In the Spotlight

Our quality team of experts is regularly recognized for their success and thought leadership in the appellate world.  Here are some of our notable and newsworthy accomplishments.

Brannock Humphries & Berman Helps 97-Year-Old Plaintiff Obtain Verdict Against Cigarette Company

After a three-week trial, a Miami jury awarded damages to the wife of a World War II fighter pilot who died in 1993 from a lifetime of smoking Pall Mall cigarettes. This was the second trial for the plaintiff, after ...

Eight Brannock Humphries & Berman Lawyers Recognized as Florida Super Lawyers

The annual Super Lawyers rankings are out, featuring eight Brannock Humphries & Berman attorneys among Florida’s best appellate practitioners in 2021. For the third year in a row, Brannock Humphries & Berman partner Celene Humphries was listed as one of ...

Brannock Humphries & Berman Obtains Important Ruling in Attorney’s Fee Fight

In an extensive 40-plus-page opinion, a three-judge panel of the Second District Court of Appeal provided far-reaching guidance on the division of contingent attorney’s fees earned after a lawyer departs a law firm. The case stemmed from a tragic accident ...

Two Brannock Humphries & Berman Shareholders Featured at Florida Bar Convention’s Signature Seminar

Steve Brannock and Ceci Berman were both part of the Florida Bar President’s Showcase CLE, “Look Out Below! Blunders, Landmines, and the Consequences of Poor Attorney Performance in the Preservation of Record Error,” which was attended by several hundred lawyers ...

Florida Supreme Court Rejects State’s Petition to Reinstate Overturned Criminal Conviction

After Brannock Humphries & Berman successfully persuaded the First District Court of Appeal to take the extraordinary step of reversing a murder conviction based on insufficient evidence, the Florida Supreme Court denied the State of Florida’s effort to undo the ...

Class Certification Affirmed by Second District Court of Appeal

Brannock Humphries & Berman successfully persuaded the Second District Court of Appeal to uphold, without comment, an order certifying a class action against a Tampa-based clinic that claims to be able to treat chronic, incurable lung diseases such as COPD ...

Joe Eagleton Receives Prestigious Award for Pro Bono Service

Recognizing him as a “powerful voice for pro bono service” and an “outstanding and motivating lawyer,” the Appellate Practice Section of the Florida Bar has presented the John R. Hamilton Pro Bono Award to Brannock Humphries & Berman attorney Joe ...

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