Alumni Association Board of Directors

2023-2024 Officers

President – Lauren V. Purdy (’11)
Gunster
Jacksonville

Immediate Past President – Jason B. Burnett (’88)
GrayRobinson, P.A.
Jacksonville

President Elect – Kareem J. Spratling (’06)
Bryant Miller Olive
Tampa

Secretary – Tara R. Price (’12)
Shutts & Bowen
Tallahassee

Directors

Ginger L. Boyd (’00)
Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel
Tallahassee

Joseph M. Coleman (’15)
Coleman Litigation PA
Naples

Maxwell J. Dauerman (’12)
VendorSmart
Plantation

Mark S. Ellis (’84)
International Bar Association
London

Alejandro Espino (’97)
Taylor Espino Vega & Touron, P.A.
Coral Gables

Paige M. Farach (’19)
State’s Attorney’s Office, 19th Circuit
Fort Pierce

Andrew G. Fay (’10)
Florida Public Service Commission
Tallahassee

Alexander J. Fumagali (’12)
Kennedys Law LLP
Miami

Roger J. Haughey, II (‘97)
Sivyer Barlow Watson & Haughey, P.A.
Tampa

Christopher L. Hill (’18)
Pennington, P.A.
Tallahassee

Michael A. Kolcun, Jr. (’10)
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Tampa

Scott Remington (’97)
Clark Partington
Pensacola

Salesia V. Smith-Gordon (’92)
Law Offices of Salesia Smith-Gordon
West Palm Beach

A. James Spalla (’70)
A.J. Jim Spalla, P.A.
Tallahassee

Robin L. Suarez (’89)
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation
Orlando

Nina C. Welch (’15)
Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel
Fort Lauderdale

Presidential Appointments

Allison Beattie (’19)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Washington, DC

The Honorable Wendy W. Berger (’93)
United States District Court—Middle District of Florida
Orlando

Tanya L. Bower (’96)
Tripp Scott PA
Fort Lauderdale

Lillian R. Denish (’18)
Rosenbaum PLLC
West Palm Beach

Celeste N. Gaines (’15)
McKesson Corporation
Atlanta, GA

The Honorable C. Alan Lawson (’87)
Lawson Huck Gonzalez, PLLC
Tallahassee

Carlos A. Lindo (’12)
Lucet
Overland Park, KS

Michael C. Markham (’88)
Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns, LLP
Tampa

The Honorable Thomas N. Palermo (’01)
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
Tampa

Chad E. Revis (’21)
Holtzman Vogel
Tallahassee

The Honorable Julie S. Sneed (’95)
United States District Court—Middle District of Florida
Tampa

David Varet (’12)
Office of Regional Conflict Counsel
Casselberry

Emeritus Status

Michael A. Atter (’79)
Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A.
Jacksonville

Rosalyn S. Baker-Barnes (’00)
Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley P.A.
West Palm Beach

Robert A. Bass (’95)
Bass Sox Mercer
Tallahassee

Kurtis T. Bauerle (’98)
Harris Harris Bauerle Ziegler Lopez
Orlando

Marialle A. Bell (’13)
The Law Office of Marialle A. Bell, LLC
Saint Louis, MO

Jennifer R. Beltz (’96)
Beltz & Beltz, P.A.
St. Petersburg

Lourdes Bernal-Dixon (’00)
Bernal-Dixon Law, PA
Brandon

Gregory K. Black (’10)
Waypoint Strategies
Tallahassee

Bruce B. Blackwell (’75)
Orlando

Charles E. Buker (’79)
Buker Jones & Haley, P.C.
Atlanta, GA

Jennifer Stearns Buttrick (’94)
Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
Miami

L. Antonio Cabassa (’95)
Wenzel Fenton Cabassa, P.A.
Tampa

Kerey M. Carpenter (’92)
Kerey Carpenter
Tallahassee

Brandon G. Cathey (’04)
Cathey & Miles, P.A.
St Petersburg

Rochelle Birnbaum Chiocca (’00)
Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.
West Palm Beach

Robert N. Clarke, Jr. (’86)
Ausley & McMullen, P.A.
Tallahassee

Clark J. Cochran, Jr. (’74)
Fort Lauderdale

Gerald B. Cope, Jr. (’78)
Akerman LLP
Miami

David M. Corry (’90)
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

The Honorable Jessica G. Costello (’09)
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
Tampa

Brian J. Cross (’04)
Wilks Brothers, LLC
Cisco, TX

Benjamin L. Crump (’95)
Ben Crump Law, PLLC
Tallahassee

Jennifer R. Dixon (’04)
Amherst Holdings, LLC
Apopka

Jason R. Doss (’02)
The Doss Firm, LLC
Marietta, GA

Joshua E. Doyle (’06)
The Florida Bar Tallahassee

Linda Bond Edwards (’95)
Rumberger, Kirk, and Caldwell, P.A.
Tallahassee

Manuel Farach (’86)
Mrachek, Fitzgerald, Rose, Konopka, Thomas & Weiss, P.A.
West Palm Beach

Eileen D. Fernandez (’01)
Phoenix Union High School District
Phoenix, AZ

Tor J. Friedman (’05)
Friedman & Abrahamsen
Tallahassee

Laverne Lewis Gaskins (’93)
Law Office of Laverne Lewis Gaskins
Augusta, GA

Stann W. Givens (’74)
Givens Law Group, PLLC
Tampa

Rafael Gonzalez (’90)
Cattie & Gonzalez, PLLC
Lithia

Richard B. Hadlow (’77)
Holland & Knight LLP
Tampa

Marlon A. Hill (’95)
Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman
Coral Gables

Terry L. Hill (’05)
The Florida Bar
Tallahassee

Deborah K. Kearney (’81)
Tallahassee

Jason K. Kellogg (’02)
Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider & Grossman LLP
Miami

Lawrence A. Kellogg (’81)
Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider & Grossman LLP
Miami

Jami M. Kimbrell (’03)
Brooks Law
Tallahassee

Edwin P. Krieger, Jr. (’77)
Wormington & Bollinger
McKinney, TX

Markenzy Lapointe (’99)
United States Attorney's Office
Miami

Raymer F. Maguire, III (’79)
Maguire Eminent Domain, P.A.
Orlando

Jacinta M. Mathis (’89)
Mathis Law Group, LLC
Orlando

The Honorable R. Bruce McKibben (’84)
Tallahassee

Steven M. Millsap (’98)
Divergent Technologies
Torrance, CA

James W. Nuebel (’87)
Apopka

Kevin M. O’Brien (’01)
Phelps Dunbar, LLP
Raleigh, NC

Barbara O’Horo-Benton (’02)
Barbara O’Horo-Benton, Attorney at Law
Orlando

Kelly A. O’Keefe (’94)
Stearns Weaver Miller
Tallahassee

H. Mark Purdy (’70)
Purdy & Flynn
Fort Lauderdale

Matthew W. Rearden (’01)
Maxwell Leadership
Orlando

Patrick J. Rengstl (’02)
Patrick J. Rengstl, P.A.
Miami

The Honorable Heather Pinder Rodriguez (’98)
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Kissimmee

The Honorable Jose R. Rodriguez (’77)
Orlando

Clifford W. Sanborn, III (’84)
Barron & Redding, P.A.
Panama City

Jeffrey H. Savlov (’75)
Law Office of Jeffrey H. Savlov
Tallahassee

Thomas P. Scarritt (’83)
Scarritt Law Group, P.A.
Tampa

M. Kay Simpson (’85)
Guilday Law, P.A.
Tallahassee

Andrew W. Smith (’12)
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Tampa

Shawn D. Smith (’97)
Florida Keys Aqueduct General Counsel
Key West

Molly J. Tasker (’73)
Melbourne

Phillip H. Taylor (’05)
Punta Gorda

Jacquelyn Thomas (’14)
Chilivis Grubman
Atlanta, GA

Donald J. Thomas (’89)
CBR Law Group, LLLP
Boca Raton

Meredith C. Trammell (’95)
Meredith Trammell, Attorney at Law
Tallahassee

The Honorable Suzanne S. Van Wyk (’94)
Florida Division of Administrative Hearings
Tallahassee

Frederic E. Waczewski (’03)
Law Office of Frederic E. Waczewski, P.A.
Orlando

Edwin Walborsky (’79)
Walborsky, Bradley & Fleming, PLLC
Panama City

Joseph J. Ward (’98)
Pedialaw LLC
Brooksville

Linda Spaulding White (’85)
Nelson Mullins
Fort Lauderdale

Joshua A. Whitman (’84)
Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea & Eslinger, P.A.
Jacksonville

R. Mark Williamson (’91)
Alston & Bird LLP
Atlanta, GA

Judicial Section

The Honorable Janette C. Dunnigan
The Honorable Sally D.M. Kest
The Honorable Richard G. Payne
The Honorable Stephanie W. Ray
The Honorable Mary S. Scriven
The Honorable Terry D. Terrell