Not only are Mason’s School of Law alumni elected to office and appointed to government positions, they also serve the greater good as state and federal judges. The following lists current and past judges who graduated from the School of Law.
State Judges
Leslie M. Alden ’83
Fairfax [Virginia] County Circuit Court
Cynthia Georgette Angelos ’82
Former Chief Judge, 19th Judicial Circuit, Florida
J. Gregory Ashwell ’82
Fauquier County [Virginia] Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Penney Azcarate ’98
Fairfax [Virginia] General District Court
Thomas H. Bateman ’81
Leon County [Florida] Judge (Retired 2009)
Avelina S. Belardi Jacob ’78
20th Judicial District, Fauquier County [Virginia] Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Watson P. Berich ’86
Administrative Judge, New Jersey Division of Workers Compensation
Randall M. Blow ’82
Virginia Beach [Virginia] Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Jan Brodie ’86
Fairfax [Virginia] County Circuit Court
Pamela Brooks ’92
Loudoun County [Virginia] Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, 20th Judicial Circuit
Kimberly J. Daniel ’81
Chief Judge, Fairfax County [Virginia] Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court
George M. DePolo ’77
Commonwealth of Virginia 31st Judicial District Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court
Lisa (Bondareff) Kemler ’84
Alexandria City [Virginia] Circuit Court
Kurt D. Krueger ’78
General District Court, 2nd Judicial Circuit, Butte, Montana
Dan Leedy, BA Government and Politics ’80
County Court at Law Judge, Austin County, Texas
Helen Leiner ’84
Fairfax County [Virginia] Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court
Thomas J. Love ’81
District Court of Maryland, Prince Georges County
Marc Macaron ’80
District Court Judge, 2nd Judicial District, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Lisa A. Mayne ’85
Fairfax County [Virginia] General District Court
James Minor Jr. ’82
Fairfax County (Retired) General District Court (Retired)
Patricia M. (Goldberg) Mitchell ’80
District Court of Maryland, Montgomery County
Nicholas Moraites JD ’06, LLM ’07
Commonwealth of Virginia, Supreme Court of Virginia
Dennis J. Murphy ’83
Circuit Court Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Dade County
Mitchell Mutnick ’83
Fairfax [Virginia] General District Court
H. David O’Donnell ’81
County of Rockingham [Virginia] Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court
Eileen O’Kane ’80
Administrative Law Judge, State of California/State Compensation Insurance Fund
Horace A. Revercomb ’77
15th Judicial District, King George, Virginia (Retired)
T. Arthur Ritchie Jr. ’87
District Court Judge State of Nevada, 8th Judicial District Court
James J. Rowe ’77
Circuit Judge, West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Anne Bonnie Shockley ’85
Virginia Beach [Virginia] Circuit Court
Susan Sinrod ’88
Administrative Law Judge, Maryland State Government Office of Administrative Hearings
Jonathan Thacher ’80
Fairfax [Virginia] Circuit Court
Susan M. Tripp ’89
Marion County [Oregon] Circuit Court
Robert M. D. Turk ’83
Montgomery Circuit Court, 27th Circuit of Virginia
David L. Welch ’81
Monroe [Indiana] Circuit Court VI
L. Timothy Wilson ’85
Administrative Law Judge, State of Missouri
Federal Judges
Lance Barry ’88
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Philip Baten ’80
Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Medicare Hearings
Diane E. Bobowski ’88
Administrative Law Judge, Social Security Administration
Walter J. Brudzinski ’80
Administrative Law Judge, Social Security Administration
John M. Bryant ’77
U.S. Immigration Court
Rae Chamberlain ’82
Administrative Law Judiciary
Jonathan Daniel Dowell ’80
U.S. Immigration Judge
John F. Edwards ’87
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Michael R. Fleming ’86
Chief Administrative Patent Judge, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Anne Greer ’92
Bureau of Immigration Appeals
David G. Hatfield ’84
Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Social Security Administration
Jean Homere ’03
Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Ellan R. Hylton ’85
Appeals Judge, Social Security Administration
Robert S. Johnson (’89)
Administrative Appeals Judge, U.S. Social Security Administration
John C. Kerins ’88
Administrative Patent Judge, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Clausen J. Krzywicki ’87
Administrative Appeals Judge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Joseph F. Leary ’77
Administrative Law Judge, Social Security Administration
Stuart Levy ’80
Former Administrative Patent Judge, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Matthew Malone ’92
U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Hearings and Appeals
Sally Medley ’98
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Demetra Mills ’88
Administrative Patent Judge, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Interference
Mark Nagumo ’96
Administrative Patent Judge, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Liam O’Grady ’77
U.S. District Court for the ED of Virginia
Linda Goldman Overton ’87
Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Renee Pelletier ’80
Veterans’ Law Judge, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
David O. Philips ’84
Administrative Appeals Judge, Social Security Administration
Grace Sease ’87
Immigration Judge, U.S. Department of Justice
Kevin F. Turner ’98
Administrative Patent Judge, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
M. Susan Wiley ’86
Administrative Appeals Judge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Richard L. Young ’80
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana