(1994–2009); Associate Independent Counsel for the Iran-Contra investigation Ronald E. Nehring (1969) – Utah Supreme Court Justice (2003–2015) Zachary W. Carter (1972) – corporation counsel of New York City (2014–2019); U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York (1993–1999); first black to lead a Federal prosecutor's office in New York; leader in the 1969 takeover of Willard Straight Hall at Cornell University Peter S. Knight (1973) – Chief of Staff to Al Gore (1977–1989); Campaign Manager for re-election of Bill Clinton in 1996; President of Generation Investment Management (2004–2017) John A. Kronstadt (1973) – Los Angeles County Superior Court judge; United States District Court for the Central District of California judge Leah Ward Sears (1976) – Chief Justice (2005–2009) and Justice (1992–2005) of the Supreme Court of Georgia; first woman, African-American, and youngest person on the Supreme Court of Georgia; first woman to win a contested statewide election in Georgia Mary J. Miller (1977) – U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets (2010 – 2012); Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance (2012 - 2014); Acting United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (2013 - 2014) Joseph H. Holland (1978) – New York State Commissioner of Housing & Community Renewal (1995–1996); Cornell University trustee; son of Jerome H. Holland Bill O'Neill (1978) – New Mexico Senator (2013–present) Seth Harris (1983) – United States Deputy Secretary of Labor (2009–2014) Ruben Jose King-Shaw, Jr. (1983) – senior adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury (2003); Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2001–2003) L. Londell McMillan (1987) – entertainment attorney and leading artists' rights advocate; legal representative for Michael Jackson, Spike Lee, Lil' Kim, Prince, Usher, Kanye West, and Stevie Wonder; co-owner of New Jersey Nets; legal affairs manager for Michael Jackson Gligor A. Tashkovich (1987) – Council on Foreign Relations (1999–2004); Minister of Foreign Investment of the Republic of Macedonia (2006–2008) Robin S. Rosenbaum (1988) – United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit since 2 June 2014. Alison J. Nathan (1994) – United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; Associate White House Counsel; law clerk to Associate Justice John Paul Stevens on the United States Supreme Court Uzo Asonye (2002) – Deputy Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption office at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia; lead