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
Local officials Victor De Yurre (ML), former member of the Miami City Commission
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 John A. Houston (J.D. 1977), United States District Court judge Paul G. Hyman Jr. (J.D. 1977), 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 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 1969–1987, chief justice 1984–1986"Justice Joseph Arthur Boyd" at Florida Supreme Court Gerald Kogan (LL.B. 1955), Florida Supreme Court justice 1987–1998, chief justice 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), television arbitrator on Caso Cerrado Thane Rosenbaum (born 1960), writer and law professor
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