List of University of Florida Levin College of Law graduates
Introduction Fredric G. Levin College of Law established in 1909This '''list of University of Florida 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===Ander CrenshawMarjorie 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 (1994–2013) Susan H. Black  United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (1992–2011, Senior judge 2011–present) Peter T. Fay  United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1976–81), United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (1981–94, Senior judge 1994–2021) Robert J. Luck United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2019–present) S. Jay Plager  United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1989–2000, Senior judge 2000–present) John M. Bryan Simpson  United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1966–1975, Senior judge 1975–1981), United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Senior judge 1981–1987) ===United States District Court judges=== Alumni District Years of service Prior position Winston Arnow United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida 1967–94 (presided over the Gainesville Eight trial) Private practice Sidney Aronovitz United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 1976–97 Miami city commissioner C. Clyde Atkins United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 1966–99 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 1966–99 Circuit court judge William J. Castagna United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 1979–92 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 1978–96 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 1979–98 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 1967–98 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 1962–73 Private practice William O. Mehrtens United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 1965–75 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 1969–74 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 1979–91 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 1950–61 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===Stephen C. O'Connell 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 BattleCarol BrownerJim DavisBill McCollum Alumni Notability 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 (1964–67) Carol Browner EPA Administrator (1993–2001); director of White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy (2009–present) Ferrin C. Campbell Florida House of Representatives (1951–1955), Florida Senate (1963–1965) Skip Campbell Florida Senate (1998–2006) Jim Davis Candidate for Governor of Florida (2006) John Delaney Mayor of Jacksonville (1995–2003) Paul Rand Dixon Chairman of Federal Trade Commission (1961–69) Buddy Dyer Mayor of Orlando (2003–present) Richard Ervin Florida Attorney General (1949–64) Mark S. Fowler 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 President of Florida Senate (1973–74) Jeff Kottkamp Lieutenant Governor of Florida (2007–11) James W. Kynes Florida Attorney General (1964–65) Buddy Mackay Lieutenant Governor of Florida (1991–98) Bill McBride Candidate for Governor of Florida (2002) Bill McCollum Florida Attorney General (2007–11) Jose Rodriguez Jr. Director of the National Clandestine Service (2004–07) Frederick H. Schultz Vice chairman of Federal Reserve System (1979–82) Bruce Smathers 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 Special U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Marc Warren Deputy Chief Counsel for the Federal Aviation Administration (2010–12, later served a second time) Craig Waters Spokesman for Florida Supreme Court during 2000 presidential election controversy*J. Dudley Goodlette (born 1948), politician and lawyer
Academic administrators ===College and university presidents===Sandy D'Alemberte Alumni Notability Edythe M. Abdullah Essex County College (2010–present) George F. Baughman New College of Florida (1960–65) Marshall Criser University of Florida (1984–89) Harold Crosby University of West Florida (1964–74); Florida International University (1976–79) 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 (1967–73)Rev. Kevin O’Brien, S.J.President-Designate, Santa Clara University (2019) W. Reece Smith, Jr. University of South Florida (1976–77)
American Bar Association Martha Barnett Alumni Notability Martha Barnett President of the American Bar Association (2000–01) Sandy D'Alemberte President of the American Bar Association (1991–92) Chesterfield Smith President of the American Bar Association (1973–74) W. Reece Smith, Jr. President of the American Bar Association (1980–81) Stephen N. Zack President of the American Bar Association (2010–11)
Attorneys  Alumni Notability James Bopp  Conservative lawyer Fredric G. Levin Namesake of the Levin College of Law; prominent figure in tobacco litigation; co-founded (1955) Levin Papantonio Law Firm Howell W. Melton Jr. Current managing partner of Holland & Knight John Morgan Current attorney and founder of Morgan & Morgan 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 Joe ScarboroughFrank ShorterTerry Smiljanich Alumni Notability Philip Agee Operative for the Central Intelligence Agency (1960–1968), author ''Inside the Company: CIA Diary'' John F. Bolt United States Marine Corps pilot (1941–1962), awarded the Navy Cross; after USMC, enrolled (with his son) and graduated Florida College of Law Dana Bullen Director of the Press Freedom Committee (1981–96), foreign editor of ''The Washington Star'' John J. Considine Senior minister for the Unity Church (1998–present); member of Florida House of Representatives Brad Culpepper NFL football player (1992–2000) with the Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears J. J. Daniel Publisher of ''The Florida Times-Union'' (1976–82) Charles W. Dorman Marine Corps brigadier general (1974–2006); chief judge for the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals Michael George Dupee Winner of the 1996 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions Richard Grayson Writer, political activist, and performance artist George Greer Florida Sixth Circuit Court Judge (1992–2010) who presided over the Terri Schiavo case; County commissioner  for Pinellas County (1984–1992) James Grippando Lawyer and writer, including legal/scholarly (1989–2008) and fiction (1994–present) Edgar C. Jones University of Florida athletic director (1930–36), Florida Gators football player (1923–25) Lewis Landes United States Army colonel (action in WWI and WWII) and lawyer Maud Newton Writer, blogger and book reviewer (born 1971) John L. Parker, Jr. Florida Gators track and field runner (1966–1972), author including ''Once a Runner'' (1978) Howard Roffman President of Lucas Licensing, a subsidiary of Lucasfilm (1999–2012, senior advisor thereafter) Harold Sebring 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. United States Air Force Brigadier general, served in 	World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War Frank Shorter Chairman of United States Anti-Doping Agency, Olympic marathon gold medalist at 1972 Summer Olympics Terry Smiljanich Counsel for the United States Senate in 1987 Iran–Contra Hearings, co-founder (1983) of James, Hoyer, Newcomer & Smiljanich, P.A. Mac Stipanovich Republican lobbyist who had a large role in the 2000 Florida Recount
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