Established in 1962, each year the Society inducts new alumni members, as well as a faculty member and public member, on the basis of extraordinary achievement and dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession.
Society of Benchers Inductees
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Jennifer Lawry Adams '96
Bryan Adamson '90
Stanley Adelstein '46*
Jonathan H. Adler
Bruce Alexander '39*
Quentin Alexander '45*
Carolyn Watts Allen '72
Joseph J. Allotta ‘72
James L. Amerman 1906*
Fletcher Reed Andrews 1925*
Oakley V. Andrews '65*
Lawrence E. Apolzon ‘82
Nan Aron '73
George N. Aronoff '58
Charles Ault '51*
David Auston*
Brent D. Ballard '85
Jordan Band '48*
Richard B. Barker 1929*
John Barkley 1914*
Frank E. Barnett '36*
John Baskin '40*
Colleen Rest Batcheler '98
John Beard '35*
Daniel M. Belden '42*
Harold K. Bell '34*
Lawrence M. Bell '61
Michael Anthony Benoit '93
Robert C. Bensing*
Keith Benson '47*
Michael J. Benza '92
Jessica Berg
James H. Berick '58
Joseph Berne 1908*
Sheldon I. Berns '60
Ralph M. Besse*
Justin Bibb '18
Allen B. Bickart '56*
James L. Bildner ‘79
Benjamin Boer 1917*
Ernest Bohn '1926*
Nicole E. Braden Lewis ‘01
Katherine Diane Brandt '89
Ann Amer Brennan
David L. Brennan '57*
Stephen J. Brogan
John Duff Brown '69
Gary L. Bryenton '65*
Lisle M. Buckingham 1919*
Coleman P. Burke '70*
Thomas Burke 1923*
John H. Burlingame*
John R. Burton '40*
J. Philip Calabrese
John Calfee '38*
Nicholas Calio '78
Thomas James Callahan '85
Nancy H. Canary
Sumner Canary 1927*
Margaret Anne Cannon '73
Angela G. Carlin '55
Mary Ann Carlson '75
James Carney, Sr. '41*
William Marvin Carter, Jr. '98
Manning E. Case '41*
William V. Cawley '55*
Inajo D. Chappell
Douglas W. Charnas ‘78
Gerald B. Chattman '67*
Richard A. Chenoweth '48*
Michael Griffin Cherkasky '75
Laura Chisolm '81*
Paul K. Christoff '50*
Mario C. Ciano '68
Daniel Thomas Clancy '62
Paul Clarke 1926*
Ronald J. Coffey
David R. Cohen '91
Ralph Colbert 1930*
Dr. H. Alberta Colclaser '36*
Ralph D. Cole, Jr. '39*
Frederick M. Coleman*
David Cooper Comstock, Sr. '59
Michele L. Connell '03
James P. Conway*
John Conway '42*
Peter F. Coogan '39*
Joseph F. Cook, Sr. '52*
Colleen Conway Cooney '81
John T. Corrigan '51*
John V. Corrigan '48*
Martin Lindsey Cowen*
Frederick K. Cox '38*
Maurice S. Culp '31*
Jennifer Cupar ‘98
Mara E. Cushwa '90
Richard Cusick '55
Michael Allen Cyphert '73
William R. Daley 1917*
Rebecca Frank Dallet '94
Anthea Rena Daniels '89
Luke Lucien Dauchot '86
Leroy B. Davenport 1913*
Kenneth Boone Davis, Jr. '74
Jack G. Day*
Rufus Day, Jr. '35*
Victor DeMarco '33*
Steven M. Dettelbach
Clinton DeWitt 1912*
Jack T. Diamond '83
Lincoln Rafael Diaz-Balart '79
James C. Diggs '73
Matthew Dolan '90
Gillum H. Doolittle 1908*
Robert Brayden Downing '79
Arthur W. Doyle 1917*
John D. Drinko*
Leslie Dunn '75
Lee J. Dunn, Jr. '70*
Melvyn R. Durchslag
David Carr Dvorak '91
Sherman Dye '40*
Michelle Denise Earley '99
Harry L. Eastman 1913*
Daneil Ekelman '52*
David J. Elk '64
Stephen Ellis '72
George K. C. Ellsworth '31*
Jonathan Entin
J. Martin Erbaugh '73*
Roscoe M. Ewing 1912*
Larry B. Faigin '68*
Harold Fallon '33*
Wendall Falsgraf 1928*
William Falsgraf ‘58
Marvin Feldman '55*
Rhonda S. Ferguson '94*
Natalie K. Finn '72
Lee I. Fisher '76
Arthur W. Fiske '33*
Hon. Charles E. Fleming ‘90
David Ford 1921*
Seabury H. Ford 1925*
Clarence E. Fox '49*
Austin Thomas Fragomen, Jr. '68
Carl D. Friebolin 1899*
Harold E. Friedman '59*
*Deceased
Leon Gabinet*
Bill Gagliano '80
Samuel Gaines 1923*
Timothy A. Garry '61*
Timothy F. Geisse ‘84
Ernest Gellhorn*
Peter M. Gerhart*
John Gherlein '80
John Gherlein '51*
Paul C. Giannelli
William H. Gillie 1906*
James J. Gilvary '54*
Robert E. Glaser
Brig. Gen. James Gleason '31*
Frances Floriano Goins '77
Gerald S. Gold '54*
Bernard S. Goldfarb '40*
William Goldfarb '56*
Michelle Ya-Ling Gon '85
Bernard Goodman '60
David S. Goodman
Jonathan Gordon
James D. Graham '95
Alvin L. Gray '51*
Fred D. Gray '54
Ben C. Green 1930*
Eliot P. Green '83
Roe Green
Lillian J. Greene '74*
Daniel M. Gribbon '38*
Burt W. Griffin
Mark Griffin '94
Lynn B. Griffith, Sr. 1914*
Raymond E. Griffiths '57*
Jerome Paul Grisko, Jr. '87
Erwin N. Griswold*
Herbert Griswold '47*
David Michael Grodhaus '84
Jon Groetzinger, Jr.
Joan M. Gross '76
Marie C. Grossman '71
Margaret Jean Grover ‘83
Martin James Gruenberg '79
Amos Neuser Guiora '85
Richard E. Guster '55*
Philmore Haber 1917*
James C. Hagy '78
Edgar Hahn 1903*
Charles E. Hallberg '77
Maurice Hanning 1919*
Ayesha B. Hardaway '04
Mary Ann Harlan '85
Charles D. Harmon '40*
Sara J. Harper '52
Katherine Hatton '80
Thomas A. Heffernan ‘64
Owen Heggs, Jr. '67*
Jill Friedman Helfman '87
Thomas J. Herbert 1920*
Jeffrey M. Herman ‘85
Karl Herold '72*
B. Jessie Hill
Dr. Sharona Hoffman '17
Allen C. Holmes*
Laura Kingsley Hong '85
David J. Hooker
Clinton M. Horn 1911*
Michael J. Horvitz
Darrell R. Hottle '47*
Valissa Turner Howard '07
Lee C. Howley '35*
Roger Y. K. Hsu '64*
Joseph Francis Hubach '83
Dr. Edward M. Hundert
Oscar A. Hunsicker 1922*
Christopher H. Hunter '89
Frank Hurd '39*
Susan Metzenbaum Hyatt '81
Patricia Marcus Inglis '77
Gerald Milton Jackson '71
Perry Jackson 1922*
T. Lamar Jackson 1918*
Sidney B. Jacoby*
Harry Jaffe '33*
Susan Stevens Jaros '73
Norman S. Jeavons '58*
Erik M. Jensen
Kimya Johnson '02
Candace Jones '92
Helen H. Jones '45*
Kelly Grigsby Jones ‘95
Nathaniel R. Jones*
Stephanie Tubbs Jones '74*
Theodore W. Jones '51*
Jean C. Kalberer '81*
Girard E. Kalbfleisch*
Arjun Kampani '98
Edward Kancler '64
Kurt Karakul '79
Lewis R. Katz
Steven S. Kaufman ‘75
John H. Kellogg 1917*
Christopher M. Kelly
Eric Kennedy '80
R. Steven Kestner
Fred Kidder '50*
Catherine Mary Kilbane '87
Henry King, Jr.*
James M. Klein '69
Allan Kleinman '52*
Lawrence Knecht '36*
Stephen John Knerly, Jr. '76
Jane Kober '74
James Frederick Koehler '73
Margery Beth Koosed '74
Donald L. Korb '73
Gerald Korngold
Juliet Pendelton Kostritsky
Charles R. Kowal ‘78
Herschel Kozlov '72
Mark R. Kramer
Byron Krantz '62*
Karl Krastin '34*
Eugene A. Kratus
William Kraus '34*
Alvin Krenzler '48*
Marvin L. Krichman '38*
Everett H. Krueger '47*
Blanche Krupansky '48*
Robert Krupansky '48*
David Steven Kurtz '79
David Alan Kutik '80
John Ladd '1930*
Thomas J. LaFond '66
James Thompson Lang '89
Barbara Ann Langhenry '87
Dale C. LaPorte '66
Marvin Laronge 1928*
William B. Lawrence '70
Robert P. Lawry
S. Michael Lear ‘88
Wilbur Leatherberry '68
George A. Leet '46*
Donald E. Lefton '55
James A. Levin '79
Herbert B. Levine '54*
John F. Lewis*
Robert Lewis '48*
Judith Lipton
Ralph Locher '39*
Frederick M. Lombardi '62
Paul Lovejoy '81*
John E. Lynch, Jr. '77
*Deceased
Michael K. Magness '73
Rita Ann Maimbourg '81
John Michael Majoras '86
George L. Majoros, Jr. '86
Joel A. Makee '69*
Nancy C. Marcus ‘97
Jeffery Martin Mallamad '79
Ernest P. Mansour '55*
Kenneth R. Margolis '76
Jules Markowitz '51*
Milton A. Marquis '84
Capricia P. Marshall '90
Mel J. Massey '52*
Maud E. Mater '72
Rosemary Ann McCarney
Patrick F. McCartan*
William C. McConico '99
John James McConnell, Jr. '83
Christopher G. McCracken '77
Robert G. McCreary, III '76
Robert McCreary, Jr. '49*
Kevin David McDonald '78
James W. McElhaney*
George L. McGaughey, Jr. '75*
Thomas Frederick McKee '75
Rush McKnight '55*
Kevin C. McMunigal
Laura McNally
Harley McNeal '36*
Edward Mearns, Jr.*
Maxwell J. Mehlman
George Meisel '43*
Patricia Mell '78
Arthur C. Mentall '36*
Kathryn Lynn Mercer '83
Marc Bryan Merklin '84
Gale S. Messerman
Gerald A. Messerman '61
Thomas Mester ‘69
Barry M. Meyer '67
Harvey O. Mierke 1915*
Ivan Miller '38*
Tanya F. Miller '99
Karen Greve Milton ‘81
Karen Nelson Moore
Pat E. Morgenstern-Clarren '77
Charles Morris 1905*
E. Clark Morrow '33*
George J. Moscarino '58*
George M. Moscarino '83
Robert Moss '33*
Thomas J. Moyer*
John Thomas Mulligan '74
R. Kenneth Mundy '57*
Thomas Murphy '50*
Fredrick S. Myers '48*
Dale A. Nance
Frederick R. Nance
Jacquelyn Nance ‘92
Craig A. Nard
Spencer Neth*
Hal H. Newell '47*
Dimitri John Nionakis '91
Forrest A. Norman '54*
Marshall Nurenberg '53
Stephen M. O'Bryan '69
Matthew C. O'Connell '83
Anthony Joseph O'Malley '84
Kathleen McDonald O'Malley '82
M. Patricia Oliver '80
Solomon Oliver, Jr.
Ivan L. Otto '62
William S. Paddock '69
David L. Parham '74
Richard N. Patterson '71
Benita Y. Pearson
Frank Pelton 1906*
John A. Pendergrass '79
Miller Pennell 1913*
Deborah Pergament ‘98
Dominic V. Perry '80
Stephen John Petras '79
James M. Petro '73
Herbert E. Phipps '71
Sidney Picker, Jr.*
Albert Pickus '58*
Raymond Carl Pierce '83
Richard W. Pogue
Geralyn Marie Presti '88
John Pyke 1930*
John S. Pyle '74
Agnar Pytte*
Laura Green Quatela '82
Mary Ann Rabin '78*
David V. Ragone*
Col. Ron Rakowsky '69
Phillip Ranney '61*
Robert N. Rapp '72
Christopher Michael Rassi ‘03
Judith Harris Rawson '76
Robert H. Rawson, Jr.
Deborah Z. Read
Kip Reader '74
Peter Reed 1925*
Robert Philip Reffner '77
Robert S. Reitman '58
Richard Renkert '50*
Charles R. Richey '48*
Alan E. Riedel '55*
Shawn Michael Riley '86
Cassandra B. Robertson
William "Bud" P. Rogers, Jr. ‘78
Jan L. Roller '79
Dean Paul Rose
James D. Roseman '72
Robert Joseph Rotatori '62
Benjamin F. Roth 1918*
Daniel Benjamin Roth '56
Ann C. Rowland '76
Robert M. Rybolt '38*
James Ryhal '52*
*Deceased
Suzanne Kleinsmith Saganich '86
Edmund Albert Sargus, Jr. '78
William B. Saxbe*
David B. Saxe '66
David Schaefer '74
Michael Scharf
Earl Schneider '32*
Carlton B. Schnell*
Oliver C. Schroeder, Jr. '38*
Eugene Schwartz '34*
Joseph M. Sellers
Melanie Ann Shakarian '03
Morris G. Shanker*
Jay Shapiro '80
Isaac W. Sharp 1913*
Calvin W. Sharpe*
Hewitt B. Shaw '80
Marilyn E. Shea-Stonum '75
Roger Lee Shumaker '76
Peter Sikora '80*
Gary J. Simson
David Sindell '32*
Edwin Z. Singer '55*
John Slagter '91
John Smeltz '48*
Barbara J. Smith '77
Vincent K. Smith 1920*
William T. Smith '56*
Barbara R. Snyder
Leslie Crocker Snyder '66
Randall Lee Solomon '73
Loren E. Souers '40*
Erich Lawson Spangenberg '85
Joseph F. Spaniol, Jr. '51
Leo Michael Spellacy '59*
Lawrence C. Spieth 1907*
R. Thomas Stanton
Leonard Roy Stein-Sapir '63*
Judith Steiner '87
Arthur Steinmetz '51*
Thomas C. Stevens
Lawrence E. Stewart '50*
Melody J. Stewart
Louis Stokes*
Robert Davis Storey '64
Norman Alfred Sugarman '40*
Ronald Suster '67*
Mark F. Swary '73
William Talley, Jr. '83*
Francis Talty '46*
Patricia Anne Thomas '51*
William K. Thomas*
Jesse Thompson 1906*
Louis A. Toepfer*
J. Bret Treier '85
Carla M. Tricarichi '82
Robert J. Triozzi '82
Jacob M. Ulmer 1908*
Myron Ulrich '36*
Charles Vanik '36*
Richard Harold Verheij '83
M. Catherine Vernon '93
Leila L. Vespoli '84
Malcolm B. Vilas 1918*
George V. Voinovich*
David F. Walbert '72
William Wallace '55*
Suzanne Elise Walsh '97
Paul Walter '32*
William M. Warren '52*
Frederick A. Watkins '68
James Weeks 1923*
David Simon Weil, Jr. '70
Mark Alan Weinberger '87
Sherwood Weiser '55*
Fred Weisman '51*
Jerome F. Weiss '71
Kristine Marie Wellman '95
John R. Werren '61
William L. West 1929*
Carl V. Weygandt 1918*
John D. Wheeler '64
George White '60*
Paul White '50*
Alton W. Whitehouse, Jr.*
Walter Whitlach '33*
Jerry F. Whitmer '60
Mary K. Whitmer '75
John Whitney '50*
Richard B. Whitney '73
Douglas Wick '46*
John Wilharm, Jr. '60
Hazel Martin Willacy '76
James R. Willis ‘52
Lewis I. Winarsky ‘72
Marshall J. Wolf '67
Margaret Louise Wolff '79
Ann H. Womer Benjamin '78
Margaret W. Wong
James Russell Wooley '82
John David Wright 1929*
Odette V. Wurzburger*
Bennett Yanowitz '49*
Don J. Young '34*
Kevin M. Young '85
Miles J. Zaremski '73
Andrew Aaron Zashin '93
Bingham Zellmer '36*
Charles B. Zellmer '72
Harold Ziegler 1924*
William Ziegler '55*
Larry William Zukerman '85
*Deceased