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TRENDING: Judge Suzanne Labrit May 2022 New Year, New Appellate Rules. Welcome to The Record Online! The APS to Spotlight its Pro Bono Volunteers Appellate Practice Section Members Donate More Than 1,0... Coffee Talk with Judge Adam Tanenbaum Featured Articles Judicial Profiles Civil Appeals Criminal Appeals Rules of Procedure Chair’s Message Print Archive Welcome to The Record! New and Trending #1309 (no title) Home Pro Bono Spotlight Home About FAQ Print Archive Print Archive – 2016-2020 Print Archive – 2011-2015 Print Archive – 2005-2010 Print Archive — 2000-2004 Print Archive — 1996-1999 Appellate Practice Section Website Select Page Welcome to The Record! Chair’s Message Member Spotlight September 2023 Chair’s Message Greetings Appellate Practice Section Members, In my initial Chair’s message, I issued a challenge to all of our members. I challenged everyone to: Bring a friend. Bring an opposing counsel. Bring an... Read More Message from the 2023-2024 APS Chair Greetings Appellate Practice Section Members, Several past APS chairs had a theme for their year. Sorry friends, I do not. Instead, at the Annual Convention, I issued a challenge to all our... Read More May 2022 Happy Spring! Or more accurately for us in Florida, welcome to Lovebug Land. The Section celebrated the seasonal change with our first in-person event in several years: Practicing Before the First... Read More January 2022 Happy Holidays, Appellate Practice Section Members! How is everyone doing as 2021 comes to a close? It has been a beautiful December in Florida - the type of weather where you can open your windows... Read More Congratulations to New Board-Certified Lawyers! Congratulations to the five lawyers who recently earned Florida Bar board certification inAppellate Practice: Jessica Christy Connor, OrlandoJonathan P. Picard, West Palm BeachMichael A.... Read More APS Pro Bono Spotlight: Melissa A. Giasi How did you first get involved doing pro bono work? I have done minor pro bono projects over the years. However, in 2017, I was contacted by a high school classmate who needed help with an... Read More APS Pro Bono Spotlight PRO BONO ATTORNEYSARAH LAHLOU-AMINE How did you first get involved doing pro bono work? I give a lot of credit to my alma mater, Stetson University College of Law, for getting me involved in pro... Read More Member Spotlight: Samuel Walker Section Member Samuel Walker was recently recognized by the Section for his exciting YouTube series featuring regular case updates from the Florida Supreme Court and District Courts of Appeal. The... Read More CLE Featured Article Judicial Profile 2020 Appellate Board Certified Attorneys The Appellate Board Certification Committee is pleased to announce that the following attorneys have earned board certification: Kimberly Berman, Ft. LauderdaleEric Levine, West Palm BeachJohn... Read More AJEI / ECAPI 2018 Summit Save the date! AJEI / ECAPI 2018 Summit | Nov. 8-11, 2018 Marriott Marquis, Downtown Atlanta The Appellate Practice Section is proud to support the Eleventh Circuit Appellate Practice Institute... Read More Join the Section for the 2018-2019 Monthly Audio Webcast Season Last year, the Section moved into the technological age and revamped the monthly CLEs. It moved from a telephonic to a webinar format. This change was a huge success. It allowed the speakers to use... Read More Coffee Talk with Judge Adam Tanenbaum By Eleanor H. Sills Perhaps unsurprising from someone who is a self-described iconoclast, Judge Adam Tanenbaum is refreshingly unexpected.... Read More A Chat with the Chief Justice By David Costello* Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz and his clerks read thousands of legal briefs each year. But they still make time to read novels—call... Read More 2023 in Review: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure By Samantha Wuschke* As we begin 2024, appellate practitioners should be aware of the... Read More September 2023 Chair’s Message Greetings Appellate Practice Section Members, In my initial Chair’s message, I issued a challenge to all of our members. I challenged everyone to:... Read More Coffee Talk with Judge Adam Tanenbaum By Eleanor H. Sills Perhaps unsurprising from someone who is a self-described iconoclast, Judge Adam Tanenbaum is refreshingly unexpected.... Read More A Chat with the Chief Justice By David Costello* Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz and his clerks read thousands of legal briefs each year. But they still make time to read novels—call... Read More Judge Suzanne Labrit You won’t hear it from her, but Judge Labrit has always stood out from her peers. At the age of twelve, Judge Labrit left home to attend Golden... Read More Remembering Justice Grimes By Julia Kapusta As we say goodbye to 2021 and hello to 2022, it is important to take the time to remember those that we lost this past year. ... Read More Civil Appeals Rules of Procedure Criminal Appeals Retroactive Application of Law to Cases Pending on Appeal Occasionally, while an appeal is pending, the law changes in a way that could affect the outcome of the case. Therefore, appellate attorneys should... Read More Constitution Revision Commission Update April 9, 2018 by Courtney Brewer And then there were twelve . . . or is it twenty-four? After a series of public hearings and meetings over the... Read More Appellate Practice Section Members Donate More Than 1,000 Hours of Pro Bono Time to the Guardian ad Litem Office It’s going like gangbusters.” Read More Constitution Revision Commission Update February 16, 2018 The CRC wrapped up committee meetings in early February and is now traveling the state holding public hearings. To find out if... Read More 2023 in Review: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure By Samantha Wuschke* As we begin 2024, appellate practitioners should be aware of the... Read More On the Florida Supreme Court’s Amendment to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130 Katryna Santa Cruz Prior to January 6, 2022, trial court orders granting or denying leave to amend a complaint to assert a claim for punitive... Read More A Primer on the Law of the Case Doctrine in the Eleventh Circuit by Paul Avron The law of the case doctrine is not applied on a daily basis, but it is a viable tool for litigants who obtain favorable... Read More Appellate CPR: Resuscitating Your Family Law Case on Appeal Without a Transcript Winter 2017, Volume XX, No. 7 By Michael M. Giel You’re holding a final judgment peppered with errors. Maybe the court awarded certain relief... Read More Retroactive Application of Law to Cases Pending on Appeal Occasionally, while an appeal is pending, the law changes in a way that could affect the outcome of the case. Therefore, appellate attorneys should... Read More Constitution Revision Commission Update April 9, 2018 by Courtney Brewer And then there were twelve . . . or is it twenty-four? After a series of public hearings and meetings over the... Read More Constitution Revision Commission Update February 16, 2018 The CRC wrapped up committee meetings in early February and is now traveling the state holding public hearings. To find out if... Read More Constitution Revision Commission Update – February 2, 2018 February 2, 2018 After a couple of full weeks of committee meetings, the Legislative Committee has some updates to report on the CRC, one of which... Read More Subscribe to The Record! Don't miss out! 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