List of Levin College of Law graduates
Fredric G. Levin College of Law established in 1909
This list of Levin College of Law graduates includes notable recipients of one or more academic law degrees (LL.B., J.D., LL.M.) from the Levin College of Law, the law school of the University of Florida, located in Gainesville, Florida. (For a list of notable alumni of the University of Florida's other academic divisions, see List of University of Florida alumni.)
Government[]
United States Senators[]
Spessard Holland
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Charles O. Andrews | U.S. Senator (1936–46) |
| Lawton Chiles | U.S. Senator (1971–89) |
| Spessard Holland | U.S. Senator (1946–71) |
| George Smathers | U.S. Senator (1951–69) |
United States Representatives[]
Marjorie Holt
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Charles Edward Bennett | U.S. Representative (1949–93) |
| Michael Bilirakis | U.S. Representative (1983–2007) |
| Bill Chappell | U.S. Representative (1969–89) |
| Ander Crenshaw | U.S. Representative (2001–2017) |
| Jim Davis | U.S. Representative (1997–2007) |
| Sam Gibbons | U.S. Representative (1963–97) |
| Syd Herlong | U.S. Representative (1967–69) |
| Marjorie Holt | U.S. Representative (1973–87) |
| Harry Johnston | U.S. Representative (1989–97) |
| Bill Lantaff | U.S. Representative (1951–55) |
| Buddy MacKay | U.S. Representative (1983–89) |
| Chester B. McMullen | U.S. Representative (1951–53) |
| J. Hardin Peterson | U.S. Representative (1933–51) |
| Paul Rogers | U.S. Representative (1955–79) |
| Joe Scarborough | U.S. Representative (1995–2001); Host of Morning Joe (2007–present); former host of Scarborough Country (2003–07) |
Lawton Chiles
Governors[]
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Reubin O'Donovan Askew | Governor of Florida (1971–79) |
| Lawton Chiles | Governor of Florida (1991–98) |
| Spessard Holland | Governor of Florida (1941–45) |
| Buddy MacKay | Governor of Florida (1998–99) |
Judiciary[]
United States Court of Appeals judges[]
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Rosemary Barkett | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| Susan H. Black | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| Peter T. Fay | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| Robert J. Luck | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| S. Jay Plager | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| John M. Bryan Simpson | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
United States District Court judges[]
| Alumni | District | Years of service | Prior position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winston Arnow | United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida | 1967–1994 (known for presiding over the Gainesville Eight trial) | private practice |
| Sidney Aronovitz | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1976–1997 | Miami city commissioner |
| C. Clyde Atkins | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1966–1999 | Private practice |
| John L. Badalamenti | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 2020–present | DCA judge |
| William J. Barker | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1966–1999 | Circuit court judge |
| William J. Castagna | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 1979–1992 | Private practice |
| Anne C. Conway | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 1991–present | Private practice |
| Roy B. Dalton Jr. | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 2011–present | Private practice |
| Brian J. Davis | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 2013–present | Circuit court judge |
| Edward B. Davis | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1979–2000 | Private practice |
| William Dimitrouleas | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1998–present | Public Defender, State Attorney |
| Joe Oscar Eaton | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1982–2008 | Circuit court judge |
| Patricia C. Fawsett | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 1986–present | Private practice |
| Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr. | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1978–1996 | Circuit court judge |
| William Terrell Hodges | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 1971–present | Private practice |
| Charlene Honeywell | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 2009–present | Circuit court judge |
| Marcia Morales Howard | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 2007–present | Private practice |
| Paul Huck | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 2000–present | Private practice |
| James W. Kehoe | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1979–1998 | Circuit court judge |
| James Lawrence King | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1970–present | Circuit court judge |
| Ben Krentzman | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 1967–1998 | Private practice |
| Richard A. Lazzara | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 1997–present | DCA judge |
| William McRae | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 1962–1973 | Private practice |
| William O. Mehrtens | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1965–1975 | Private practice |
| Howell W. Melton | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 1977–2015 | Circuit court judge |
| Steven D. Merryday | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 1992–present | Private practice |
| Stephan P. Mickle | United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida | 1998–present | Circuit court judge |
| David L. Middlebrooks | United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida | 1969–1974 | Private practice |
| Donald M. Middlebrooks | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1997–present | General Counsel to Florida Governor Reubin O'Donovan Askew |
| Kathryn Kimball Mizelle | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 2020–present | Private practice |
| James S. Moody, Jr. | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 2000–present | Circuit court judge |
| Ralph Wilson Nimmons, Jr. | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 1991–2003 | Circuit court judge |
| Maurice M. Paul | United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida | 1982–2016 | Circuit court judge |
| Gregory A. Presnell | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 2000–present | Private practice |
| John Richard Smoak, Jr. | United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida | 2005–present | Private practice |
| Eugene P. Spellman | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1979–1991 | State attorney, private practice |
| Ursula Mancusi Ungaro-Benages | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1992–present | Circuit court judge |
| George Whitehurst | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1950–1961 | Circuit court judge |
| George C. Young | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 1962–2015 | Private practice |
| Mark E. Walker | United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida | 2012–present | Circuit court judge |
| Allen C. Winsor | United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida | 2019–present | DCA judge |
Florida Supreme Court[]
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Alto L. Adams | Florida Supreme Court (1940–51), chief justice (1949–51) |
| James C. Adkins | Florida Supreme Court (1969–87), chief justice (1974–76) |
| Harry Lee Anstead | Florida Supreme Court (1994–2009), chief justice (2002–04) |
| Raymond Ehrlich | Florida Supreme Court (1981–90), chief justice (1988–90) |
| Richard Ervin | Florida Supreme Court (1964–75), chief justice (1969–71) |
| Stephen H. Grimes | Florida Supreme Court (1987–96), chief justice (1994–96) |
| Jorge Labarga | Florida Supreme Court (2009–present), chief justice (2014–present) |
| Parker Lee McDonald | Florida Supreme Court (1979–94), chief justice (1986–88) |
| Stephen C. O'Connell | Florida Supreme Court (1955–67), chief justice (1967) |
| Ben F. Overton | Florida Supreme Court (1974–99), chief justice (1976–78) |
| Harold Sebring | Florida Supreme Court (1943–55), chief justice (1951–53) |
| B. Campbell Thornal | Florida Supreme Court (1955–70), chief justice (1965–67) |
| Charles T. Wells | Florida Supreme Court (1994–2009), chief justice (2000–02) |
Political figures[]
Lucius Battle
Carol Browner
Jim Davis
Bill McCollum
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| James C. Adkins | Political reapportionment of the state of Florida |
| Reubin O'Donovan Askew | United States Trade Representative (1979–81), candidate for President of the United States during the 1984 election |
| DuBose Ausley | Chairman of the Florida Board of Regents (1981–83) |
| Ed Austin | Mayor of Jacksonville (1991–95) |
| Lucius D. Battle | U.S. Ambassador to Egypt |
| Carol Browner | EPA Administrator (1993–2001); director of White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy (2009–present) |
| Skip Campbell | Florida Senate (1998–2006) |
| Jim Davis | Candidate for Governor of Florida (2006) |
| John Delaney | Former mayor of Jacksonville (1995–2003) |
| Paul Rand Dixon | Former chairman of Federal Trade Commission (1961–69) |
| Buddy Dyer | Mayor of Orlando (2003–present) |
| Richard Ervin | Former Florida Attorney General (1949–64) |
| Mark S. Fowler | Former chairman of Federal Communications Commission (1981–87) |
| Dan Gelber | Florida Senate (2008–present) |
| Baya M. Harrison Jr. | Desegregated the State University System of Florida |
| Mallory Horne | Former president of Florida Senate |
| Jeff Kottkamp | Former Lieutenant Governor of Florida (2007–11) |
| James W. Kynes | Former Florida Attorney General (1964–65) |
| Buddy Mackay | Former Lieutenant Governor of Florida (1991–98) |
| Bill McBride | Candidate for Governor of Florida (2002) |
| Bill McCollum | Former Florida Attorney General (2007–11) |
| Jose Rodriguez Jr. | Former Director of the National Clandestine Service (2004–07) |
| Frederick H. Schultz | Former vice chairman of Federal Reserve System (1979–82) |
| Bruce Smathers | Former Florida Secretary of State (1975–78) |
| Rod Smith | Florida Senate (2000–06), candidate for Governor of Florida (2006) |
| Francis Suarez | Mayor of Miami (2017–present) |
| Donald L. Tucker | U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic |
| Marc Warren | Current administrator with the Federal Aviation Administration |
| Craig Waters | Spokesman for Florida Supreme Court during 2000 presidential election controversy |
Academic administrators[]
College and university presidents[]
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Edythe M. Abdullah | Essex County College, 2010–present |
| George F. Baughman | New College of Florida, 1960–1965 |
| Marshall Criser | University of Florida, 1984–1989 |
| Harold Crosby | University of West Florida, 1964–1974; Florida International University, 1976–1979 |
| Sandy D'Alemberte | Florida State University, 1994–2003 |
| John Delaney | University of North Florida, 2003–present; Chancellor of the State University System of Florida |
| Ray F. Ferrero Jr. | Nova Southeastern University, 1997–2009 |
| Robert Lindgren | Randolph-Macon College, 2006–present |
| Stephen C. O'Connell | University of Florida, 1967–1973 |
| Rev. Kevin O’Brien, S.J. | President-Designate, Santa Clara University, 2019 |
| W. Reece Smith, Jr. | University of South Florida, 1976–1977 |
American Bar Association[]
Martha Barnett
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Martha Barnett | President of the American Bar Association, 2000–2001 |
| Sandy D'Alemberte | President of the American Bar Association, 1991–1992 |
| Chesterfield Smith | President of the American Bar Association, 1973–1974 |
| W. Reece Smith, Jr. | President of the American Bar Association, 1980–1981 |
| Stephen N. Zack | President of the American Bar Association, 2010–2011 |
Attorneys[]
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| W. George Allen | First African-American to graduate from UF school of law |
| James Bopp | Conservative lawyer |
| Kelly Hyman | President of the Federal Bar Association in Palm Beach County, Florida |
| Fredric G. Levin | Namesake of the Levin College of Law; prominent figure in tobacco litigation; current chairman of Levin Papantonio law firm[1] |
| Howell W. Melton Jr. | Current managing partner of Holland & Knight |
| John Morgan | Current attorney and founder of personal injury firm |
| Dorothy Clay Sims | Successfully defended Casey Anthony; expert cross-examiner |
| Rod Smith | Successfully prosecuted Danny Rolling; former candidate for Governor of Florida |
| Clifford A. Wolff | Litigator and television commentator |
Miscellaneous[]
Other[]
Joe Scarborough
Frank Shorter
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Philip Agee | Former operative for the Central Intelligence Agency |
| John F. Bolt | Former pilot for the United States Marine Corps, awarded the Navy Cross |
| Dana Bullen | Former director of the Press Freedom Committee (1981–96), former foreign editor of The Washington Star |
| John J. Considine | Senior minister for the Unity Church (1998–present); former member of Florida House of Representatives |
| Marshall Criser | Former Chairman of Scripps Florida |
| Brad Culpepper | Former NFL football player with the Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears |
| J. J. Daniel | Publisher of The Florida Times-Union (1976–82) |
| Charles W. Dorman | Retired Marine Corps brigadier general; chief judge for the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals |
| Michael George Dupee | Winner of the 1996 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions |
| Richard Grayson | Current writer, political activist, and performance artist |
| George Greer | Judge who presided over the Terri Schiavo case |
| James Grippando | Novelist and lawyer |
| Michael Heekin | Founding COO of WebMD; former associate dean of the Florida State University College of Law |
| Edgar C. Jones | University of Florida athletic director (1930–36), Florida Gators football player (1923–25) |
| Lewis Landes | United States Army colonel and lawyer |
| Maud Newton | Current writer, blogger and book reviewer |
| John L. Parker, Jr. | Author of the novels Once a Runner and Again to Carthage, former Florida Gators track and field athlete |
| Howard Roffman | President of Lucas Licensing (1999–present) |
| Harold Sebring | Former head coach of Florida Gators football team (1925–27), judge at Nuremberg Trials (1946–47), dean of Stetson University College of Law (1955–68) |
| Leland C. Shepard Jr. | Former brigadier general for the United States Air Force |
| Frank Shorter | Former chairman of United States Anti-Doping Agency, Olympic marathon gold medalist at 1972 Summer Olympics |
| Terry Smiljanich | Former counsel for the United States Senate |
| Mac Stipanovich | Republican lobbyist who had a large role in the 2000 Florida Recount |
| Harold W. Youmans Sr. | Colonel, US Army, Psychological Operations and Civil Affairs pioneer; publicly noted for Special Operation actions[2] during Operation Just Cause; Special Master, Hillsborough County, FL, 1996–2009 |
References[]
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- Lists of people by university or college in Florida
- Fredric G. Levin College of Law alumni