Commencement 2013 Ceremony - School of Law Date: Sat May 11, 2013 10:00am EDT — Sat May 11, 2013 12:00pm EDT Commencement Speaker: Hilarie Bass Speaker: Hilarie Bass, J.D. ’81 , President of Greenberg Traurig. Hilarie Bass graduated summa cum laude from the University of Miami’s School of Law in 1981 and was editor of the Law Review. She was recently named a president of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig after serving as global operating shareholder and previously completing an eight-year term as the national chair of the firm’s 600-member litigation department. During her more than 30-year career, she has successfully represented clients in commercial cases in jury and non-jury trials involving hundreds of millions of dollars in controversy.