Notable Alumni
Graduates of the law school number more than 8,400 and include 11 governors, in excess of 35 U.S. and state senators and representatives and scores of federal and state judges, prominent attorneys and corporate leaders. On two occasions, University of Georgia School of Law alumni have simultaneously headed all branches of state government: the last occasion was in 2002, when Roy Barnes was Governor, Norman S. Fletcher was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, Tom Murphy was Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives and Mark Taylor was President of the Georgia Senate.
Five Georgia Law graduates have served the U.S. Supreme Court as judicial clerks since 2003. Georgia Law ranks as third among public laws school for supplying clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court and 11th overall for the time period 2005-10.
- Eugene Talmadge, JD 1907 - elected Governor of Georgia four times. Staunch supporter of conservative principles and advocate of farmers.
- Herman E. Talmadge, JD 1936 - served as the 70th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1947, 1948 until 1954. Also, served as a U.S. Senator from 1956 until 1980.
- Roy Barnes, JD 1972 - served as the 80th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from January 1999 until January 2003.
- Rob Woodall, JD 1997 - is a republican in the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 7th congressional district.
- Robert Benham, JD 1970 - is the second African-American graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law and the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court of Georgia.
- Norman S. Fletcher LL.M 1958 - served as a Justice and Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of Georgia.
- Bruce P. Brown JD 1984 - served as a supreme court clerk for former Chief Justice of the United States, Warren E. Burger from 1986-1997.
- Jason T. Burnette JD 2006 - served as a supreme court clerk for current Chief Justice of the United States, John Roberts from 2007-2008.
- Anne Dupre JD 1998 - served as a supreme court clerk for the former Associate Justice of the United States, Henry Blackmun from 1989–1990 and has been a professor at the law school since 1994.
- John H. Longwell JD 1999 - served as a supreme court clerk for current Associate Justice of the United States, Stephen Breyer from 2005–2006 and former executive vice president of Infogroup, Inc.
- Merrit McAlister JD 2007 - served as a supreme court clerk for current Associate Justice of the United States, John Paul Stevens from 2007-2008.
- George Thornewell Smith JD 1948 - former lieutenant governor and justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
- Benna R. Solomon JD 1978 - served as a supreme court clerk for former Associate Justice of the United States, Byron White from 1979-1980.
- Glen M. Darbyshire JD 1984 - served as a supreme court clerk for former Associate Justice of the United States, Thurgood Marshall from 1986-1987.
- Adam Conrad JD 2005 - served as a supreme court clerk for current Associate Justice of the United States, Clarence Thomas from 2007-2007.
- Frank Hanna III, JD 1986 – entrepreneur and CEO of Hanna Capital, LLC.
- Frank W. "Sonny" Seiler, JD 1957 – prominent attorney in Savannah, Ga and owner of Uga, a line of English bulldogs that represents the mascot at the University of Georgia since the 1950s.
- Phaedra Parks, JD 1998 - entertainment attorney and current cast member on the The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
- Robert Whitlow, JD 1979 - filmmaker and writer of multiple legal thrillers, including The List.
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