20th-century American lawyers

Curtis LeRoy Hansen (April 18, 1933 – October 27, 2023) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

James Louis Browning Jr. (December 8, 1932 – January 12, 2016) was a California jurist. He served as United States Attorney for the Northern District of California from 1969 to 1977 and later as a municipal, then state judge. He was the lead prosecutor in the sensational case that sent newspaper heiress Patty Hearst to prison in 1976.

Ben G. Slater was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

John Manning Cavey (May 30, 1907 – November 7, 1982) was an American politician and lawyer. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

John C. McBride (September 16, 1908 – July 20, 1979) was an American politician who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.

Lawrence W. Timmerman (1910–2003) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

William F. Double (June 10, 1910 – December 28, 1996) was an American lawyer and politician.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Double went to Ripon College, Marquette University, and received his law degree from Marquette University Law School. Double served in the Wisconsin National Guard and the Temporary Coast Guard Reserve. Double practiced law, worked as a lobbyist, and was involved with the banking business. Double served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1939 to 1944 and was a Republican. Double died in Mequon, Wisconsin.

Dick Yin Wong (September 13, 1920 – December 26, 1978) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Nathan Green Gordon (September 4, 1916 – September 8, 2008) was an American lawyer, politician, and decorated naval aviator. A Democrat, he served as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas for ten terms, from 1947 to 1967. As a United States Navy officer in World War II, he received the U.S. military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for rescuing the crews of several downed airplanes.

Cordell D. Meeks Sr. (September 25, 1914 – December 8, 1987) was the first black District Court judge in Kansas.