List of University of Miami School of Law alumni

For a list of notable University of Miami alumni, see List of University of Miami alumni.

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.

Business

James J. Greco

• James J. Greco (J.D. 1983), former president and CEO, Sbarro ^[1]
• Lisa Song Sutton, businesswoman, real estate investor, attorney, former Miss Nevada United States, and former congressional candidate ^[2]

Government and politics

Federal officials

Marco Rubio

• Sue McCourt Cobb (J.D. 1972), former U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica and former Florida Secretary of State ^[3]
• 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. ^[4]
• Reince Priebus (J.D. 1998), 27th White House Chief of Staff, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee ^[5]
• Marco Rubio (J.D. 1996), 72nd United States Secretary of State (2025–present), United States Senator (2011–2025) ^[6]
• Gregg Wenzel (J.D. 1994), former Central Intelligence Agency operative^{[ citation needed ]}

Members of U.S. Congress

• Pat Cannon (LL.B. 1931), United States Representative (1939-1947) ^[7]
• Dante Fascell (LL.B. 1938), United States Representative (1955-1993), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (1983-1993) ^[8]
• Joe Garcia (J.D. 1991), United States Representative (2013–2015) ^[9]
• Tom Rooney (J.D. 1998), United States Representative (2009–2019) ^[10]

State and local administration

• Manny Diaz (J.D. 1980), former Mayor of the City of Miami ^[11]
• Daryl Jones (J.D. 1987), former member, Florida Senate, Florida House of Representatives ^[12]
• Alex Penelas (J.D. 1985), former Mayor of Dade County, Florida ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Maria Sachs (J.D. 1978), former member, Florida Senate, Florida House of Representatives ^[13]

Foreign officials

• Dean Barrow (LL.M. 1981), former Prime Minister of Belize (2008-2020) ^[14]

Judiciary

Federal courts

Adalberto Jordan

Robin Rosenbaum

• Tamara W. Ashford (LL.M.), United States Tax Court judge ^[15]
• Beth F. Bloom (J.D. 1988), United States District Court Judge ^[16]
• Ted Cabot (LL.B. 1953), United States District Court Judge ^[17]
• A. Jay Cristol (J.D. 1959), U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida Chief Judge Emeritus ^[18]
• Melissa Damian (J.D. 1995), United States District Court Judge ^[19]
• Alan Stephen Gold (LL.M. 1974), United States District Court Judge ^[20]
• Jonathan Goodman (J.D. 1983), United States Magistrate Judge ^[21]
• John A. Houston (J.D. 1977), United States District Court Judge ^[22]
• Patrick M. Hunt (J.D. 1985), United States Magistrate Judge ^[23]
• Paul G. Hyman Jr. (J.D. 1977), United States Bankruptcy Court Judge ^[24]
• Laurel M. Isicoff (J.D. 1982), United States Bankruptcy Court Judge ^[25]
• Adalberto Jordan (J.D. 1987), Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ^[26]
• Jose E. Martinez (J.D. 1965), United States District Court Judge ^[27]
• Federico A. Moreno (J.D. 1978), Chief United States District Court Judge ^[28]
• Lenore Carrero Nesbitt (LL.B. 1957), United States District Court Judge ^[29]
• John James O'Sullivan (J.D. 1985), United States Magistrate Judge ^[30]
• Alicia M. Otazo-Reyes (J.D. 1991), United States Magistrate Judge ^[31]
• Robin S. Rosenbaum (J.D. 1991), United States Circuit Court Judge for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ^[32]
• Kenneth Ryskamp (J.D. 1956), United States District Court Judge ^[33]
• Thomas E. Scott, Jr. (J.D. 1972), United States District Court Judge ^[34]
• Kathleen M. Williams (J.D. 1982), United States District Court Judge ^[35]

State courts

Joseph A. Boyd Jr.

• Joseph A. Boyd Jr. (LL.B. 1948), Florida Supreme Court Justice from 1969-1987, Chief Justice from 1984-1986 ^[36]
• Gerald Kogan (LL.B. 1955), Florida Supreme Court Justice from 1987-1998, Chief Justice from 1986-1988 ^[37]
• R. Fred Lewis (J.D. 1972), Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (1998–Present) ^[38]
• 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^{[ citation needed ]}

Non-United States courts

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

Private practice

• Roy Black (J.D. 1967), criminal defense attorney ^[39]
• Nancy Chemtob (J.D. 1990), founder, Chemtob, Moss, Forman & Beyda ^[40]
• 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 ^[41]
• Robert H. Traurig (J.D. 1950), founder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP ^[42]

Sports

• Ed Lynch (J.D. 1991), professional baseball player, coach and executive ^[43]
• Ken Pavia, former sports agent, founder of MMAagents Sports Agency, and the former CEO of India's first MMA Super Fight League ^[44]
• 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 ^[45]

Other

• Henry N. Butler (1982), Dean of George Mason University's Antonin Scalia School of Law^{[ citation needed ]}
• Xavier Cortada (J.D. 1991), artist ^[46]
• Patricia Ireland (J.D. 1975), former president of the National Organization for Women ^[47]
• Carolyn Lamm, former president of the American Bar Association ^[48]
• Larry R. Leiby (J.D. 1973), commercial arbitrator ^[49]
• Paul Levine (J.D. 1973), novelist, author of legal thrillers^{[ citation needed ]}
• Barbara Parker (J.D.), mystery writer.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Ana Maria Polo (1987), Hispanic television arbitrator on Caso Cerrado ^[50]

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