Board Certification
Also known as: Florida Bar Board Certification
The Florida Bar's formal recognition of a lawyer's specialized expertise in a particular practice area, including appellate practice since 1994.
Board certification is the Florida Bar's process for formally recognizing a lawyer's expertise in a specific area of law. The Florida Bar established appellate practice as a board-certification field in 1994, which is part of what makes appellate law a distinct, formally recognized specialty rather than simply a subset of general litigation.
Not every lawyer who handles appeals is board certified in appellate practice, and board certification is one signal of specialization among several, not the only way to evaluate appellate experience.