Law Clerks

Supreme Court Clerks for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Justice O'Connor hired four law clerks per year during her time as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. Each clerk serves for one year and completes critical legal work, including researching the background behind cases, making recommendations and arguments on how they should be decided, and writing drafts of opinions. Click on any one of them below to see more information, including a list of opinions by Justice O'Connor during the term they worked at the Court.

Simon A. Steel

COURT TERM (OT): 1995
NOTABLE LATER ROLE(S): Attorney, Dentons Law; Special Counsel for Global Competition, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Sean W. Gallagher

COURT TERM (OT): 1995
NOTABLE LATER ROLE(S): Attorney, BartlitBeck

Gretchen C. Rubin

COURT TERM (OT): 1995
NOTABLE LATER ROLE(S): New York Times bestselling author

William J. Nardini

COURT TERM (OT): 1996
NOTABLE LATER ROLE(S): Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2019-Present)

Brian M. Hoffstadt

COURT TERM (OT): 1996
NOTABLE LATER ROLE(S): Justice, California Court of Appeals, Division Two

Patricia L. Small (Bellia)

COURT TERM (OT): 1996
NOTABLE LATER ROLE(S): William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School

Rebecca A. Beynon

COURT TERM (OT): 1996
NOTABLE LATER ROLE(S): Partner, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick

Lisa Kern Griffin

COURT TERM (OT): 1997
NOTABLE LATER ROLE(S): Candace M. Carroll and Leonard B. Simon Professor of Law, Duke University

Matthew F. Stowe

COURT TERM (OT): 1997
NOTABLE LATER ROLE(S): Of Counsel, Paul Hastings (Washington, DC)

Silvija A. Strikis

COURT TERM (OT): 1997
NOTABLE LATER ROLE(S): Partner, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick

Srikanth Srinivasan

COURT TERM (OT): 1997
NOTABLE LATER ROLE(S): Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2013-Present); Principle Deputy Solicitor General of the United States (2011-2013)

Michael A. Scodro

COURT TERM (OT): 1998
NOTABLE LATER ROLE(S): Partner, Mayer Brown