Notable Alumni of

Doug Collins 1966–

12th US Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Juris Doctor · Class of 2008

Also attended: Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, University of North Georgia

William M. Daley 1948–

Former US Commerce Secretary and White House chief of staff

Also attended: Loyola University Chicago

Father: Richard J. Daley (DePaul University)

Sibling: John P. Daley (Loyola University Chicago)

Darin LaHood 1968–

U.S. Representative from Illinois

Juris Doctor · Class of 1997

Also attended: Loras College

Father: Ray LaHood (Bradley University, Spoon River College)

Femi Gbaja Biamila 1962–

Chief of Staff to Nigeria's president

Also attended: Atlanta's John Marshall Law School

Evelyn Sanguinetti 1970–

Former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

Also attended: Florida International University

Thomas W. Ewing 1935–

US Representative from Illinois

Juris Doctor · Class of 1968

Also attended: Millikin University

Lewis M. Long 1883–1957

U.S. representative from Illinois

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

John W. Cox, Jr. 1947–

Attorney and former Illinois Democratic congressman

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Platteville

George E. Sangmeister 1931–2007

US representative from Illinois

Also attended: Elmhurst University, Joliet Junior College

Roman Pucinski 1919–2002

US representative and Chicago alderman

Also attended: Northwestern University

Lee A. Daniels 1942–

Former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives

Also attended: University of Iowa

Alexander J. Resa 1887–1964

U.S. Representative from Illinois

Joe Birkett 1955–

Illinois Appellate Court Second District justice

Also attended: North Central College

Emanuel Chris Welch 1971–

Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives

Also attended: Northwestern University

Kelly M. Burke

Mayor of Evergreen Park, Illinois

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

William E. Rodriguez 1879–1970

First Hispanic member of the Chicago City Council

Thomas R. Fitzgerald 1941–2015

Former chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court

Also attended: Loyola University Chicago

Blanche M. Manning 1934–2020

United States federal district judge

Juris Doctor

Also attended: Chicago State University, Roosevelt University, University of Virginia-Main Campus

Archibald Carey, Jr. 1908–1981

Chicago lawyer, judge, politician and clergyman

Also attended: Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Illinois Institute of Technology

Charles E. Freeman 1933–2020

First African-American justice of the Illinois Supreme Court

Richard Bernard Vail 1895–1955

Businessman and U.S. Representative from Illinois

Edith S. Sampson 1898–1979

Lawyer and diplomat, first African American US delegate to UN

Mayer Eisenstein 1946–2014

Pediatrician and anti-vaccine activist

Nathan Ross

Film and television producer