Florida Appeals is proud to announce that founding partner Shannon McLin Carlyle, B.C.S., has been recognizing as a Super Lawyers in appellate practice. This marks the fourteenth consecutive year Ms. Carlyle has been selected by her peers as a Florida Super Lawyer. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement….
On March 23, 2019 retired appellate judge Bill Palmer travelled to Liberty University School of Law in Linchberg, Virginia to judge its first year moot court competition. Palmer was joined by federal and state appellate judges from seven different jurisdictions in Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Iowa. Liberty’s courtroom is an exact replica of the…
Shannon McLin Carlyle participated in the 2019 Marital and Family Law Review Course held by The Florida Bar’s Marital and Family Law Section and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers by providing the appellate materials for the “Red Books.” Ms. Carlyle’s materials, titled “Appeals and Extraordinary Writs” will assist family lawyers throughout Florida who need…
The Florida Guardian Ad Litem Program recognized 21 attorneys for “outstanding advocacy” on behalf of special needs children in dependency court. Shannon McLin Carlyle was honored for appeals on behalf of these children. Senator Bill Galvano, Senate sponsor of the bill that created the Special Needs Registry for such children, commented that “[t]hese attorneys are…
197 So. 3d 612 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016). Shannon McLin Carlyle 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. http://www.5dca.org/Opinions/Opin2016/070416/5D15-54.op.pdf
Attorney Shannon McLin Carlyle has been named to Florida Trend’s Legal Elite for 2016. Florida Trend uses a rigorous process of peer review and nomination to identify the leading lawyers in the state. This year, 1,144 lawyers were chosen as Legal Elite, representing less than 2% of the lawyers in the state. http://www.floridatrend.com/article/20111/floridas-legal-leaders-by-practice-area?page=2#appellate
Attorney Shannon McLin Carlyle attended the Florida Family Law Section’s Certification Review Course hosted by the section and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Shannon’s practice focuses on family law appeals throughout Florida.
Eldridge v. Eldridge, 147 So. 3d 1048 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014).
Eldridge v. Eldridge, 147 So. 3d 1048 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014).
Attorney Shannon McLin Carlyle spoke at the Florida Bar’s Family Law Section Retreat in Las Vegas on how family lawyers can use appellate lawyers more effectively in their practice.
Home at Last v. V.M., 126 So. 3d 1236 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013).
D.M.T. v. T.M.H., 129 So. 3d 320 (Fla. 2013).
