Roy Black

Roy Black (born February 17, 1945) is the husband of Lea Black and best known for being an attorney and appearing in the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of Miami.

Early Life
Black was born in New York. His parents divorced and his mother remarried to a British automotive executive who moved the family to Connecticut and then Jamaica.

He attended the University of Miami and earned an undergraduate degree and a Juris Doctor. He was a member of the Zeta Epsilon chapter of Alpha Tau Omega.

Career
Black is an attorney.

He is known for gaining an acquittal, in 1991, of William Kennedy Smith on charges of rape and for his representation of conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh. Other celebrities whom Black has represented include actor Kelsey Grammer, racer Helio Castroneves, Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis, artist Peter Max, financier Jeffrey Epstein and Justin Bieber.

He is a partner in Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, a Miami-based trial firm specialising in civil litigation and criminal defense. He also serves as an adjunct instructor of criminal evidence at the University of Miami School of Law. In addition to his legal work, he provides legal commentary for various NBC news shows and playing the "managing partner" of The Law Firm, a short-lived reality-based TV show pitting lawyers each other week-to-week in a legal version of The Apprentice.

The Real Housewives of Miami
In 2011, his wife joined the cast of the Bravo reality television series for the first season and appeared in all three seasons. Roy, along with his family have also been featured on the show throughout.

Marriages and Children
Black has been married three times. He married his second wife, Naomi Morris Black in 1984 and together they have one daughter, Nora. The couple later divorced.

He married his third wife, Lea Black in 1994 and together they have one son, Roy "RJ" Jr. (born 2012).

Family
Wives and Partners


 * Naomi Morris Black (Ex-wife)
 * Lea Black (1994-present)

Children


 * Nora Black
 * RJ Black