List_of_Levin_College_of_Law_graduates
This 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.)
United States Senators
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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) |
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United States Representatives
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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) |
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Governors
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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) |
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United States Court of Appeals judges
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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),[lower-alpha 1] 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),[lower-alpha 1] United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Senior judge 1981–1987) |
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- Originally covered by the Fifth Circuit (responsible for six contiguous states from Texas to Florida), the Eleventh Circuit was formed on October 1, 1981, taking over responsibility for the three easternmost of the Fifth Circuit states (Alabama, Florida and Georgia).[1]
United States District Court judges
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Florida Supreme Court
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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) |
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- J. Dudley Goodlette (born 1948), politician and lawyer
College and university presidents
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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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