Notable Alumni of

Gretchen Whitmer 1971–

49th Governor of Michigan

Juris Doctor · Class of 1998

Also attended: Michigan State University

Kwame Kilpatrick 1970–

Former mayor of Detroit

Also attended: Florida A&M University, Michigan State University

Brian Sims 1978–

Former Pennsylvania state representative and attorney

Also attended: Michigan State University, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Mike Bishop 1967–

Former US Representative from Michigan

Juris Doctor · Class of 1993

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Dennis Archer 1942–

67th Mayor of Detroit

Also attended: Western Michigan University

Frank Ellsworth Doremus 1865–1947

49th mayor of Detroit and U.S. representative

J. Bob Traxler 1931–2019

Michigan congressman who served ten terms

Also attended: Michigan State University

Clarence J. McLeod 1895–1959

U.S. Representative from Michigan

Also attended: University of Detroit Mercy, Cornell University

George Anthony Dondero 1883–1968

Republican U.S. Representative from Michigan

Juris Doctor · Class of 1910

Benjamin F. Gibson 1931–2021

U.S. district judge, Western District of Michigan

Juris Doctor

Also attended: Wayne State University

George Clifton Edwards Jr. 1914–1995

Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Also attended: Harvard University, Southern Methodist University

Carl M. Weideman 1898–1972

Michigan politician, judge and naval officer

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Geoffrey Fieger 1950–

Attorney and founder of Fieger Law

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Jesse Paine Wolcott 1893–1969

Michigan politician and soldier

Attended until 1915

Louis C. Rabaut 1886–1961

Democratic congressman from Michigan

Attended until 1912

Also attended: University of Detroit Mercy

Benny Napoleon 1955–2020

Former sheriff of Wayne County, Michigan

Juris Doctor

Also attended: University of Detroit Mercy

Marianne O. Battani 1944–2021

US federal district judge in Eastern Michigan

Also attended: Michigan State University

Ronald Lee Buch 1965–

Judge of the United States Tax Court

Also attended: Michigan State University, Northwood University

Thaddeus M. Machrowicz 1899–1970

US representative from Michigan and federal judge

Also attended: DePaul University

Stacy Erwin Oakes 1973–

Michigan state representative and lawyer

Also attended: Ferris State University

John DeLorean 1925–2005

Founder of DeLorean Motor Company

Also attended: Lawrence Technological University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Ivan Boesky 1937–2024

Stock trader in 1980s insider trading scandal

Bob Mann 1924–2008

Former NFL player

Willis Ward 1912–1983

Track athlete, football player and later judge

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor