Tampa, Fla. – Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that Tallahassee Shareholder Christine Davis Graves and West Palm Beach Associate Dean Morande are now Board Certified by The Florida Bar in the Appellate Practice. Board Certification identifies them as attorneys with special knowledge, skills, and proficiency in appellate law and this certification distinguishes them as specialists in this legal area.

Carlton Fields now has 11 attorneys certified by The Florida Bar in Appellate Practice, the most of any law firm. 

Alina Alonso - Miami shareholder
Cristina Alonso - Miami shareholder
Nancy C. Ciampa - Miami shareholder
Matthew J. Conigliaro - St. Petersburg shareholder
Christine Davis Graves - Tallahassee shareholder
Joseph H. Lang, Jr. - Tampa shareholder
Wendy F. Lumish - Miami shareholder
Dean Morande - West Palm Beach associate
Paul L. Nettleton - Miami shareholder
Jack R. Reiter - Miami of counsel
Sylvia H. Walbolt - Tampa shareholder

Carlton Fields has Florida’s largest group of lawyers devoted exclusively to an Appellate and Trial Support practice. The depth and breadth of experience results in an efficient and sophisticated appellate practice, allowing the firm’s appellate advocates to focus on the procedural rules, unwritten customs, strategies for success, and avoiding traps that exist in practice before the appellate courts.

Carlton Fields’ Appellate practice, however, is not limited to the traditional work in appellate courts. The attorneys team with trial counsel to provide litigation support by drafting and arguing dispositive motions, motions in limine, directed verdict motions, proposed jury instructions and verdict forms, and post-trial motions. In addition, the firm’s appellate lawyers attend trials to assist in preserving the record for appeal.