Harmar D. Denny Jr. - (1911) - U.S. Representative (1951–1953) Q. Todd Dickinson - (1977) - former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (1999–2001); current Executive Director of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Dawne Hickton (1983) – vice chair, President, CEO of RTI International Metals James H. Duff - (1907) - Pennsylvania Governor (1947–1951), U.S. Senator (1951–1957) Charles H. Ealy - (1908) - President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate (1941–1944) Harry Allison Estep - (1913) - U.S. Representative (1927–1933) Lucy Fato - (1991) - Corporate attorney, general counsel of AIG (2017–present) Anne Feeney - (1978) - folk musician, political activist and attorney Tom Feeney - (1983) - U.S. Representative (2003–2009) Melissa Hart - (1987) - U.S. Representative (2001–2007) Orrin Hatch - (1962) - President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate and U.S. Senator (1977–2019) David J. Hickton - (1981) – staff director and senior counsel to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, director and founder of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and Security Mark R. Hornak - (1981) - Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (2011–present) K. Leroy Irvis - (1953) - First African American to serve as a speaker of the house (Pennsylvania) in any state legislature in the United States since Reconstruction. William Lerach - (1970) - Retired notable private securities class action attorney Roslyn Litman, who successfully sued the NBA on behalf of blackballed player Connie Hawkins. Susan Richard Nelson - (1978) - Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota Maryellen Noreika - (1993) - Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware Dan Onorato - (1989) - Chief executive of Allegheny County (2003–2012) Vjosa Osmani (LLM 2005, SJD 2015) - 5th President of Kosovo (2021–present) David A. Reed - (1903) - U.S. Senator (1922–1935) Edgar Snyder - (1966) - Prominent personal injury attorney, Pennsylvania "Super Lawyer" Sara Soffel - (1916) - Judge, Allegheny County Court and Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas; first woman to serve as a judge in Pennsylvania. Joseph H. Thompson (1908) - Medal of Honor Recipient, College Football Hall of Fame player and coach, Pennsylvania State Senator (1913–16) Dick Thornburgh - (1957) - Pennsylvania Governor (1979–1987),