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Notable Alumni

More than 6,000 WVU Law Alumni form a legal community that spans the globe.

The following are some notable WVU Law alumni, past and present:

Stephanie D. Thacker — Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Robert B. King — Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Jon D. Levy — Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine

Richard A. Robinson — Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court

Irene Keeley — Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia 

John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. — Judge (senior status), U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Tim Armstead — Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia

Haley Bunn — Justice, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia

Margaret L. Workman — Justice, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (ret.)

Dwane L. Tinsley — Magistrate Judge, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Thomas B. Bennett — Former Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama

H. Marshall Jarrett — Former Director for the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice

William J. Ihlenfeld II — Special Counsel, Bowles Rice LLP; former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of West Virginia

Thomas E. Johnston —  Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Frank W. Volk — Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Kai Scott — Judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 

Thomas Kleeh — Judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia

Stephen B. Farmer — Farmer, Cline & Campbell PLLC

Charles M. Love III — Partner, Bowles Rice LLP

Scott Segal — Partner, The Segal Law Firm

Robert M. Steptoe Jr. — Member, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

John Chambers — former CEO of Ciscso Systems, Inc.

Marty Becker — former CEO & President, Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd.

Ola Adekunle — Patent Counsel, Google

Gene Irisari — Head of Semiconductor Policy, Samsung

Robert C. Skaggs Jr. — President & CEO, NiSource Inc.

Kelly Tomblin — CEO, El Paso Electric

Marilyn McClure-Demers — VP, Associate General Counsel, Nationwide

Roslyn Clark Artis — President of Benedict College 

Steven A. Ailes (1912-2001) — Secretary of the U.S. Army; President of the Association of American Railroads

Joseph S. Farland (1914-2007) — U.S. Ambassador to Iran, Pakistan, Panama, Dominican Republic

Philander C. Knox (1853-1921) — U.S. Attorney General, Secretary of State

ONCE A MOUNTAINEER, ALWAYS A MOUNTAINEER.

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