955   Partner, Hogan & Hartson
Donald Verrilli, Jr.
Attorney
29-Jun-1957   US Solicitor General
Fay Vincent
Baseball
29-May-1938   Commissioner of Baseball, 1989-92
Carl W. Vogt
Attorney
20-Apr-1936   Former Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski
Peter J. Wallison
Government
6-Jun-1941   White House Counsel, 1986-87
Reggie Walton
Judge
8-Feb-1949   US District Court Judge
Ellen L. Weintraub
Government
?   US FEC Commissioner
Anthony Welters
Business
c. 1955   AmeriChoice
M. Edward Whelan III
Activist
c. 1959   Ethics and Public Policy Center
Richard E. Wiley
Attorney
20-Jul-1934   FCC Chairman, 1974-77
Wesley S. Williams, Jr.
Attorney
13-Nov-1942   Former Partner, Covington & Burling
William Winter
Politician
21-Feb-1923   Governor of Mississippi, 1980-84
Harris Wofford
Politician
9-Apr-1926   US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1991-95




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