Alma mater

University of Florida

126 U.S. federal judges studied here. See where it ranks among law schools by judges produced.

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
William Allan McRae Jr.	A.B.	Judge	1932
Winston Eugene Arnow	B.B.A.	Judge	1932
Isaac Benjamin Krentzman Jr.	B.S.	Judge	1935
George Cressler Young	A.B.	Judge	1938
Sidney Myer Aronovitz	B.A.	Judge	1942
Howell Webster Melton Sr.	A.A.	Judge	1943
James Carriger Paine	A.A.	Judge	1943
James W. Kehoe	A.A.	Judge	1947
James Lawrence King	B.A.E.	Judge	1949
George Carter Carr	B.S.B.A.	Judge	1951
Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1952
José Victor Toledo	B.A.	Judge	1952
Eugene P. Spellman	B.A.	Judge	1953
Maurice Mitchell Paul	B.S.B.A.	Judge	1954
William Terrell Hodges	B.S.B.A.	Judge	1956
Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1960
Paul C. Huck	B.A.	Judge	1962
Patricia C. Fawsett	B.A.	Judge	1965
Stephan P. Mickle	B.A.	Judge	1965
Alan Stephen Gold	B.A.	Judge	1966
Donald M. Middlebrooks	B.S.B.A.	Judge	1968
James S. Moody Jr.	B.S.	Judge	1969
Steven Douglas Merryday	B.A.	Judge	1972
James D. Whittemore	B.S.B.A.	Judge	1974
Roy Bale Dalton Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1974
Beth Francine Bloom	B.S.	Judge	1984
Mark Eaton Walker	B.A.	Judge	1989
Thomas Patrick Barber	B.A.	Judge	1989
Thomas Patrick Barber		Judge	1989
Julie Simone Sneed	B.S.	Judge	1991
John Leonard Badalamenti	B.A.	Judge	1995
John Leonard Badalamenti	Criminology and Law, highest honors	Judge	1995
Steven Daniel Grimberg	B.A.	Judge	1995
Chari L. Kelly	Political Science and Criminology, magna cum laude	Justice	1999
Robert Joshua Luck	B.A.	Judge	2000
Jordan Emery Pratt	B.A.	Judge	2009
Alto L. Adams		Justice	–
Alto L. Adams		Judge	–
Anne Cawthon Booth		Judge	–
Aquilino Lopez Jr.		Judge	–
B Campbell Thornal		Justice	–
Barry J. Stone		Judge	–
Benjamin C. Thornal		Judge	–
Bobby Gunther		Judge	–
Bradford L. Thomas		Judge	–
Bruce Waldron Jacobus		Judge	–
Burton C. Conner		Judge	–
C Welborn Daniel		Judge	–
Carol Lynn Rose	summa cum laude	Judge	–
Charles A. Davis Jr.		Judge	–
Charles J. Kahn		U.S. Magistrate Judge	–
Charles M. Harris		Judge	–
David A. Monaco		Judge	–
David F. Patterson		Judge	–
David M. Gersten		Judge	–
Debra Bernes		Judge	–
Dennis Maloney		Judge	–
Douglass B. Shivers		Judge	–
Earle Peterson Jr.		Judge	–
Edwin A. Scales III		Judge	–
Edwin B. Browning		Judge	–
Emerson R. Thompson		Judge	–
Frank A. Shepherd		Judge	–
Frank Upchurch Jr.		Judge	–
Fred A. Hazouri		Judge	–
Gilbert Goshorn		Judge	–
Grant Colton Jaquith		Judge	–
Guyte P. McCcord Jr.		Judge	–
Harry Lee Anstead		Justice	–
Jack R. Schoonover		Judge	–
Jack Schemer		Judge	–
James C. Adkins Jr.		Justice	–
James E. Alderman		Judge	–
James H. Walden		Judge	–
James Lawrence King		Judge	–
James S. Parker		Judge	–
James W. Kehoe		Judge	–
Jay P. Cohen		Judge	–
Jd Smith		Judge	–
John H. Moore II		Judge	–
John M. Scheb		Judge	–
John R. Beranek		Judge	–
John Upchurch		Judge	–
Jonathan D. Gerber		Judge	–
Joseph Nesbitt		Judge	–
Kerry I. Evander		Judge	–
Kevin Emas		Judge	–
L Arthur Lawrence		Judge	–
Linda Ann Wells		Judge	–
Manuel Menendez Jr.		Judge	–
Marc B. Gilner		Judge	–
Mark W. Klingensmith		Judge	–
Marva Crenshaw		Judge	–
Matthew C. Lucas		Judge	–
Morison Buck		Judge	–
Nelly Khouzam		Judge	–
Parker L. McDonald		Justice	–
Patricia J. Kelly		Presiding Judge	–
Patti Henning		Judge	–
Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr.		Judge	–
Randolph Bentley		Judge	–
Richard A. Lazzara		Judge	–
Richard Orfinger		Judge	–
Richard W. Ervin		Judge	–
Robert L. Shevin		Judge	–
Robert Morris		Judge	–
Robert Pleus		Judge	–
Robert T. Benton II		Judge	–
Robert T. Mann		Judge	–
Roger Waybright		Judge	–
Rosemary Barkett		Justice	–
Ross L. Bilbrey		Judge	–
Samuel J. Salario Jr.		Judge	–
Scott Makar		Judge	–
Stacy Paige Speiller		Judge	–
Stephan P. Mickle		Judge	–
Stephen H. Grimes		Justice	–
T Truett Ott		Judge	–
Thomas H. Barkdull Jr.		Judge	–
Tillman Pearson		Judge	–
Tyrie A. Boyer		Judge	–
Warren Cobb		Judge	–
William A. Van Nortwick		Judge	–
William C. Gridley		Judge	–
William L. Durden Jr.		Judge	–
Winifred L. Wentworth		Judge	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Verify against the primary source before relying.