Florida Law Review

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in HeinOnline and WestLaw. [1]

Notable alumni

Some notable alumni of the journal include: [1]

Jurists

NamePosition
Susan H. Black Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Peter T. Fay Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Robert J. Luck Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
William Terrell Hodges Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
James Lawrence King Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida
Anne C. Conway Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
Gregory A. Presnell Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
Paul Huck Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida
Marcia Morales Howard United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
Steven Douglas Merryday United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
Kathryn Kimball Mizelle United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
Patricia C. Fawsett Former United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
Donald M. Middlebrooks United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida
Mark E. Walker Chief United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida
Allen Winsor United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida
Patricia D. Barksdale United States Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Florida
Scott Makar Judge on the Florida First District Court of Appeal
Stephen H. Grimes Former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
S. Jay Plager Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Robert Trask Mann Former judge for the Florida Second District Court of Appeal and Member of the Florida House of Representatives
Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida
Edward B. Davis Former United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida
David Lycurgus Middlebrooks Jr. Former United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida
Howard W. Brill Former chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court and law professor

Politicians

NamePosition
Reubin Askew Former Governor of Florida
Buddy Dyer Mayor of Orlando, Florida
Jon L. Mills Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Ben Diamond Former Member of the Florida House of Representatives
George Moraitis Former Member of the Florida House of Representatives
Harold B. Crosby Founding president of the University of West Florida and second President of Florida International University
Bruce Smathers 18th Secretary of State of Florida and former Florida State Senator
Sandy D'Alemberte Former President of the American Bar Association and Former President of Florida State University
W. Reece Smith Jr. Former President of the American Bar Association and Interim President of the University of South Florida
Michael Bilirakis Former member of the United States House of Representatives

Attorneys

NamePosition
Chesterfield Smith Former President of the American Bar Association and founder of Holland & Knight
Martha Barnett Former President of the American Bar Association
Fred Levin Noted trial attorney, namesake of the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida
Terry Smiljanich Counsel to the United States Senate during the congressional hearings on the Iran-Contra affair
Andrew McClurg Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence in Law at the University of Memphis School of Law
Thomas E. Baker Founding member of the Florida International University College of Law
Kevin F. O'Brien Former President of Santa Clara University
Ray F. Ferrero Jr. Fifth President of Nova Southeastern University and President of The Florida Bar
Craig Waters Public spokesman for the Florida Supreme Court during the 2000 presidential election controversy

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References

  1. 1 2 "About". Florida Law Review. Retrieved 2023-11-02.