Donald L. Tucker, former U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives A. Vernon Weaver, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union United States Senators Charles O. Andrews, former U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles, former U.S. Senator and Florida governor John Porter East, former U.S. Senator (North Carolina) Bob Graham, former U.S. Senator, Florida governor, and U.S. Presidential Candidate William Luther Hill, former U.S. Senator Spessard Holland, former U.S. Senator and Florida governor, founder of Holland & Knight Connie Mack III, former U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative Bill Nelson, former U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative Marco Rubio, current U.S. Senator, and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives George A. Smathers, former U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, and benefactor of the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida Federal Judges Sidney Aronovitz, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) C. Clyde Atkins, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) William J. Barker, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) Rosemary Barkett, current judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), former justice of the Florida Supreme Court Susan H. Black, current judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), former judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) Beth Bloom, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) William J. Castagna, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) Anne C. Conway, current chief judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) Roy B. Dalton Jr., current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) Brian J. Davis, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) Edward B. Davis, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) William Dimitrouleas, current judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) Joe Oscar Eaton, former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) Patricia C. Fawsett, current senior judge for the U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida) Peter T. Fay, current senior judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), former judge for the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) Charles B. Fulton, former chief judge of the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida), 1966–1977 Alan Stephen Gold, current judge for the U.S. District Court