Lawyers from Chicago

American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union (1857-1938)

79th United States Attorney General

86th United States Attorney General

United States Supreme Court justice (1920–2019)

American lawyer (1868–1947)

Mayor of Chicago from 2019 to 2023

John David Podesta Jr. is an American political consultant who served as Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy from 2024 to 2025, having previously served as Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation from 2022 to 2025. Podesta previously served as White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001 and counselor to President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2015. Before that, he served in the Clinton administration as White House staff secretary from 1993 to 1995 and White House deputy chief of staff for operations from 1997 to 1998.

chief justice of the United States from 1888 to 1910

American lawyer, politician and civil servant (1908-1990)

American lawyer and former banker

American politician (1874–1952)

American politician (1928-2020)

American judge and baseball commissioner (1866-1944)

American politician (1847-1902)

US Supreme Court justice from 1955 to 1971

American politician in Illinois (1936-2020)

American politician and 48th Mayor of Chicago

American politician (1870-1956)

American lawyer, social reformer, social scientist and civil rights activist (1866-1948)

American talk radio show host (1934–1984)

White House chief of staff

American politician and judge (1855-1935)

Jewish American politician (1911-2000)

Roman Catholic archbishop

American lawyer involved in the Watergate scandal (1939-2020)

American legal scholar (1943-)

American lawyer (1940–2024)

American politician (1833–1885)

American politician (1813–1896)

American judge (1923-2002)

12th Governor of Utah (1929-1990)

American lawyer

American judge and businessman (1846–1927)

Chairman, Tennessee Valley Authority and Atomic Energy Commission.

American diplomat (1888–1979)

American mayor (1862–1929)

American activist and attorney

American politician

American politician (1866–1952)

American politician

American politician (1883–1950)

Chicago alderman

American diplomat

United States attorney and former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission

American lawyer (1946–2022)

American lawyer

American politician and lawyer

American politician

American politician (1871-1948)

American politician

American distance runner (1877–1937)

American politician

American politician

American politician

American lawyer, business executive, and philanthropist

American journalist

American academic (1941–2020)

American Paralympic cyclist

Lawyer, bootlegger

American politician