List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 10)

Law clerks have assisted Supreme Court Justices in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in the 1880s. By the traditions and rules that have developed around this procedure today Associate Justices on the Supreme Court of the United States have the opportunity to select four law clerks each term of the court. The Chief Justice is allowed five clerks, though late Chief Justice Rehnquist usually only hired three.

The following is a still-incomplete table of Supreme Court law clerks who served the Justice holding Seat 10.

* The names of Justices who are active (as of Justice Samuel Alito's appointment on January 31, 2006) are in bold.

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justice=Pierce Butler
begin=January 2, 1923
end=November 16, 1939SCOTUS clerk
name=John F. Cotter
started=1923
ended=1929
school-yr=Columbus
prev-clerk=

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justice=Frank Murphy
begin=February 5, 1940
end=July 19, 1949SCOTUS clerk
name=John J. Adams
started=1940
ended=1941
school-yr=Michigan (1940)
prev-clerk=noneSCOTUS clerk
name=John H. Pickering
started=1941
ended=1943
school-yr=Michigan (1940)
prev-clerk=noneSCOTUS clerk
name=Eugene Gressman
started=1943
ended=1948
school-yr=Michigan (1940)
prev-clerk=none

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justice=Tom C. Clark
begin=August 24, 1949
end=June 12, 1967SCOTUS clerk
name=Vester T. Hughes
started=1952
ended=1953
school-yr=Harvard (1952)
prev-clerk=noneSCOTUS clerk
name=Cecil Wray
started=1959
ended=1960
school-yr=Yale (1959)
prev-clerk=none

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justice=Thurgood Marshall
begin=October 2, 1967
end=October 1, 1991SCOTUS clerk
name=Lewis Sargentich
started=1970
ended= 1971
school-yr=Harvard (1970)SCOTUS clerk
name=Paul Gewirtz
started=1971
ended= 1972
school-yr=Yale (1970)
prev-clerk=Frankel

SCOTUS clerk
name=Barbara Underwood
started=1971
ended= 1972
school-yr=Georgetown (1969)
prev-clerk=BazelonSCOTUS clerk
name=Louis Michael Seidman
started=1972
ended= 1973
school-yr=Harvard (1971)
prev-clerk=WrightSCOTUS clerk
name=Mark Tushnet
started=1972
ended= 1973
school-yr=Yale (1972)
prev-clerk=NoneSCOTUS clerk
name=Ira M. Feinberg
started=1973
ended= 1974
school-yr=Harvard (1972)
prev-clerk=WrightSCOTUS clerk
name=William C. Bryson
started=1974
ended=1975
school-yr=Texas (1973)
prev-clerk=FriendlySCOTUS clerk
name=Douglas H. Ginsburg
started=1974
ended= 1975
school-yr=Chicago (1973)
prev-clerk=McGowanSCOTUS clerk
name=Karen Hastie Williams
started=1974
ended=1975
school-yr=Columbus (1973)
prev-clerk=SCOTUS clerk
name=Gregory L. Diskant
started=1975
ended= 1976
school-yr=Columbia (1974)
prev-clerk=WrightSCOTUS clerk
name=Ellen M. Semenoff
started=1976
ended= 1977
school-yr=Harvard (1975)
prev-clerk=SCOTUS clerk
name=Robert N. Weiner
started=1978
ended= 1979
school-yr=Yale (1977)
prev-clerk=FriendlySCOTUS clerk
name=Cass Sunstein
started=1979
ended= 1980
school-yr=Harvard (1978)
prev-clerk=Kaplan (Mass.)SCOTUS clerk
name=Philip P. Frickey
started=1979
ended= 1980
school-yr=Michigan (1978)
prev-clerk=WisdomSCOTUS clerk
name=Stephen L. Carter
started=1980
ended= 1981
school-yr=Yale (1979)
prev-clerk=RobinsonSCOTUS clerk
name=John Siciliano
started=1980
ended= 1981
school-yr=Columbia (1979)
prev-clerk=FeinbergSCOTUS clerk
name=Martha Minow
started=1980
ended= 1981
school-yr=Yale (1979)
prev-clerk=BazelonSCOTUS clerk
name=Stephen I. Glover
started=1981
ended= 1982
school-yr=Harvard (1980)
prev-clerk=WrightSCOTUS clerk
name=Kenneth W. Simons
started=1981
ended= 1982
school-yr=Michigan (1978)
prev-clerk=OakesSCOTUS clerk
name=David B. Wilkins
started=1981
ended= 1982
school-yr=Harvard (1980)
prev-clerk=FeinbergSCOTUS clerk
name=Bruce Green
started=1982
ended= 1983
school-yr=Columbia (1981)
prev-clerk=OakesSCOTUS clerk
name=Randall Kennedy
started=1983
ended= 1984
school-yr=Yale (1982)
prev-clerk=WrightSCOTUS clerk
name=William W. Fisher III
started=1983
ended= 1984
school-yr=Harvard (1982)
prev-clerk=EdwardsSCOTUS clerk
name=Howell Jackson
started=1983
ended= 1984
school-yr=Harvard (1982)
prev-clerk=NewmanSCOTUS clerk
name=Walter Kamiat
started=1984
ended= 1985
school-yr=Stanford (1983)
prev-clerk=WrightSCOTUS clerk
name=Nicole Seligman
started=1984
ended= 1985
school-yr=Harvard (1983)
prev-clerk=EdwardsSCOTUS clerk
name=Richard Revesz
started=1984
ended= 1985
school-yr=Yale (1983)
prev-clerk=FeinbergSCOTUS clerk
name=Richard Pildes
started=1984
ended= 1985
school-yr=Harvard (1983)
prev-clerk=MikvaSCOTUS clerk
name=Daniel Richman
started=1985
ended= 1986
school-yr=Yale (1984)
prev-clerk=FeinbergSCOTUS clerk
name=Jonathan Weinberg
started=1985
ended= 1986
school-yr=Columbia (1983)
prev-clerk=R.GinsburgSCOTUS clerk
name=Paul Mahoney
started=1985
ended= 1986
school-yr=Yale (1984)
prev-clerk=WinterSCOTUS clerk
name=Rebecca Brown
started=1985
ended= 1986
school-yr=Georgetown (1984)
prev-clerk=RobinsonSCOTUS clerk
name=Eben Moglen
started=1986
ended= 1987
school-yr=Yale (1985)
prev-clerk=WeinfeldSCOTUS clerk
name=Elena Kagan
started=1987
ended= 1988
school-yr=Harvard (1986)
prev-clerk=MikvaSCOTUS clerk
name=Harry P. Litman
started=1987
ended=1988
school-yr=Berkeley (1986)
prev-clerk=MikvaSCOTUS clerk
name=Carol S. Steiker
started=1987
ended= 1988
school-yr=Harvard (1986)
prev-clerk=WrightSCOTUS clerk
name=Paul A. Engelmayer
started=1988
ended= 1989
school-yr=Harvard (1987)
prev-clerk=WaldSCOTUS clerk
name=Michael Vatis
started=1989
ended= 1990
school-yr=Harvard (1988)
prev-clerk=R. GinsburgSCOTUS clerk
name=Elizabeth Garrett
started=1989
ended= 1990
school-yr=UVA (1988)
prev-clerk=S. WilliamsSCOTUS clerk
name=Dan M. Kahan
started=1990
ended= 1991
school-yr=Harvard (1989)
prev-clerk=EdwardsSCOTUS clerk
name=Michael Davis
started=1990
ended= 1991
school-yr=Harvard (1989)
prev-clerk=OakesSCOTUS clerk
name=Scott Brewer
started=1990
ended= 1991
school-yr=Yale (1989)
prev-clerk=EdwardsSCOTUS clerk
name=Sheryll D. Cashin
started=1990
ended= 1991
school-yr=Harvard (1989)
prev-clerk=Mikva

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justice=Clarence Thomas
begin=October 23, 1991
end=presentSCOTUS clerk
name=Gregory G. Katsas
started=1991
ended=1992
school-yr=Harvard (1989)
prev-clerk=Becker/ThomasSCOTUS clerk
name=Christopher Landau
started=1991
ended=1992
school-yr=Harvard (1989)
prev-clerk=Thomas/ScaliaSCOTUS clerk
name=Gregory E. Maggs
started=1991
ended=1992
school-yr=Harvard (1988)
prev-clerk=Sneed/KennedySCOTUS clerk
name=Stephen R. McAllister (shared with White)
started=1991
ended=1992
school-yr=Kansas (1988)
prev-clerk=Posner/White(twice)SCOTUS clerk
name=Arnon D. Siegel
started=1991
ended=1992
school-yr=Yale (1988)
prev-clerk=Patterson (S.D.N.Y.)/ThomasSCOTUS clerk
name=Steven G. Bradbury
started=1992
ended=1993
school-yr=Michigan (1988)
prev-clerk=BuckleySCOTUS clerk
name=Jim Chen
started=1992
ended=1993
school-yr=Harvard (1991)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Dan Himmelfarb
started=1992
ended=1993
school-yr=Yale (1990)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Laura A. Ingraham
started=1992
ended= 1993
school-yr=UVA (1991)
prev-clerk=WinterSCOTUS clerk
name=Karl M. Tilleman (shared with Burger)
started=1992
ended=1993
school-yr=BYU (1990)
prev-clerk=NoonanSCOTUS clerk
name=Allison Hartwell Eid
started=1993
ended=1994
school-yr=Chicago (1991)
prev-clerk=J. SmithSCOTUS clerk
name=James E. Gauch (shared with Burger)
started=1993
ended=1994
school-yr=Chicago (1989)
prev-clerk=D. A. NelsonSCOTUS clerk
name=Eric C. Nelson
started=1993
ended=1994
school-yr=Yale (1992)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Patrick F. Philbin
started=1993
ended=1994
school-yr=Harvard (1992)
prev-clerk=SilbermanSCOTUS clerk
name=Stephen F. Smith
started=1993
ended=1994
school-yr=UVA (1992)
prev-clerk=SentelleSCOTUS clerk
name=Eric A. Grant (shared with Burger)
started=1994
ended= 1995
school-yr=Berkeley (1990)
prev-clerk=E. JonesSCOTUS clerk
name=Thomas R. Lee
started=1994
ended= 1995
school-yr=Chicago (1991)
prev-clerk=WilkinsonSCOTUS clerk
name=Caleb E. Nelson
started=1994
ended=1995
school-yr=Yale (1993)
prev-clerk=S. WilliamsSCOTUS clerk
name=Saikrishna B. Prakash
started=1994
ended= 1995
school-yr=Yale (1993)
prev-clerk=SilbermanSCOTUS clerk
name=John C. Yoo
started=1994
ended= 1995
school-yr=Yale (1992)
prev-clerk=SilbermanSCOTUS clerk
name=Gregory S. Coleman
started=1995
ended=1996
school-yr=Texas (1992)
prev-clerk=E. JonesSCOTUS clerk
name=Laurie Allen Gallancy (Mullig)
started=1995
ended=1996
school-yr=Chicago (1990)
prev-clerk=D. GinsburgSCOTUS clerk
name=Craig S. Primis
started=1995
ended=1996
school-yr=Harvard (1994)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Helgi C. Walker
started=1995
ended=1996
school-yr=UVA (1994)
prev-clerk=WilkinsonSCOTUS clerk
name=Brendan P. Cullen
started=1996
ended=1997
school-yr=Stanford (1995)
prev-clerk=SilbermanSCOTUS clerk
name=John C. Eastman
started=1996
ended=1997
school-yr=Chicago (1995)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Erik S. Jaffe
started=1996
ended=1997
school-yr=Columbia (1990)
prev-clerk=D. GinsburgSCOTUS clerk
name=Michael E. O'Neill
started=1996
ended=1997
school-yr=Yale (1990)
prev-clerk=SentelleSCOTUS clerk
name=Arthur S. Long
started=1997
ended=1998
school-yr=Harvard (1993)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Carl J. Nichols
started=1997
ended=1998
school-yr=Chicago (1995)
prev-clerk=SilbermanSCOTUS clerk
name=Wendy E. Stone (Long)
started=1997
ended=1998
school-yr=Northwestern (1995)
prev-clerk=WinterSCOTUS clerk
name=John F. Wood
started=1997
ended=1998
school-yr=Harvard (1995)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Nicole Stelle Garnett
started=1998
ended=1999
school-yr=Yale (1995)
prev-clerk=M. ArnoldSCOTUS clerk
name=Eric J. Kadel
started=1998
ended=1999
school-yr=Virginia (1997)
prev-clerk=SilbermanSCOTUS clerk
name=Patrick L. O'Daniel
started=1998
ended=1999
school-yr=Texas (1992)
prev-clerk=GarwoodSCOTUS clerk
name=Peter B. Rutledge
started=1998
ended=1999
school-yr=Chicago (1997)
prev-clerk=WilkinsonSCOTUS clerk
name=Steven T. Cottreau
started=1999
ended=2000
school-yr=NYU (1998)
prev-clerk=WilkinsonSCOTUS clerk
name=C. Kevin Marshall
started=1999
ended=2000
school-yr=Chicago (1998)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Kristen L. Silverberg
started=1999
ended=2000
school-yr=Texas (1996)
prev-clerk=SentelleSCOTUS clerk
name=Sanford I. Weisburst
started=1999
ended=2000
school-yr=Chicago (1998)
prev-clerk=SilbermanSCOTUS clerk
name=Jonathan F. Cohn
started=2000
ended=2001
school-yr=Harvard (1997)
prev-clerk=O'ScannlainSCOTUS clerk
name=Kathryn L. Comerford (Todd)
started=2000
ended=2001
school-yr=Harvard (1999)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Eric D. Miller
started=2000
ended=2001
school-yr=Chicago (1999)
prev-clerk=SilbermanSCOTUS clerk
name=Ann M. Scarlett
started=2000
ended=2001
school-yr=Kansas (1999)
prev-clerk=BowmanSCOTUS clerk
name=Matthew B. Berry
started=2001
ended=2002
school-yr=Yale (1997)
prev-clerk=SilbermanSCOTUS clerk
name=Sigal P. Mandelker
started=2001
ended=2002
school-yr=Penn (2000)
prev-clerk=E. JonesSCOTUS clerk
name=Neomi J. Rao
started=2001
ended=2002
school-yr=Chicago (2000)
prev-clerk=WilkinsonSCOTUS clerk
name=Margaret A. Ryan
started=2001
ended=2002
school-yr=Notre Dame (1995)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Victoria Dorfman
started=2002
ended=2003
school-yr=Harvard (2001)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Adam K. Mortara
started=2002
ended=2003
school-yr=Chicago (2001)
prev-clerk=HigginbothamSCOTUS clerk
name=David R. Stras
started=2002
ended=2003
school-yr=Kansas (2001)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Emin Toro
started=2002
ended=2003
school-yr=UNC (2001)
prev-clerk=HendersonSCOTUS clerk
name=Richard M. Corn
started=2003
ended=2004
school-yr=Chicago (2002)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=John A. Eisenberg
started=2003
ended=2004
school-yr=Yale (2002)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Diane L. McGimsey
started=2003
ended=2004
school-yr=Berkeley (2002)
prev-clerk=WilkinsonSCOTUS clerk
name=Hannah Clayson Smith
started=2003
ended= 2004
school-yr=BYU (2001)
prev-clerk=AlitoSCOTUS clerk
name=Jennifer L. Koester
started=2004
ended=2005
school-yr=Yale (2003)
prev-clerk=E. GarzaSCOTUS clerk
name=Martha M. Pacold
started=2004
ended=2005
school-yr=Chicago (2002)
prev-clerk=Randolph/BybeeSCOTUS clerk
name=Jeffrey B. Wall
started=2004
ended=2005
school-yr=Chicago (2003)
prev-clerk=WilkinsonSCOTUS clerk
name=Henry C. Whitaker
started=2004
ended=2005
school-yr=Harvard (2003)
prev-clerk=SentelleSCOTUS clerk
name=Chantel Febus
started=2005
ended=2006
school-yr=GW (2002)
prev-clerk=Lamberth (D.D.C.) / E. JonesSCOTUS clerk
name=James C. Ho
started=2005
ended=2006
school-yr=Chicago (1999)
prev-clerk=J. SmithSCOTUS clerk
name=John M. Hughes
started=2005
ended=2006
school-yr=Chicago (2004)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Ashley E. Johnson
started=2005
ended=2006
school-yr=Vanderbilt (2004)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=John Adams
started=2006
ended=2007
school-yr=UVA (2003)
prev-clerk=SentelleSCOTUS clerk
name=David Bragdon
started=2006
ended=2007
school-yr=UVA (2002)
prev-clerk=S. WilliamsSCOTUS clerk
name=Adam Conrad
started=2006
ended=2007
school-yr=Georgia (2005)
prev-clerk=SentelleSCOTUS clerk
name=Brandt Leibe
started=2006
ended=2007
school-yr=Yale (2005)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Eric McArthur
started=2007
ended=
school-yr=Chicago (2005)
prev-clerk=LuttigSCOTUS clerk
name=Carrie Severino
started=2007
ended=
school-yr=Harvard (2004)
prev-clerk=SentelleSCOTUS clerk
name=Heath Tarbert
started=2007
ended=
school-yr=Penn (2001)
prev-clerk=D. GinsburgSCOTUS clerk
name=Leila K. Thompson
started=2007
ended=
school-yr=NYU (2005)
prev-clerk=Lamberth (D.D.C.) / SentelleSCOTUS clerk
name=William S. Consovoy
started=2008
ended=
school-yr=GMU (2001)
prev-clerk=E. JonesSCOTUS clerk
name=Claire Evans
started=2008
ended=
school-yr=Rutgers - Camden (2002)
prev-clerk=Simandle (D.N.J.) / Chertoff / SentelleSCOTUS clerk
name=Jennifer Mascott
started=2008
ended=
school-yr=GW (2006)
prev-clerk=KavanaughSCOTUS clerk
name=Patrick Strawbridge
started=2008
ended=
school-yr=Creighton (2004)
prev-clerk=M. ArnoldSCOTUS clerk
name=Marah C. Stith
started=2009
ended=
school-yr=Yale (2006)
prev-clerk=O'Scannlain

References

Margaret E. Tahyar 1988 Columbia (1987) Bork