Secretary of State Amy Coney Barrett, United States Supreme Court Justice Christopher "Casey" Reid Cooper, United States district court judge Richard C. Breeden, former employee, activist hedge fund manager and former SEC Chairman George W. Bush, former mail room employee; President of the United States, 2001-2009 Jean Dalby Clift, former employee, 1952–1957 Wallace Clift, former employee, 1953–1957 Ted Cruz, former employee, 1995; United States Senator, 2013–present Dillon Anderson National Security Advisor, 1955-1956 Jennifer Walker Elrod, former employee, 1994–2002; judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Peter W. Gray, founder, partner, 1840–1874 Joe R. Greenhill, former employee, of counsel; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, 1972–1982 James Wesley Hendrix, United States district court judge Robert Jordan, partner; United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 2002-2003 Rebeca Huddle, former partner; Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, 2020–present Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, United States district court judge Robert Keeton, former employee; judge and law professor Jerome H. Kern, former senior partner, founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, former CEO of Linkshare, Playboy Enterprises, and Colorado Symphony Stuart A. Levey, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence within the United States Department of the Treasury Thomas R. Phillips, current partner, retired Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court 1988–2004 Maureen Ohlhausen, current partner, former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission 2012-2018 Miller Cassidy Notable attorneys who worked at Miller Cassidy before its merger with Baker Botts included: Jamie Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General of the United States (1994–1997) Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States (2022-present); judge, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Seth P. Waxman, Solicitor General of the United States (1997–2001) References External links Law firms established in 1840 Law firms based in Houston Foreign law firms with offices in Hong Kong 1840 establishments in the Republic of Texas