Cases
Florida Appeals Team Successfully Defends on Appeal a Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage Entered in Bay County
Congratulations to Bill Palmer and Shannon McLin who successfully defended on appeal a final judgment of dissolution of marriage entered in Bay County! The First District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment, rejecting arguments that the trial court...
Florida Appeals Successfully Defends Final Order Dismissing Motion to Enforce Final Judgment and Compel Sale of Marital Home
Florida Appeals attorneys Shannon McLin and Bill Palmer successfully defended a final order dismissing a motion to enforce a final judgment and compel the sale of a marital home which was filed more than 20 years after entry of the judgment. The movant argued the...
Florida Appeals Successfully Defends Order Denying Motion to Quash Personal Service on Behalf of Injured Motorist
Florida Appeals successfully defended an order denying a motion to quash personal service on behalf of an injured motorist in the Fourth District Court of Appeal. The nonresident driver challenged substituted service of process under Florida Statutes 48.171 and 48.161...
Florida Appeals Successful in Pro Bono Appeal
As part of its commitment to pro bono work on behalf of the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Shannon McLin and William Palmer of Florida Appeals successfully defended the appeal of a termination of parental rights. The Second District Court of Appeal affirmed the...
Appellate Court Recognizes Value of an Experienced Appellate Lawyer
Knowledge and experience are priceless as a recent Illinois appellate decision demonstrates. In a heart-wrenching case, the First District Court of Appeal had no choice but to find in favor of the Appellee because of a series of egregious technical errors by the...
Attorneys Shannon McLin and Earle W. Peterson prevail in complex dissolution appeal
197 So. 3d 612 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016). Shannon McLin and her colleagues successfully obtained reversal of a final judgment of dissolution of marriage on the issues of calculation of child support, equitable distribution, and an award of post-valuation profits. ...
Dorworth v. Dorworth
176 So. 3d 336 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015). In this divorce matter, Shannon McLin and her colleague successfully had the case reversed and remanded to the trial court to reconsider numerous rulings erroneously made in the former wife’s favor.
Kelly L. Rooth Prevails in Complex Civil Rights Appeal
790 F.3d 1286 (11th Cir. 2015) Kelly L. Rooth prevails in complex civil rights actions. In Salvato v. Miley, 790 F.3d 1286 (11th Cir. 2015), the personal representative of the estate of a suspect who was shot and killed by police brought a § 1983 action against the...
Eldridge v. Eldridge
147 So. 3d 1048 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014) In a complicated divorce matter, the trial court agreed with the wife’s contention that certain alimony payments were actually shareholder distributions from the marital business. The trial court awarded the wife one-half of the...
Fairchild v. Fairchild
135 So. 3d 537 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014) In a divorce case involving numerous issues, Shannon McLin persuaded the appellate court to find that the former husband was entitled to credit for certain material funds used during the proceeding to pay attorney’s fees.