Alberto Milian

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Alberto Milian

Nonpartisan

Florida 11th Circuit Court

Tenure

Present officeholder

Term ends

2027

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

Florida International University, 1983

Law

Florida State University College of Law, 1986

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Alberto Milian is a judge of the Florida 11th Circuit Court. His current term ends on January 5, 2027.

Milian won re-election for judge of the Florida 11th Circuit Court outright after the general election on November 3, 2020, was canceled.

Education

Milian earned his B.A. in public administration from Florida International University in 1983 and his J.D. degree from the Florida State University College of Law.

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).

Military decorations

• Bronze Star
• Meritorious Service Medal
• National Defense Service Medal
• Army Achievement Medal
• Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
• Southwest Asia Service Medal
• Saudi Arabia Liberation Medal
• Kuwait Liberation Medal

Career

• 2015-Present: Judge, Eleventh Circuit Court
• 2000-2014: Criminal defense attorney
• 1988-2000: Prosecutor, Broward County 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 2001-2002 and Habla el Pueblo and Que Opina Usted? on WWFE-AM from 2000-2001.
• 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

• 2002: Best AM Radio Personality, Miami New Times
• City of Miami Police Department, Internal Affairs and Public Corruption Unit Citation for services rendered in public corruption investigations
• Drug Enforcement Administration citation for investigation and prosecution of high profile narcotics investigation
• Central Intelligence Agency Director’s citation for meritorious service during a time of hostilities

Associations

• City of Aventura Community Services Advisory Board
• Miami-Dade County Unsafe Structures Board.
• City of Miami Citizen’s Review Panel on Police-Community Relations.
• Member of Delvista Condominium Owner’s Association Board of Directors
• Lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
• Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO)

Elections

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Miami-Dade County, Florida (2020)

General election

The general election was canceled. Alberto Milian (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

2014

See also: Florida judicial 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.

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Alberto Milian did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Noteworthy events

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

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When his father's moderate voice on Cuban-American affairs was effectively stilled, Miami's Alberto Milian accepted the torch as an outspoken critic.

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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.

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.

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Footnotes

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