List of University of Miami School of Law alumni explained

This is a list of notable alumni of the University of Miami School of Law, the law school of the University of Miami, located in Coral Gables, Florida.

Judiciary

Federal courts

• Tamara W. Ashford (LL.M.), United States Tax Court judge^[1]
• Ted Cabot (LL.B. 1953), United States District Court Judge^[2]
• A. Jay Cristol (J.D. 1959), U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida Chief Judge Emeritus^[3]
• Alan Stephen Gold (LL.M. 1974), United States District Court Judge^[4]
• John A. Houston (J.D. 1977), United States District Court Judge^[5]
• Adalberto Jordan (J.D. 1987), Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit^[6]
• Jose E. Martinez (J.D. 1965), United States District Court Judge^[7]
• Federico A. Moreno (J.D. 1978), Chief United States District Court Judge^[8]
• Lenore Carrero Nesbitt (LL.B. 1957), United States District Court Judge^[9]
• Robin S. Rosenbaum (J.D. 1991), United States Circuit Court Judge for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals^[10]
• Kenneth Ryskamp (J.D. 1956), United States District Court Judge^[11]
• Thomas E. Scott, Jr. (J.D. 1972), United States District Court Judge^[12]
• Kathleen M. Williams (J.D. 1982), United States District Court Judge^[13]
• Beth F. Bloom (J.D. 1988), United States District Court Judge^[14]
• Melissa J. Damian (J.D. 1995), United States District Court Judge^[15]
• Paul G. Hyman Jr. (J.D. 1977), United States Bankruptcy Court Judge^[16]
• Laurel M. Isicoff (J.D. 1982), United States Bankruptcy Court Judge^[17]
• John James O'Sullivan (J.D. 1985), United States Magistrate Judge^[18]
• Jonathan Goodman (J.D. 1983), United States Magistrate Judge^[19]
• Alicia M. Otazo-Reyes (J.D. 1991), United States Magistrate Judge^[20]
• Patrick M. Hunt (J.D. 1985), United States Magistrate Judge^[21]

State courts

• Joseph A. Boyd Jr. (LL.B. 1948), Florida Supreme Court Justice from 1969-1987, Chief Justice from 1984-1986
• Gerald Kogan (LL.B. 1955), Florida Supreme Court Justice from 1987-1998, Chief Justice from 1986-1988^[22]
• R. Fred Lewis (J.D. 1972), Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (1998–Present)^[23]
• Ed Newman (J.D. 1987), National Football League All-Pro football player, and County Court Judge in Miami, Florida
• Ian Richards (J.D. 2002), County Court Judge of Florida's 17th Judicial Circuit

Non-United States courts

• Doris König (M.C.L. 1982), vice president, Federal Constitutional Court of Germany

Government and politics

Federal officials

• Sue McCourt Cobb (J.D. 1972), former U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica and former Florida Secretary of State^[24]
• Charles D. Michel (J.D. 1992), 30th Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, first career judge advocate in any of the Armed Forces to achieve four-star rank.^[25]
• Reince Priebus (J.D. 1998), 27th White House Chief of Staff, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee^[26]
• Gregg Wenzel (J.D. 1994), former Central Intelligence Agency operative

Members of U.S. Congress

• Pat Cannon (LL.B. 1931), United States Representative (1939-1947)^[27]
• Dante Fascell (LL.B. 1938), United States Representative (1955-1993), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (1983-1993)^[28]
• Joe Garcia (J.D. 1991), United States Representative (2013–2015)^[29]
• Tom Rooney (J.D. 1998), United States Representative (2009–2019)^[30]
• Marco Rubio (J.D. 1996), United States Senator (2011–present)^[31]

State and local administration

• Manny Diaz (J.D. 1980), former Mayor of the City of Miami^[32]
• Daryl Jones (J.D. 1987), former member, Florida Senate, Florida House of Representatives^[33]
• Alex Penelas (J.D. 1985), former Mayor of Dade County, Florida
• Maria Sachs (J.D. 1978), former member, Florida Senate, Florida House of Representatives^[34]

Foreign officials

• Dean Barrow (LL.M. 1981), former Prime Minister of Belize (2008-2020)^[35]

Private practice

• Roy Black (J.D. 1967), criminal defense attorney^[36]
• Nancy Chemtob (J.D. 1990), founder, Chemtob, Moss, Forman & Beyda^[37]
• Lindsey Halligan (2013), insurance lawyer and lawyer for Donald Trump
• Reince Priebus (J.D. 1998), 27th White House Chief of Staff, president and chief strategist for Michael Best and Friedrich LLP^[38]
• Robert H. Traurig (J.D. 1950), founder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP^[39]
• Olga Vodolazschi (LL.M.2014), founder, OV Law Group, LLC^[40]

Business

• James J. Greco (J.D. 1983), former president and CEO, Sbarro^[41]
• Andrew Heiberger (J.D. 1993), founder, owner, and CEO, Buttonwood Development and Town Residential^[42]
• Jeffrey Martin (J.D. 1992), chairman and CEO of Sempra Energy^[43]
• Lisa Song Sutton, businesswoman, real estate investor, attorney, former Miss Nevada United States and former congressional candidate^[44]
• Horacio E. Gutierrez (J.D. 1998), general counsel of Microsoft, Spotify and The Walt Disney Company.

Sports

• Ed Lynch (J.D. 1991), professional baseball player, coach and executive^[45]
• Ken Pavia, former sports agent, founder of MMAagents Sports Agency, and the former CEO of India's first MMA Super Fight League^[46]
• Ed Rubinoff (born 1935), tennis player
• Marc Trestman (J.D. 1983), former University of Miami football assistant coach, former head coach of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League^[47]

Other

• Henry N. Butler (1982), Dean of George Mason University's Antonin Scalia School of Law
• Xavier Cortada (J.D. 1991), artist^[48]
• Patricia Ireland (J.D. 1975), former president of the National Organization for Women^[49]
• Carolyn Lamm, former president of the American Bar Association^[50]
• Larry R. Leiby (J.D. 1973), commercial arbitrator^[51]
• Paul Levine (J.D. 1973), novelist, author of legal thrillers
• Barbara Parker (J.D.), mystery writer.
• Ana Maria Polo (1987), Hispanic television arbitrator on Caso Cerrado^[52]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tamara Ashford. Vanderbilt University. 28 May 2017.
2. Web site: Ted Cabot. Federal Judicial Center. 20 March 2014.
3. Web site: A. Jay Cristol. miami.edu. 20 March 2014.
4. Web site: Alan Stephen Gold. Federal Judicial Center. 20 March 2014.
5. Web site: John A. Houston. Federal Judicial Center. 24 March 2014.
6. Web site: Adalberto Jordan. Federal Judicial Center. 24 March 2014.
7. Web site: Jose E. Martinez. Federal Judicial Center. 24 March 2014.
8. Web site: Federico A. Moreno. Federal Judicial Center. 24 March 2014.
9. Web site: Lenore Carrero Nesbitt. Federal Judicial Center. 24 March 2014.
10. Web site: Robin S. Rosenbaum. United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. 6 October 2014.
11. Web site: Kenneth Ryskamp. Federal Judicial Center. 25 March 2014.
12. Web site: Thomas E. Scott, Jr. Federal Judicial Center. 25 March 2014.
13. Web site: Kathleen M. Williams. Federal Judicial Center. 25 March 2014.
14. Web site: Beth Bloom . 2024-11-30 . Ballotpedia . en.
15. Web site: Melissa Damian . 2024-11-30 . Ballotpedia . en.
16. Web site: Paul G. Hyman . 2024-11-30 . Ballotpedia . en.
17. Web site: Westlund . Richard . Chief Judge Laurel M. Isicoff, J.D. '82: A Leader in Bankruptcy . 2024-11-30 . news.miami.edu . en.
18. Web site: John O'Sullivan (Florida) . 2024-11-30 . Ballotpedia . en.
19. Web site: Jonathan Goodman . 2024-11-30 . Ballotpedia . en.
20. Web site: Alicia Otazo-Reyes . 2024-11-30 . Ballotpedia . en.
21. Web site: Patrick M. Hunt . 2024-11-30 . Ballotpedia . en.
22. Web site: Gerald Kogan. floridasupremecourt.org. 24 March 2014.
23. Web site: R. Fred Lewis. floridasupremecourt.org. 24 March 2014.
24. Web site: Sue McCourt Cobb. .state.gov. 20 March 2014.
25. Web site: Charles D. Michel. U.S. Coast Guard. 29 August 2015.
26. Web site: Reince Priebus. NPR. 28 May 2017.
27. Web site: Pat Cannon. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . 20 March 2014.
28. Web site: Dante Fascell. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . 20 March 2014.
29. Web site: Joe Garcia. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . 20 March 2014.
30. Web site: Tom Rooney. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . 24 March 2014.
31. Web site: Marco Rubio. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . 25 March 2014.
32. Web site: Manny Diaz. citymayors.com. 20 March 2014.
33. Web site: Daryl Jones. myfloridahouse.gov. 24 March 2014.
34. Web site: Maria Sachs. myfloridahouse.gov. 25 March 2014.
35. Web site: Dean Barrow. Belize National ICT Center. 18 March 2014.
36. Web site: Roy E. Black . University of Miami.
37. Web site: Nancy Chemtob, JD '90, Heads Largest Matrimonial Law Firm in New York. University of Miami School of Law. July 6, 2012.
38. Web site: Priebus says he will rejoin his Wisconsin law firm . Politico. October 24, 2017.
39. Web site: Robert H. Traurig. 2 November 2014.
40. Web site: Vodolazschi Olga Vodolazschi. 2 November 2014.
41. Web site: James J. Greco. Paul . Frumkin . . February 1, 2012.
42. Web site: Andrew Heiberger . The New York Times. July 10, 2011 . limited.
43. Web site: Chief Executive Officer. www.businessroundtable.org. en. 2019-06-20.
44. News: Former Miss Nevada United States to run for Congress . . July 26, 2019.
45. News: Long Island Ducks Announce 2019 Coaching Staff . 17 August 2022 . www.atlanticleague.com . . January 14, 2019 . en.
46. Web site: Ken Pavia MMA. 28 May 2017.
47. News: Campbell. Rick. Trestman era opens with a victory. Chicago Tribune. 2013-09-08. 2013-09-08.
48. Web site: Xavier Cortada. florida-arts.org. 20 March 2014.
49. Web site: Patricia Ireland. Harvard University. 24 March 2014.
50. Web site: Carolyn Lamm. University of Miami. 24 March 2014.
51. Web site: Larry R. Leiby ArbitrationLaw.com . 2022-07-21 . arbitrationlaw.com.
52. Web site: Ana Maria Polo. The Florida Bar. 25 March 2014.