# List of University of Miami School of Law 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 (J.D. 1983), former president and CEO, Sbarro
* Lisa Song Sutton, businesswoman, real estate investor, attorney, former Miss Nevada United States, and former congressional candidate

## Government and politics
### Federal officials

* Sue McCourt Cobb (J.D. 1972), former U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica and former Florida Secretary of State
* 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.
* Reince Priebus (J.D. 1998), 27th White House Chief of Staff, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee
* Marco Rubio (J.D. 1996), 72nd United States Secretary of State (2025–present), United States Senator (2011–2025)
* 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)
* Dante Fascell (LL.B. 1938), United States Representative (1955-1993), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (1983-1993)
* Joe Garcia (J.D. 1991), United States Representative (2013–2015)
* Tom Rooney (J.D. 1998), United States Representative (2009–2019)

### State and local administration

* Manny Diaz (J.D. 1980), former Mayor of the City of Miami
* Daryl Jones (J.D. 1987), former member, Florida Senate, Florida House of Representatives
* Alex Penelas (J.D. 1985), former Mayor of Dade County, Florida
* Maria Sachs (J.D. 1978), former member, Florida Senate, Florida House of Representatives

### Foreign officials

* Dean Barrow (LL.M. 1981), former Prime Minister of Belize (2008-2020)

## Judiciary
### Federal courts

* Tamara W. Ashford (LL.M.), United States Tax Court judge
* Beth F. Bloom (J.D. 1988), United States District Court Judge
* Ted Cabot (LL.B. 1953), United States District Court Judge
* A. Jay Cristol (J.D. 1959), U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida Chief Judge Emeritus
* Melissa Damian (J.D. 1995), United States District Court Judge
* Alan Stephen Gold (LL.M. 1974), United States District Court Judge
* Jonathan Goodman (J.D. 1983), United States Magistrate Judge
* John A. Houston (J.D. 1977), United States District Court Judge
* Patrick M. Hunt (J.D. 1985), United States Magistrate Judge
* Paul G. Hyman Jr. (J.D. 1977), United States Bankruptcy Court Judge
* Laurel M. Isicoff (J.D. 1982), United States Bankruptcy Court Judge
* Adalberto Jordan (J.D. 1987), Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
* Jose E. Martinez (J.D. 1965), United States District Court Judge
* Federico A. Moreno (J.D. 1978), Chief United States District Court Judge
* Lenore Carrero Nesbitt (LL.B. 1957), United States District Court Judge
* John James O'Sullivan (J.D. 1985), United States Magistrate Judge
* Alicia M. Otazo-Reyes (J.D. 1991), United States Magistrate Judge
* Robin S. Rosenbaum (J.D. 1991), United States Circuit Court Judge for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
* Kenneth Ryskamp (J.D. 1956), United States District Court Judge
* Thomas E. Scott, Jr. (J.D. 1972), United States District Court Judge
* Kathleen M. Williams (J.D. 1982), United States District Court Judge

### 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
* R. Fred Lewis (J.D. 1972), Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (1998–Present)
* 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

## Private practice

* Roy Black (J.D. 1967), criminal defense attorney
* Nancy Chemtob (J.D. 1990), founder, Chemtob, Moss, Forman & Beyda
* 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
* Robert H. Traurig (J.D. 1950), founder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

## Sports

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

## Other

* Henry N. Butler (1982), Dean of George Mason University's Antonin Scalia School of Law
* Xavier Cortada (J.D. 1991), artist
* Patricia Ireland (J.D. 1975), former president of the National Organization for Women
* Carolyn Lamm, former president of the American Bar Association
* Larry R. Leiby (J.D. 1973), commercial arbitrator
* 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