Alberto Milian

Alberto Milian[3] (born November 12, 1960) is an American lawyer and judge from Florida. He is a judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.

Alberto Milian
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Alberto Milian
Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
Assumed office
January 6, 2015
Personal details
Born
Alberto Milian

(1960-11-12) November 12, 1960[1][2]
EducationFlorida International University (BA)
Florida State University (JD)
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army Reserve
Years of service1980–1998
Battles/warsOperation Just Cause (Panama)
Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War)

He won the primary election on August 26, 2014, and assumed office on January 6, 2015. His term expires on January 4, 2021.[4]

Elections

2014

Milian ran for election to the Eleventh Circuit Court. Primary: He was elected in the primary on August 26, 2014, receiving 57.9 percent of the vote.

He competed against Mary C. Gomez.[5]

Education

Milian earned his Bachelor of Arts in public administration from Florida International University in 1983 and his Juris Doctor from the Florida State University College of Law.[6]

Military career

Milian served in the United States Army Reserve from 1980 to 1998. He graduated from the U.S. Army Parachutist and Officer Candidate School in 1981. Milian is a veteran of two wars: Operation Just Cause (Panama) and Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War).

Career
  • 2015–2021: Judge, Eleventh Circuit Court[7]
  • 2000–2014: Criminal defense attorney
  • 1988–2000: Prosecutor, Broward County[8] State Attorney's Office
  • 1994–2000: Career Offender Unit

Career highlights
  • 80 percent conviction rate in jury trials as prosecutor of the Career Offender Unit.
  • Conducted "over 300 jury trials including charges of murder, robbery, burglary, and other violent crimes."
  • Host of two radio shows: Habla el Pueblo on WKAT-AM, Radio Uno from 2001 to 2002 and Habla el Pueblo and Que Opina Usted? on WWFE-AM from 2000 to 2001.
  • Worked as a military and political analyst, and he is a published author. He has written opinion editorials, columns, and essays on a variety of topics for newspapers and magazines.

Awards and associations

Awards

Associations

Noteworthy events

[11]

Terrorism attack hits close to home, spurs Milian to public service

In the mid-1970s, Alberto Milian's father, Emilio, was injured in a terrorist attack. Emilio was a popular, conservative radio host in the Miami area. On his show, "El Pueblo Habla," Emilio often spoke out against the violence in Miami during the anti-Castro movement. One day in April 1976, Emilio left the radio station where he hosted his show. When he turned the ignition of his car, a bomb that had been planted under the engine exploded. He lost both legs in the attack but did not lose his life.

This attack had a great impact on young Alberto Milian. Though he says he is not "a teary-eyed, worshipful son," Milian credits his father and those of his generation with waging a principled, non-violent battle against Fidel Castro. After Emilio's death in 2001, Milian began his own investigation into the attack, though no one was ever brought to trial for the crime.

Milian said he became a lawyer partly because of his father's tragedy. Where Emilio used the airwaves to get his message out, Alberto uses the law and politics.[4]

Reputation for professional aggressiveness

Milian was referred to as a "pitbull" in a piece by the St. Petersburg Times because of his courtroom outbursts and behavior. In 1999, after prosecuting a domestic violence case for the Broward County State Attorney's Office, Milian made controversial comments in public regarding not only the defense counsel in the case, but also the jurors. He called defense attorneys "maggots" and jurors "lobotomized zombies." Milian later said that he made those comments because the victim in the case was "maligned" by the defense during the trial. Milian left the Broward County State Attorney's Office the following year (2000) and entered solo practice. On another occasion, Milian punched a defense attorney in the lobby of a courthouse. Milian says he was provoked by the other attorney and that he acted in self-defense. This altercation led to Milian being suspended from the practice of law for a short period of time.

Footnotes
  1. ↑ See Judicial selection in Florida.
  2. ↑ Florida Secretary of State, “Candidate Listing for 2014 General Election,” accessed May 5, 2014
  3. ↑ Miami Herald, "Two incumbent Miami-Dade judges lose; Miami assistant city attorney wins seat," August 27, 2014
  4. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 St. Petersburg Times, "His father's voice," December 5, 2002
  5. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Beached Miami, "Miamians: Alberto Milian, son of Miami terrorism victim," October 18, 2010
  6. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Daily Business Review, "Group 27: Alberto Milian and Mary Gomez," August 8, 2014

References
  1. "Beached Miami". www.beachedmiami.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. United States Public Records, 1970–2009 (Florida, 1996)
  3. "Alberto Milian – Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  4. Miamians (Video). 2010-10-17.
  5. "Alberto Milian – Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  6. "Alberto Milian – Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  7. "Florida 11th Circuit Court – Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  8. "Broward County, Florida (Judicial) – Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  9. "The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S." www.vfw.org. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  10. "AFIO – Association of Former Intelligence Officers". www.afio.com. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  11. "Noteworthy events – Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2017-07-10.
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