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Fredric G. Levin College of Law established in 1909
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 .)
Government
United States Senators
Spessard Holland
United States Representatives
Ander Crenshaw
Marjorie Holt
Lawton Chiles
Governors
Judiciary
United States Court of Appeals judges
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b 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).
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United States District Court judges
Florida Supreme Court
Stephen C. O'Connell
Alumni
Notability
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)
Political figures
Lucius Battle
Carol Browner
Jim Davis
Bill McCollum
Academic administrators
College and university presidents
Sandy D'Alemberte
American Bar Association
Martha Barnett
Attorneys
Miscellaneous
Joe Scarborough
Frank Shorter
Terry Smiljanich
Alumni
Notability
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
References
^ Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980,
Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States)
96–452 , 94
Stat.
1994 , enacted October 14, 1980
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Athletics
Teams Arenas and stadiums Culture and lore
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