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Mission Statement

Our mission is to improve communication with the Board of Trustees, to create an awareness of the plans, challenges, opportunities and progress in the law school, obtain feedback regarding the school’s strategic plan, support the administration and faculty in its work, and encourage, by active participation, philanthropic support for the school.

University of Miami School of Law
2008-2009 Visiting Committee

Chair Carlos M. de la Cruz, Sr., JD ‘79 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer CC1 Companies, Inc

Vice Chair Hilarie Bass, JD ‘81 Chair, National Litigation Practice Group Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Members
Robert A. Ades, JD ‘73 Robert Ades & Associates	David Boies Managing Partner Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Gregory M. Cesarano, JD ‘76 Carlton Fields, P.A. University of Miami, Board of Trustees	Wayne E. Chaplin, JD ’82 President and Chief Operating Officer Southern Wine and Spirits of America, Inc. University of Miami, Board of Trustees
Hon. Sue McCourt Cobb, JD ‘78 Former Florida Secretary of State and Former Ambassador to Jamaica Cobb Partners Ltd.	Dean C. Colson, JD ’77 Colson Hicks & Eidson University of Miami, Board of Trustees
Hon. Adalberto J. Jordan, JD ’87 United States District Court Southern District of Florida	Manuel Kadre Vice President and General Counsel CC1 Companies, Inc.
Michael R. Klein, JD ’66 Chairman Sunlight Fdn./CoStar Group, Inc.	Carolyn B. Lamm, JD ’73 Shareholder White and Case
Peter Lederer, Esq. Long Mountain Road Foundation	Dr. Rudolph Moise, JD ’97 President & Chief Executive Officer Comprehensive Health Center, Inc.
Cristina Moreno, JD ‘78 Murai Wald Biondo & Moreno P.A.	Hon. Federico Moreno, JD ’78 Chief Judge, United States District Court Southern District of Florida
Robert E. Panoff, JD. '76, LLMT '77 Robert E. Panoff, P.A.	Aaron S. Podhurst Senior Partner Podhurst Orseck, PA
Craig L. Robins, JD ‘87 DACRA	David B. Schwartz, JD ‘97 Vice President, Business Affairs Disney ABC Domestic Television
Laurie S. Silvers, JD ’77 President, Hollywood Media Corporation	HT Smith, Jr., JD ’73 H.T. Smith P.A.
Thomas D. Wood, Sr., JD ’56 Chairman, Thomas D. Wood & Company

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