Levin College of Law
Welcome to UF LAW

UF Law LCA Trustees List

  • Contact Alumni Affairs
  • Resources for Alumni
  • Leadership
  • Ways to Give

    • 2024 – 2025 Law Center Association

    Executive Committee
    Chair – Brian D. Burgoon (JD 97)
    Immediate Past Chair – Courtney K. Grimm (JD 92)
    Chair-Elect – Rebecca L. Brock (JD 98)
    Vice Chair – The Hon. Patricia D. (“Patty”) Barksdale (JD 96)
    Secretary – J. Grier Pressly III (JD 99)
    At-Large – Spencer N. Cummings (JD 00)
    At-Large – Ben Diamond (JD 03)
    At-Large – Dori Foster-Morales (JD 88)
    At-Large – Manisha Singh (JD 94)
    At-Large – F. Scott Westheimer (JD 96)

    Committee Chairs
    Alumni Relations & Development – Dori Foster-Morales (JD 88) & J. Grier Pressly III (JD 99)
    Career Services – Rebecca L. Brock (JD 98)
    Florida Alumni Tax Advisory Committee (FATAC) – Cheryl L. Gordon (JD 78; LLMT 79)
    Judicial Relations – The Hon. Patricia D. (“Patty”) Barksdale (JD 96)
    Membership – Courtney K. Grimm (JD 92)
    Recruitment – Ben F. Diamond (JD 03)
    Student Life – Spencer N. Cummings (JD 00) & Robert W. Lloyd (JD 90)

    Active Members
    Jolyon D. Acosta (JD 06; LLMT 07)
    Cheryl P. Ainsworth (JD 04)
    J. Carter Andersen (JD 98)**
    Geddes D. Anderson, Jr. (JD 97)
    Rick D. Anderson (JD 90)
    Jacqueline M. Arango (JD 86)
    The Hon. Patricia D. (“Patty”) Barksdale (JD 96)
    Jason D. Berger (JD 98)
    Thomas E. Bishop (JD 92)
    Bradley J. Bondi (JD 98)
    David E. Bowers (LLMT 81)
    Christopher W. Boyett (JD 91)
    Robert M. Bradley, Jr. (JD 96)
    Rebecca L. Brock (JD 98)
    Derek E. Bruce (JD 98)
    Brian D. Burgoon (JD 97)
    Dennis A. Calfee (LLMT 75)
    Elizabeth C. Callahan (JD 00)
    Kelly-Ann G. Cartwright (JD 91)
    Timothy M. Cerio (JD 95)
    Richard B. Comiter (JD 80; LLMT 81)
    Carlos F. Concepcion (JD 82)
    Patrick S. Cousins (JD 89)
    Mark J. Criser (JD 97)
    Spencer N. Cummings (JD 00)
    The Hon. Katie L. Dearing (JD 99)
    Carla A. DeLoach (LLMT 03)
    Avery A. Dial (JD 02)
    Ben F. Diamond (JD 03)
    John L. Dicks (JD 10)
    Brian R. Dorn (JD 03)
    Jonathan A. Feldman (JD 99)
    Evan J. Ferl (JD 10)
    The Hon. Samantha S. Feuer (JD 02)
    Dori Foster-Morales (JD 89)
    Gregorio A. Francis (JD 94)
    Nikki H. Fried (JD 03)
    Christian P. George (JD 07)
    Suzanne E. Gilbert (JD 96)
    Lorie M. Gleim (JD 95)
    Jason B. Gonzalez (JD 98)
    Cheryl L. Gordon (JD 78; LLMT 79)
    Jill M. Granat (JD 90)
    Mark P. Graves (JD 90)
    Courtney K. Grimm (JD 92)**
    Lee D. Gunn IV (JD 82)
    Adam S. Hall (JD 96)
    Nancy Pond Halula (JD 88)
    Celeste Thacker Hankins (JD 15)
    The Hon. Bradley G. Harper (JD 03)
    Monica Williams Harris (JD 01)
    Shawn E. Harrison (JD 90)
    Andrea S. Hartley (JD 90)
    Scott G. Hawkins (JD 83)**
    D. Bruce Hoffman (JD 92)
    Jarrett R. Hoffman (JD 05)
    Lacey D. Hofmeyer (JD 06)
    John M. Howe (JD 98)
    The Hon. Daniel C. Irick (JD 04)
    LaShawnda K. Jackson (JD 02)
    Jessica Furst Johnson (JD 07)
    The Hon. Paige S. Kilbane (JD 08)
    Edward T. Killen (JD 02)
    Jay Kim (JD 97)
    The Hon. London M. Kite (JD 02)
    Karl N. Klein (JD 98)
    Scott W. Konopka (JD 95)
    Theodore S. Kypreos (JD 02)
    Kristine M. Lambert (JD 94)
    The Hon. Laura Lothman Lambert (JD 07)
    David R. Lancelot (JD 99)
    Ian R. Leavengood (JD 00)
    Will Lewis (JD 08)
    Robert W. Lloyd (JD 90)
    Michael E. Lockamy (JD 09)
    The Hon. Scott Makar (JD 87)
    Stephanie M. Marchman (JD 04)
    The Hon. Joseph G. Marx (JD 89)
    Phillip J. Mays (JD 91)
    Sigrid S. McCawley (JD 97)
    Stephanie M. Mickle (JD 04)
    The Hon. Kathryn Kimball Mizelle (JD 12)
    George R. Moraitis, Jr. (JD 02)
    The Hon. Christopher C. Nash (JD 97)
    Tracy A. Nichols (JD 84)
    Guy Norris (JD 89)
    Jennifer Devine Odom (JD 96)
    Darrell W. Payne (JD 88)
    Jorge J. Perez (JD 88)
    Paul C. Perkins (JD 91)
    Karen L. Persis (JD 04)
    Robert J. Pile (JD 91)
    Matthew N. Posgay (JD 94)
    J. Grier Pressly III (JD 99)
    Aaron R. Resnick (JD 97)
    James N. Robinson II (JD 02)
    Katrina D. Rolle (JD 91)
    Brian A. Roof (JD 06)
    The Hon. Amanda Arnold Sansone (JD 02)
    Raphael Sayagues (LLMT 96)
    The Hon. Edwin A. Scales III (JD 91)
    Effie D. Silva (JD 01)
    Michael A. Silva (JD 94)
    Manisha Singh (JD 94)
    Richard C. Smith (JD 87)
    Sara (“Becca”) Polisuk Smith (JD 07)
    James B. Sowell (JD 90)
    Lee E. Stapleton (JD 82)
    Jo Thacker (JD 87)**
    Renee E. Thompson (JD 99)
    The Hon. Thomas P. Thompson III (JD 99)
    Robert H. Thornburg (JD 02)
    Stacey Prince Troutman (JD 01; LLMT 02)
    Jason L. Unger (JD 93)
    Whitney M. Untiedt (JD 05)
    Michael S. Wachholz (JD 95)
    Karen D. Walker (JD 93)
    Marc L. Warren (JD 81)
    Joshua B. Weingard (JD 98)
    Gregory S. Weiss (JD 98)**
    Thomas P. Wert (JD 93)
    F. Scott Westheimer (JD 96)
    Heather E. Yearwood (JD 06)

    Ex-Officio Members
    Shannon Bizzell Gray (JD 97)
    Trevor J. Pope (JD 22)
    Matthew Hall (JD 11), Law Alumni Council President
    Tyler Kendrick (3L), Student Representative

    Honorary Members
    The Hon. Ashley B. Moody (JD 00)
    The Hon. Melissa A. Nelson (JD 97)
    The Hon. Meredith L. Sasso (JD 08)
    The Hon. Emilia S. Sykes (JD 11)

    Emeritus Members
    Bruce R. Abernethy (JD 82; LLMT 83)
    Cesar L. Alvarez (JD 72)
    C. DuBose Ausley (JD 62)
    Mark A. Avera (JD 89)
    John C. Bales (JD 82)
    David S. Band
    Leslie J. Barnett (JD 71)
    Martha W. Barnett (JD 73)
    Michael A. Bedke (JD 84)
    Jean A. Bice (JD 75)
    John C. Bierley (JD 63)
    David L. Bilsker (JD 90)
    The Hon. Susan H. Black (JD 67)
    Roger L. Blackburn (JD 71)
    Bruce H. Bokor (JD 72)**
    Bill Bone (JD 84)
    Jeffery A. Boone (JD 82)
    John C. Bovay (JD 82; LLMT 88)
    William A. Boyles (JD 76; LLMT 78)
    Carol M. Brewer (JD 79)
    Jeanelle G. Bronson (JD 78)
    Leslie W. Burke (JD 68)
    J. Thomas Cardwell (JD 66)
    Joseph P. Carolan III (JD 74)
    Lawton M. Chiles III
    Martha L. Cochran (JD 73)
    Howard C. Coker (JD 71)
    The Hon. Anne C. Conway (JD 75)
    P. Bruce Culpepper (JD 66)
    James C. Cunningham, Jr. (JD 78)**
    Barry R. Davidson (JD 67)
    Lauren Y. Detzel (JD 77)
    John A. DeVault III (JD 67)
    Edward Downey (JD 84)
    Mayanne Downs (JD 87)
    The Hon. John H. (“Buddy”) Dyer, Jr. (JD 87)
    The Hon. Fabienne L. Fahnestock (JD 98)
    Ladd H. Fassett (JD 79)**
    Andrew Fawbush (JD 74)
    The Hon. Patricia C. Fawsett (JD 73)
    Jeffrey D. Feldman (JD 81)
    James A. Gale (JD 83)
    Betsy E. Gallagher (JD 76)
    Allan T. Geiger (JD 67)
    Ellen Bellet Gelberg (JD 76; LLMT 77)
    W.C. Gentry (JD 71)**
    The Hon. Jonathan D. Gerber (JD 93)
    Ellen R. Gershow (LLMT 83)
    Linda R. Getzen (JD 82)
    Gene K. Glasser (JD 72)
    John Dudley Goodlette (JD 72)
    K. Lawrence Gragg (JD 74; LLMT 75)
    Alan G. Greer (JD 69)
    Jack O. Hackett II (JD 79)
    Bruce M. Harris (JD 93)
    James A. Hauser (JD 69)
    Ben H. Hill III (JD 65)
    Jeffrey A. Hirsch (JD 75)
    Corinne C. Hodak (JD 89)
    The Hon. Charlene E. Honeywell (JD 81)
    Dan H. Honeywell (JD 69)
    Ellsworth William Hoppe, Jr. (JD 67)
    The Hon. Marcia M. Howard (JD 90)
    The Hon. Paul C. Huck (JD 65)
    Gary W. Huston (LLMT 94)
    Janice L. Innis-Thompson (JD 90)
    Yolanda Cash Jackson (JD 90)
    The Hon. Elizabeth A. Jenkins (JD 76)
    Kimberly L. Johnson (JD 81)
    Thomas R. Julin (JD 81)
    Hal H. Kantor (JD 72)
    Cristin Keane (JD 97; LLMT 98)
    Lawrence Keefe (JD 86)
    The Hon. Nelly N. Khouzam (JD 81)
    Nicole C. Kibert Basler (JD 03)
    The Hon. Mark Wayne Klingensmith (JD 85)
    Elizabeth Krentzman (JD 85)
    Roger C. Lambert (JD 75)
    The Hon. Philip R. Lammens (JD 02)
    Alan Landman (JD 87)
    Warren W. Lindsey (JD 79)
    Leslie J. Lott (JD 74)
    Peter M. MacNamara (JD 76; LLMT 77)
    Kevin A. Malone (JD 76)
    Christine N. Markussen (JD 72)
    Pedro A. Martin (JD 78)
    Elizabeth M. McCausland (JD 97)
    Clifton A. McClelland, Jr. (JD 69 )
    Bill McCollum (JD 68)
    Marybeth McDonald (JD 82)**
    Robert W. Mead, Jr. (JD 69)
    Joseph C. Mellichamp III (JD 70)
    Howell W. Melton, Jr. (JD 75)
    Manuel Menendez, Jr. (JD 72)
    Robert G. Merkel (JD 74)
    Michael D. Minton (JD 81; LLMT 82)**
    The Hon. James Moody, Jr. (JD 72)
    George R. Moraitis (JD 66)
    John B. Morgan (JD 82)
    Lewis W. Murphy (JD 91)
    Louis Nostro (JD 82)
    Mark A. Nouss (JD 85)
    Brian M. O’Connell (JD 79; LLMT 80)
    Rahul Patel (JD 97)
    Lindy L. Paull (JD 79; LLMT 80)
    David H. Peek (JD 78; LLMT 79)
    Bill Perry (JD 86)
    Eugene K. Pettis (JD 85)
    Robert A. Pierce (LLMT 76)
    Charles P. Pillans III (JD 66)
    F. Wallace Pope, Jr. (JD 69)
    Becky A. Powhatan-Kelley (JD 76)
    James G. (“Jamie”) Pressly Jr. (JD 72)
    Gary L. Printy (JD 82)
    Mark J. Proctor (JD 75)
    Gerald F. Richman (JD 64)
    Jesse W. Rigby (JD 77)
    Gerald Rosenthal (JD 73)
    Juliet M. Roulhac (JD 87)
    Ray Royce (JD 61)
    Oscar A. Sanchez (JD 82)**
    Everett J. Santos (JD 66)
    John J. Schickel, Sr. (JD 72)
    William J. Schifino (JD 85)
    Clifford A. Schulman (JD 72)
    George E. Schulz, Jr. (JD 73)
    John “Jeff” Scroggin (JD 77; LLMT 79)
    Ernest A. Sellers (JD 62)
    Lawrence E. Sellers, Jr. (JD 79)
    Abraham M. Shashy, Jr. (JD 73)
    Linda L. Shelley (JD 77)
    The Hon. Morris Silberman (JD 82)
    Terrance A. Smiljanich (JD 72)
    Mike W. Smith (JD 85)
    W. Crit Smith (JD 78)
    W. Kelly Smith, Jr. (JD 66)
    Mark A. Somerstein (JD 82)
    Robert G. Stern (JD 90)
    Sidney A. Stubbs (JD 65)
    Glenn W. Sturm (JD 85)
    Hans G. Tanzler (JD 76; LLMT 77)
    Jeanne T. Tate (JD 81)
    James S. Theriac III (JD 74)
    Marjorie Bekaert Thomas (JD 76)
    Frank D. Upchurch III (JD 74)
    John J. Upchurch IV (JD 68)
    George A. Vaka (JD 83)
    John K. Vreeland (JD 71)
    Glenn Jerrold Waldman (JD 83)
    Jeffrey W. Warren (JD 72)
    William A. Weber (JD 76)
    Guy E. Whitesman (LLMT 85)
    Jean Eddy Wilson (JD 82)
    Tad A. Yates (JD 94)
    Evan J. Yegelwel (JD 80)
    Gwynne A. Young (JD 74)
    Stephen N. Zack (JD 71)
    Peter W. Zinober (JD 69)**

    ** = Past LCA Chair

    University of Florida Levin College of Law
    309 Village Drive
    PO Box 117620
    Gainesville, FL 32611
    (352) 273-0804
    Text-Only Version

    Tools

    Website

    Quick Links

    The Florida Constitutional Law Endowment in memory of Justice Ben F. Overton was created by Judge Karen Miller in 2013. This fund supports lectures and presentations by Justices of the Florida Supreme Court at the Fredric G. Levin College of Law.

    HISTORY

    Justice Overton, who earned his B.S. in 1951 and his Juris Doctor in 1952 from the University of Florida, was the first merit appointment to the Florida Supreme Court. Throughout his career he was active in legal education and served as an Adjunct Professor at the Levin College of Law through December 2012, the month of his death. Although he resided at Oak Hammock at the University of Florida, a continuing care retirement community developed in cooperation with UF, he also considered the Florida Supreme Court “home.” Among the high points of his later years was hosting Justices of the Florida Supreme Court in Gainesville and taking his class to Tallahassee to hear oral arguments at the Florida Supreme Court.
    Judge Miller, who earned her B.S. cum laude from New York University in 1974 and her Juris Doctor from New York Law School in 1977, served as Chief Administrative Law Judge of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, New York City’s business regulatory agency, before she retired to Oak Hammock at the University of Florida. Having accompanied Justice Overton on his excursions to Tallahassee and joined him in welcoming guests to Oak Hammock at the University of Florida, she created the endowment in memory of Justice Overton to ensure that the Levin College of Law continues to have the funding necessary to continue and enhance the interaction between its students and the Florida Supreme Court.

     

    Judge Miller remembered the event that motivated the endowment.

     

    Prior to a dinner at the home of Dean Robert Jerry and Lisa Jerry shortly after Justice Overton’s death, Justice Barbara Pariente and I were discussing a suitable memorial. Justice Pariente, who had been Justice Overton’s colleague on the Florida Supreme Court and who understood the importance to him of the interaction between his students and the Court, suggested the outline of what has become the Overton lectures. Dean Jerry, who has since retired, as has Dean Emeritus Jon Mills, who assumed responsibility for implementing the Overton lectures, were very supportive from the beginning. Since Dean Mills’ retirement, Professor Timothy McClendon, who assisted both Justice Overton and Dean Mills teaching Florida Constitutional Law and who co-authored the recent Florida Constitutional Law casebook, has continued the Overton lectures with the support of Interim Dean Merritt McAlister and CGR director, Professor Danaya Wright.

    Justice Overton was a devoted jurist, educator, and ethical leader of the Florida legal profession. The Overton Lecture Series brings Florida Supreme Court Justices to the University of Florida, Levin College of Law, and serves to introduce students to the inner workings of the Court. CGR and the students of the College of Law extend our deepest gratitude to Judge Karen Miller for making the Overton Lectures possible in perpetuity.

    You can watch an interview for the Florida Historical Society by Mary Adkins, professor emeritus of the UF Levin College of Law, with Justice Overton here.

    Justice Overton was also interviewed for the Samuel Proctor Oral History Project and a transcript of his interview is available at the Smathers Library, and here.
    Justice Overton sat on the Constitution Revision Commission of 1977-78 that proposed a right to privacy in the Florida Constitution. Although it failed as part of the Constitution Revision Commission recommendations, it passed in 1980 when proposed by the legislature. The bill was co-sponsored by our very own Jon Mills. The privacy provision prevailed by greater than 60%. Justice Overton then wrote a concurrence in a critical reproductive rights case in 1989 affirming that the privacy provision of the Florida Constitution included the right to obtain an abortion. That decision was overruled in Planned Parenthood of SW and Central Florida v. Florida. You can read about the role of Justice Overton, Jon Mills – director emeritus of CGR, and the history of the 1989 case here.