The Miami Law Network

Global Alumni Network: 22,000+ in 85 Countries

The University of Miami School of Law has one of the strongest bases of tried-and-true alumni. Our alumni are in all 50 states, several territories and 85 countries. With 52% of alumni in Florida—to support you for hands-on networking, internships, and externships—and 48% in all other 49 states and abroad—you join a truly hemispheric institution with networks worldwide. These leaders form your network, and it is a story of success you continue when you join Miami Law.

Alumni Success Stories

Our graduates are shaping their communities and transforming the world through law. From business leaders to the private and public and non-profit sectors, alumni are executives at multinational corporations and lawyers in firms of all sizes. It is no wonder we are #8 of all U.S. law schools for alumni recognized by Super Lawyers magazine, and based on the AMLaw100 Listings 2024, of the top 30 firms in the entire U.S., ranked by gross revenue, Miami Law has the most graduates leading these firms, second only to Harvard Law School.

Read more about our alumni in the news

• Greater NEW YORK CITY: Meet some of our 1,100+ alumni

  

  Abirami Ananthasingam, J.D. '14
  Vice President of Contracts, BlackRock
  New York, NY

  Nancy N. Chemtob, J.D. ’90
  Founding Partner, Chemtob Moss Forman & Beyda, LLP
  New York, NY

  James W. Crawford III, LL.M. ’92 in Ocean & Coastal Law (now Maritime Law)
  Vice Admiral & 43rd Judge Advocate General of the Navy (retired); Former President, Felician University
  Rutherford, NJ

  Dennis Curran, J.D. ’75
  Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, NFL Management Council
  New York, NY

  Stewart Eichner, J.D. '93
  General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, CoinFund
  New York, NY

  Deborah Enix-Ross, J.D. ’81
  ABA President (2022-23); Past Chair, ABA House of Delegates; Senior Advisor, International Dispute Resolution, Debevoise & Plimpton
  New York, NY

  Linda Lacewell, J.D. ’88
  Managing Attorney, L&F Brown; Former Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Governor of New York Andrew M. Cuomo; Superintendent of Financial Services, New York State Department of Financial Services
  New York, NY

  Marilu Marshall, J.D. ’69
  Senior Vice President, Executive Management and Global Chief Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Officer, Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
  New York, NY

  Allen Popper, J.D. ’85 
  Attorney, Legal Aid Society
  New York, NY

  Joy Purcell, J.D. ’08
  Senior Attorney, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education
  New York, NY

  David Snyder, J.D. ’09
  Tax Partner, Akin Gum Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
  New York, NY

  Jeanne Stiefel, J.D. ’81
  Senior Counsel, Clark Hill PLC
  Princeton, NJ

• DC / BALTIMORE / N. VIRGINIA: Meet some of our 1,000+ alumni

  Deanna Allen, J.D. ’96  
  Partner, Cooley LLP
  Washington, DC

  Leila Marie Jackson Batties, J.D. ’98
  Partner, Holland & Knight
  Washington, DC

  Courtney Caliendo, J.D. ’13
  Trademark Examining Attorney, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
  Alexandria, VA

  Andrew Carter, J.D. ’06
  Senior Conservation Policy Analyst, Defenders of Wildlife
  Washington, DC

  Stephanie C. Davis, J.D. ’08
  Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Volkswagen Group of America
  Herndon, VA

  Fara Gold, J.D. ’03
  Attorney Advisor, U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
  Washington, DC

  Michele Korver, J.D. '01
  Head of Regulatory, Crypto, Andreessen Horowitz; Former Chief Digital Currency Advisor, Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
  Washington, DC

  Carolyn Lamm, J.D. ’73
  Partner, White & Case LLP; Former President, American Bar Association
  Washington, DC

  Michael Mullaney, J.D. '00
  Deputy Inspector General - Investigations, Federal Housing Finance Agency
  Washington, DC

  Roselyn Ramos, J.D. ’08
  U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Officer, Political-Economic Chief, U.S. Embassy Algiers
  Washington, DC

  Kevin Roach, J.D. ’08
  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Senior Attorney, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  Rockville, MD

  Andrew Rubin, J.D. 14
  Senior Counsel, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives
  Washington, DC

  Claudine Chen Young, J.D. ’03
  Partner, Structured Finance, Winston & Strawn LLP
  Washington, DC

  Miguel A. Zaldivar, Jr., J.D. ’95
  Chief Executive Officer, Hogan Lovells US LLP
  Washington, DC

• LOS ANGELES: Meet some of our 450+ alumni

  Tiffiny Fox, J.D. ’06
  Equity Partner, Edlin Gallagher Huie + Blum
  Los Angeles, CA

  Stacy Green, J.D. ’94
  EVP & Chief People Officer, Sony Pictures Entertainment
  Los Angeles, CA

  Horacio Gutierrez, J.D. ’98
  Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, The Walt Disney Company
  Burbank, CA

  Brian Sattler, J.D./LL.M. ’16 in Maritime Law 
  Deputy Chief, Office of Legal Policy and Program Development, U.S. Coast Guard
  Los Angeles, CA

  Karyn Smith-Forge, J.D. ’00
  President, This Radicle Act Production
  Burbank, CA

  Amir Whitaker, J.D. ’14
  Attorney, ACLU of Southern California
  Los Angeles, CA

• SAN FRANCISCO: Meet some of our 200+ alumni

  Kali Hira, J.D. ’07
  Principal Counsel and Senior Manager, Apple
  Cupertino, CA

  Corey Jackson, J.D. ’97
  Senior Vice President & Associate Vice Chancellor, UCSF Medical Center
  San Francisco, CA

  Michael Poplack, J.D. ’85
  Global Senior Vice President, Oracle
  Burlingame, CA

  Johanna Ravelo, J.D. ’99
  Director and Associate General Counsel, Meta
  San Mateo, CA

  Ronnie Solomon, J.D. ’12
  Attorney, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Federal Trade Commission
  San Francisco, CA

• ATLANTA: Meet some of our 300+ alumni

  Dorian Denburg, J.D. '82
  Assistant Vice President - Senior Legal Counsel, AT&T
  Atlanta, GA

  Ingrid Eulin, J.D. ’96
  Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  Mableton, GA

  Jeffrey Ferguson, LL.M. '16 in Estate Planning
  Chief Administrative Law Judge, Social Security Administration
  Savannah, GA

  Stephen Heymann, J.D./LL.M. ’13 Estate Planning
  Shareholder, Chamberlain Hrdlicka
  Atlanta, GA

  Mark Lindemann, J.D./LL.M. ’18 Entertainment, Arts and Sports 
  Corporate Attorney, DLA Piper LLP
  Atlanta, GA

  Daniel McVay, J.D. '21
  Corporate Counsel, Global Product Privacy, Intuit
  Atlanta, GA

  Lucia Mendez, J.D. ’99
  Associate Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency
  Atlanta, GA

• HOUSTON: Meet some of our 120+ alumni

  Melissa Buhrig, J.D. ’99
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, CVR Energy, Inc.
  Houston, TX

  Mike Crowley, J.D. ’00
  Senior IP Counsel, Hewlett Packard
  Houston, TX

  Cleve J. Glenn, J.D. '07
  Partner, BakerHostetler
  Houston, TX

  Gary Lancaster, J.D. ’79
  Executive Vice President and General Counsel, National Gas & Electric LLC
  Houston, TX

  Robert Malinoski, J.D. '05
  Senior Counsel, Environmental & Safety Law Group, Chevron
  Houston, TX

  Nicole Sudhindra, J.D. ’13
  Partner, Baker McKenzie
  Houston, TX

  John P. Zabaneh, J.D. '07
  Senior Vice President, U.S. Legal, Storegga
  Houston, TX

• DALLAS: Meet some of our 150+ alumni

  Donna Bucella, J.D. '83
  Chief Compliance Officer, 7-Eleven Inc.
  Irving, TX

  Steve Klimacek, J.D. ’84
  Vice President and Associate General Counsel, AT&T
  Dallas, TX

  James Lessis, J.D./LL.M. ’79 in Estate Planning
  Former Administrative Law Judge, Social Security Administration
  Dallas, TX

  Arthur Sewall, J.D. ’07
  Principal, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
  Dallas, TX

  Saren Williams, J.D. '15
  Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Government Management Team, JPMorgan Chase
  Dallas, TX

• PHILADELPHIA: Meet some of our 350+ alumni

  Victoria Chemerys, J.D. ’00
  IRS Management and Program Analyst, Affordable Care Act Project Management Office (ACA Office), Internal Revenue Service
  Philadelphia, PA

  Katelyn Flaherty, J.D./LL.M. ’15 in Estate Planning
  Vice President, Glenmede
  Philadelphia, PA

  Donald Johnson, J.D. ’93
  General Counsel, National African American Insurance Association (NAAIA)
  Philadelphia, PA

  Joel Shapiro, J.D. ’84
  Partner, Aviation Finance, BlankRome
  Philadelphia, PA

• BOSTON: Meet some of our 350+ alumni

  Mara Bloom, J.D. '94
  Senior Vice President, Massachusetts General Hospital
  Boston, MA

  Joe Bogosian, J.D. ’92
  Project Lead, Safran Defence; former President and CEO, Safran Optics
  Boston, MA

  Linda C. Frazier, J.D. ’93
  Chief Compliance Officer, Associate General Counsel and Vice President, TripAdvisor
  Needham, MA

  Alberto Mora, J.D. '81
  Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
  Cambridge, MA

  Lisa L. Seto, J.D. ’13
  Client Relationship Management, SS&C Technolgies
  Boston, MA

  Ihsan Speede, J.D. ’05
  Managing Director and Counsel at Wellington Management
  Boston, MA

  Jill Valdés Horwood, LL.M. ’13 in Maritime Law
  Director, Boston Waterfront Initiative at Barr Foundation
  Boston, MA

  Eamon Welch, J.D. ’14
  Real Estate Associate, Goodwin
  Boston, MA

  Arlene Zalayet, J.D. '81
  Executive Vice President and General Attorney, Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Boston, MA

• CHICAGO: Meet some of our 350+ alumni

  Ira Bodenstein, J.D. ’80
  Member, Cozen O'Connor
  Chicago, IL

  Francis A. Citera, J.D. ’83 
  Shareholder and Co-Chair Litigation Practice and Product Liability and Mass Torts Litigation Practice, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, and Vice Chair, National Alumni Advisory Council 
  Chicago, IL

  John C. Koski, J.D. ’92
  Global Chief Legal Officer, Dentons
  Chicago, IL

  Joshua Mintz, J.D. ’81
  Vice-President and General Counsel at MacArthur Foundation
  Chicago, IL

  Luiz Miranda, J.D./LL.M. ’17 in international Arbitration
  Senior Associate, Intellectual Property Litigation, Mayer Brown
  Chicago, IL

  Brian Reshefsky, J.D. ’98
  Head of Edge and Board Member, SOMM TV and FILMS
  Chicago, IL

  David Seligman, J.D. '98
  Partner, Restructuring Practice Group, Kirkland & Ellis
  Chicago, IL

• FLORIDA: 13,000+ alumni

  We have one of the largest law alumni networks of the State of Florida. We encourage you to learn more about our Law Alumni Association Board of Directors, and learn about our vast alumni network here.

• VT to CO: meet alumni in more states

  Richard Domingues Boscovich, J.D. '87
  Assistant General Counsel-Digital Crime Unit/Malware Analysis & Disruption Team, Microsoft
  Redmond, WA

  Michele Corver, J.D. '01
  Head of Regulatory, Crypto, Andreessen Horowitz 
  Denver, CO

  Catherine Speraw Dorvil, J.D. ’09
  Shareholder at Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel
  Chattanooga, TN

  Angela Glover, J.D. '97
  Principal Advisor, St. Jude Cheldren's Research Hospital
  Memphis, TN

  Cynthia Hill, J.D. ’93
  Director, Corporate Counsel Litigation, Starbucks Coffee Company
  Seattle, WA

  David Humphreys, J.D. ’83
  President and CEO, TAMKO Building Products LLC
  Joplin, MO

  Michael Keskonis, J.D. ’01
  Senior Tax Counsel, Robinson Bradshaw
  Charlotte, NC

  Ilene Kobert, J.D. '88
  Chief Legal Officer, Subway
  Milford, CT

  James Lechter, J.D. '13
  Global Legal Counsel, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
  Akron, OH

  Charles Mercer, J.D. '74
  Attorney, Young Moore
  Raleigh, NC

  John McManus, J.D. ’93
  Executive Vice President and General Counsel, MGM Resorts International
  Las Vegas, NV

  Michael Pieciak, J.D. ’09
  Treasurer, State of Vermont
  Winooski, VT

  Ellen Raim, J.D. '82
  Board Member, National Diaper Bank Network; Former Chief People Officer, Nautilus Inc.
  Portland, OR

  Rene L. Valladares, LL.M. '93 in International Law
  Federal Public Defender for Nevada
  Las Vegas, NV

  Donald Wagner, J.D. '12
  Senior Supervisory Attorney, Contract and Fiscal Law, U.S. Army Central
  Sumter, SC

• INTERNATIONAL: Meet some of our 500+ alumni overseas

  Rune Aagaard, LL.M. '99 in Maritime Law
  Partner, Mazanti-Andersen
  Odense, Denmark

  Drew Aiken, J.D./LL.M. ’12 in International Law
  Interim Medical Advocacy Advisory, Doctors Without Borders Spain (Analyse et Plaidoyer, Médecins Sans Frontières)
  Barcelona-Athens region

  Pablo Bentes, LL.M. '03 in U.S. and Transnational Law (Comparative Law)
  Partner, Baker McKenzie
  Geneva, Switzerland

  Dean O. Barrow, LL.M. ’81 in U.S. and Transnational Law (Comparative Law)
  Former Prime Minister of Belize; Attorney, Barrow & Williams
  Belmopan, Belize

  Marcela Camargo, LL.M. ’16 in Real Property Development
  Associate, MCAbogados; Former Jefe Jurídico Inmobiliario / Chief Real Estate Officer, Almacenes Exito, S.A. (largest retail company in South America)
  Medellín, Colombia

  Markus Ederer, LL.M. ’85
  Ambassador of the European Union to Russia
  Brussels, Belgium

  Eric van Eyken, LL.M. ’14 in International Arbitration
  Senior Counsel, Clyde & Co
  Montreal, Canada

  Heather Felix-Evans, LL.M. '96 in U.S. and Transnational Law (Comparative Law)
  High Court Judge, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court 
  Castries, Saint Lucia
  

  Ingrid Sguassabia Ferreira, LL.M. '22 in Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law
  Head of Brazil Legal Department, Sr. Director of Business and Legal Affairs, Paramount
  São Paulo, Brazil

  Juan Pablo Moyano García, LL.M. ’16 in U.S. and Transnational Law (Comparative Law)
  Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight
  Mexico City, Mexico

  Stéphane Gerschel, LL.M. '94 in International Law
  Luxury Brands Advisor; Former Chief Marketing Officer, Movado Group International
  Milan, Italy

  Kathy-Ann Hamblin, LL.M. '12 in International Law
  Senior Counsel for Barbados
  Saint Michael, Barbados
  

  Andreas Christian Hoffman, LL.M. ’95 in International Law
  General Counsel/Head of Legal & Compliance, Siemens AG
  Munich, Germany

  Dr. Vinodh Jaichand, LL.M. ’84 in U.S. and Transnational Law (Comparative Law)
  Former Commissioner South African Law Reform Commission and Dean and Head of the Oliver Schreiner School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
  Pretoria, South Africa

  Victoria Kigen, LL.M. ’17 in International Arbitration
  Case Counsel, Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration
  Nairobi, Kenya

  Caroline Cavassin Klamas-Höpker, LL.M. ’14 in International Arbitration
  Senior Legal Counsel for Beauty and Wellbeing, Unilever
  São Paulo, Brazil

  Doris Konig, LL.M. ’82 in U.S. and Transnational Law
  Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany and presiding Justice of the Second Senate, Professor and Claussen Simon Chair for International Law, and Former President of Bucerius Law School
  Karlsruhe, Germany

  Christopher A. Marinello, J.D. ’86
  CEO, Art Recovery International LLC
  Venice, Italy

  Aidar Oruzbaev, LL.M. ’15 in International Arbitration
  Attorney, AXTON Law Firm
  Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

  Erika Pagano, J.D. 13
  Head of Legal Innovation and Design, Simmons & Simmons
  London, United Kingdom

  Ryan Pinder, J.D./LL.M. '01 in International Tax
  Attorney General at Government of The Bahamas
  Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas

  Rolande Pryce, J.D. '95
  Regional Director for the South Caucasus, The World Bank
  Tibilisi, Georgia

  Daniel Sykora, LL.M. ’14 in International Arbitration
  Partner, Quadra Attorneys at Law Ltd.
  Zürich, Switzerland

  Francisco Reyes Villamizar, LL.M. ’93 in U.S. and Transnational Law (Comparative Law)
  Partner, Francisco Reyes & Asociados SAS, Former Chairman of UNCITRAL, and Former Colombian Superintendent of Companies
  Bogotá, Colombia

   

Our alumni have expressed their lifelong loyalty to the School of Law community, and they demonstrate it every day by directly investing their time, talents, expertise and resources to their alma mater.

The importance of this network cannot be overemphasized. Miami Law’s alumni community is a tremendous human resource for current students. They generously donate countless hours to help students perfect their job search skills and learn about practicing law.

Alumni in private firms, the judiciary, government service and nontraditional legal careers regularly visit campus to talk with students about their specific fields of practice, answer students’ questions and conduct mock interviews. They also host networking meetings with students in their cities and provide students employment opportunities. And, of course, they like to hire our students.

The Miami Law network gives back in myriad ways, and our mentoring programs provide an array of opportunities for students.

The UNetworking initiative provides students the opportunity to meet and speak one-on-one with attorneys and judges from the local Miami community. Several UNetworking events are scheduled throughout the year and many Miami Law students have landed internships and jobs from their attendance.

"Our networking is one of the most outstanding abilities on our campus...I was able to meet our general counsel through our Evening with Esquires UNetworking event."
Alessandria San Roman, J.D. '18 discussing her work with Bacardi USA

• Breakfast with the Bench
• Evening with Esquires
• Table of Eight