Overview
Christine Davis is an experienced appellate advocate, regularly handling all aspects of appellate litigation in state and federal courts. Christine concentrates her practice on administrative litigation, complex commercial litigation, medical malpractice, personal injury, health care, product liability, constitutional litigation, and insurance coverage issues, including bad faith actions. She has represented large hospitals and other health care providers, corporations, insurance companies, manufacturers, and governmental entities, among others, in all of these areas.
In addition to her traditional appellate work, a large part of Christine's practice involves serving as appellate counsel before and at trial, through which she has logged countless courtroom hours. This work involves attending trial and assisting with general trial strategy, ensuring the record is preserved for appeal, and drafting and arguing legal motions, case-dispositive motions, jury instructions, and post-trial motions.
Christine frequently provides presentations to her clients, trial lawyers, and other organizations on topics relating to appellate issues and the best trial practices from an appellate lawyer’s point of view, which covers every part of litigation, from the filing of the complaint to the filing of the appeal. She also regularly presents on substantive areas of the law in which she practices, set forth above.
Christine is board certified in Appellate Practice by The Florida Bar. She was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for Appellate Practice (2020) and has been repeatedly listed in Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite and selected for inclusion in the Florida Super Lawyers list for Appellate Practice. She is a past president of the First District Appellate Inn of Court and continues to serve on its Executive Committee. She was appointed by two Florida governors to the First District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission and is currently serving a term ending in June 2023. She served as a vice chair of The Florida Bar Appellate Court Rules Committee and remains an active member of that committee.
She is the managing shareholder of Carlton Fields' Tallahassee office.
Christine Davis is an indispensable team member of any trial team handling a large, complex commercial case. As an experienced and capable appellate practitioner, her trusted advice and thoughtful guidance provide tremendous value both in the trial and appellate process. Trial counsel are well-served working with Christine as early as possible in a case.
Mike Abel
Co-Founder, Abel Bean Law, PA, Jacksonville, Florida
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