List of Levin College of Law graduates

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Fredric G. Levin College of Law - established in 1909

This a list of notable alumni of Levin College of Law. For a list of notable University of Florida graduates, see
University of Florida alumni.

1 Government
2 Academic Administrators
- 2.1 College & University Presidents
3 ABA
- 3.1 American Bar Association
4 Legal
- 4.1 Attorneys
5 State Bench
- 5.1 Florida Supreme Court
6 Miscellaneous
- 6.1 Other
7 Federal Bench
- 7.1 Federal Appeals Judges
- 7.2 Federal Judges

Government

United States Senators

Spessard Holland

Alumni	Notability
Charles O. Andrews	United States Senator from 1936–1946
Lawton Chiles	United States Senator from 1971–1989
Spessard Holland	United States Senator from 1946–1971
George Smathers	United States Senator from 1951–1969

United States Representatives

Ander Crenshaw

Marjorie Holt

Alumni	Notability
Charles Edward Bennett	United States Representative from 1949–1993
Michael Bilirakis	United States Representative from 1983–2007
William V. Chappell, Jr.	United States Representative from 1969–1989
Ander Crenshaw	United States Representative from 2001–Present
Jim Davis	United States Representative from 1997–2007
Sam Gibbons	United States Representative from 1963–1997
Albert S. Herlong, Jr.	United States Representative from 1967–1969
Marjorie Holt	United States Representative from 1973–1987
Harry Johnston	United States Representative from 1989–1997
William C. Lantaff	United States Representative from 1951–1955
Buddy MacKay	United States Representative from 1983–1989
Chester B. McMullen	United States Representative from 1951–1953
J. Hardin Peterson	United States Representative from 1933–1951
Paul Rogers	United States Representative from 1955–1979
Joe Scarborough	United States Representative from 1995–2001

Lawton Chiles

Governors

Alumni	Notability
Reubin O'Donovan Askew	Governor of Florida from 1971–1979
Lawton Chiles	Governor of Florida from 1991–1998
Spessard Holland	Governor of Florida from 1941–1945
Buddy MacKay	Governor of Florida from 1998–1999

Political Figures

Alumni	Notability
James C. Adkins	Political reapportionment of the state of Florida
Reubin O'Donovan Askew	United States Trade Representative from 1979–1981, and Candidate for President of the United States during the 1984 election
DuBose Ausley	Chairman of the Florida Board of Regents from 1981–1983
Ed Austin	Mayor of Jacksonville from 1991–1995
Lucius D. Battle	U.S. Ambassador to the Egypt
Carol Browner	EPA Administrator from 1993–2001, and Director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy from 2009–Present
Skip Campbell	Florida Senate from 1998–2006
Jim Davis	Candidate for Governor of Florida during the 2006 election
John Delaney	Mayor of Jacksonville from 1995–2003
Paul Rand Dixon	Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission from 1961–1969
Buddy Dyer	Mayor of Orlando from 2003–Present
Richard Ervin	Florida Attorney General from 1949–1964
Mark S. Fowler	Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 1981–1987
Dan Gelber	Florida Senate from 2008–Present
Baya M. Harrison Jr.	Desegregated the State University System of Florida
Mallory Horne	Former President of the Florida Senate
Jeff Kottkamp	Lieutenant Governor of Florida from 2007–2011
James W. Kynes	Florida Attorney General from 1964–1965
Buddy Mackay	Lieutenant Governor of Florida from 1991–1998
Bill McBride	Candidate for Governor of Florida during the 2002 election
Bill McCollum	Florida Attorney General from 2007–2011
Jose Rodriguez Jr.	Director of the National Clandestine Service from 2004–2007
Frederick H. Schultz	Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve System from 1979–1982
Bruce Smathers	Florida Secretary of State from 1975–1978
Rod Smith	Florida Senate from 2000–2006, and Candidate for Governor of Florida during the 2006 election
Donald L. Tucker	U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
Marc Warren	Current administrator with the Federal Aviation Administration
Craig Waters	Spokesman for the Florida Supreme Court during the 2000 presidential election controversy

Academic Administrators

College & University Presidents

Sandy D'Alemberte

Alumni	Notability
Edythe M. Abdullah	Essex County College from 2010–Present
George F. Baughman	New College of Florida from 1960–1965
Marshall Criser	University of Florida from 1984–1989
Harold Crosby	University of West Florida from 1964–1974, and Florida International University from 1976–1979
John Delaney	University of North Florida from 2003–Present, and Chancellor of the State University System of Florida
Sandy D'Alemberte	Florida State University from 1994–2003
Ray F. Ferrero Jr.	Nova Southeastern University from 1997–2009
Robert Lindgren	Randolph-Macon College from 2006–Present
Stephen C. O'Connell	University of Florida from 1967–1973
W. Reece Smith Jr.	University of South Florida from 1976–1977

ABA

American Bar Association

Martha Barnett

Alumni	Notability
Chesterfield Smith	President of the American Bar Association from 1973–1974
Stephen N. Zack	President of the American Bar Association from 2010–2011
Martha Barnett	President of the American Bar Association from 2000–2001
W. Reece Smith Jr.	President of the American Bar Association from 1980–1981
Sandy D'Alemberte	President of the American Bar Association from 1991–1992

Legal

Attorneys

Bruce Jacob

Alumni	Notability
Howell W. Melton Jr.	Current managing partner of Holland & Knight
Cesar L. Alvarez	Current CEO for Greenberg Traurig
Bruce Jacob	Prosecutor in Gideon v. Wainwright
Fredric G. Levin	Namesake for the Levin College of Law and prominent figure in tobacco litigation
Rod Smith	Successfully prosecuted Danny Rolling, and former candidate for Governor of Florida
Clifford A. Wolff	Notable litigator and television commentator

State Bench

Florida Supreme Court

Stephen C. O'Connell

Alumni	Notability
Alto L. Adams	Florida Supreme Court from 1940–1951, and 1967–1968
James C. Adkins	Florida Supreme Court from 1969–1987
Harry Lee Anstead	Florida Supreme Court from 1994–2009
Stephen C. O'Connell	Florida Supreme Court from 1955–1967, chief justice 1967
Raymond Ehrlich	Florida Supreme Court from 1981–1990
Richard Ervin	Florida Supreme Court from 1964–1975
Stephen H. Grimes	Florida Supreme Court from 1987–1996
Jorge Labarga	Florida Supreme Court from 2009–Present
Parker Lee McDonald	Florida Supreme Court from 1979–1994
Ben F. Overton	Florida Supreme Court from 1974–1999
Harold Sebring	Florida Supreme Court from 1943–1955, chief justice from 1951–1953
B. Campbell Thornal	Florida Supreme Court from 1955–1970
Charles T. Wells	Florida Supreme Court from 1994–2009

Miscellaneous

Other

Joe Scarborough

Frank Shorter

Terry Smiljanich

Alumni	Notability
Philip Agee	Former operative for the Central Intelligence Agency
Winston E. Arnow	Judge who presided over the Gainesville Eight trial
George F. Baughman	Former Rear Admiral for the United States Navy Reserve
John F. Bolt	Former pilot for the United States Marine Corps, awarded the Navy Cross
Dana Bullen	Former director of the Press Freedom Committee from 1981–1996, former foreign editor of The Washington Star
John J. Considine	Senior Minister for the Unity Church from 1998–Present, and former member of Florida House of Representatives
Marshall Criser	Former Chairman of Scripps Florida
Brad Culpepper	Retired NFL football player with the Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Chicago Bears
J. J. Daniel	Publisher of The Florida Times-Union from 1976–1982
Charles W. Dorman	Retired Marine Corps brigadier general, and chief judge for the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
Richard Grayson	Current writer, political activist, and performance artist
George Greer	Judge who presided over the Terri Schiavo case
James Grippando	Novelist and Lawyer
Michael Heekin	Founding COO of WebMD, and former Associate Dean of the Florida State University College of Law
Lewis Landes	United States Army Colonel and Lawyer
Maud Newton	Current writer, blogger, and book reviewer
Howard Roffman	President of Lucas Licensing from 1999–Present
Joe Scarborough	Host of Morning Joe from 2007–Present, and Host of Scarborough Country from 2003–2007
Harold Sebring	Head coach of the Florida Gators football team from 1925–1927, Judge at the Nuremberg Trials from 1946–1947, Dean of the Stetson University College of Law from 1955–1968
Leland C. Shepard Jr.	Former Brigadier General for the United States Air Force
Frank Shorter	Former Chairman of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, and Olympic Gold medalist at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Terry Smiljanich	Former Counsel for the United States Senate
Mac Stipanovich	Republican Lobbyist, who had a large role in the 2000 Florida Recount

Federal Bench

Federal Appeals Judges

Alumni	Notability
S. Jay Plager	United States Federal Appeals Judge
Rosemary Barkett	United States Federal Appeals Judge
Susan H. Black	United States Federal Appeals Judge
John M. Bryan Simpson	United States Federal Appeals Judge
Peter T. Fay	United States Federal Appeals Judge

Federal Judges

Alumni	Notability
Sidney M. Aronovitz	United States District Court Judge
C. Clyde Atkins	United States District Court Judge
William Julius Barker	United States District Court Judge
William J. Castagna	United States District Court Judge
Anne C. Conway	United States District Court Judge
Edward B. Davis	United States District Court Judge
William Dimitrouleas	United States District Court Judge
Joe Oscar Eaton	United States District Court Judge
Patricia C. Fawsett	United States District Court Judge
Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr.	United States District Court Judge
William Terrell Hodges	United States District Court Judge
Charlene Honeywell	United States District Court Judge
Marcia Morales Howard	United States District Court Judge
Paul Huck	United States District Court Judge
Elizabeth Jenkins	United States Magistrate Judge
James W. Kehoe	United States District Court Judge
James Lawrence King	United States District Court Judge
Ben Krentzman	United States District Court Judge
Richard A. Lazzara	United States District Court Judge
William McRae	United States District Court Judge
William O. Mehrtens	United States District Court Judge
Howell W. Melton	United States District Court Judge
Steven D. Merryday	United States District Court Judge
Stephan P. Mickle	United States District Court Judge
David L. Middlebrooks	United States District Court Judge
Donald M. Middlebrooks	United States District Court Judge
James S. Moody, Jr.	United States District Court Judge
Thomas Morris	United States Magistrate Judge
Ralph Wilson Nimmons, Jr.	United States District Court Judge
Maurice M. Paul	United States District Court Judge
Gregory A. Presnell	United States District Court Judge
John Richard Smoak, Jr.	United States District Court Judge
Eugene P. Spellman	United States District Court Judge
Ursula Mancusi Ungaro-Benages	United States District Court Judge
George Whitehurst	United States District Court Judge
George C. Young	United States District Court Judge

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