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