Jay Appeals & Appellate Lawyers

Our criminal justice system is designed to protect the innocent. However, in so doing, we must likewise defend the guilty. For this reason, it is critical that every person accused of a crime—whether truly innocent or guilty—be represented equally and assertively.
This is my passion.
Since beginning my career, I have practiced exclusively criminal law. Early on, I focused on criminal trial proceedings. I have been lead counsel in over 130...

As a criminal attorney in Melbourne Florida, Kepler B. Funk is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Florida, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. He has appeared pro hac vice in other jurisdictions including Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New Jersey, Texas and Kansas.

Mr. Funk is a Florida Board Certified Criminal Trial Attorney. Further, he was selected to serve, as one of only nine Florida attorneys, on the...

Practice Area

Employment litigation
Business Litigation

Education

University of Pittsburgh, School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2000
Pennsylvania State University, 1995

Honors

Client Distinction Award, based on client ratings on Martindale.com, 2013.
AV Pre-eminent Rating, pursuant to Martindale Hubbell, 2012
Florida Super lawyers, Rising Star, 2010.
Top Young Lawyers in Florida, 2010.

Bar Admissions

The Florida Bar, 2002
The Pennsylvania Bar, 2000

Court Admissions

United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
United States District Court, Northern District of Florida
United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court

Concierge Lawyer in Business Law, Real Property Law and Civil Litigation Principal, Law Offices of Daren Rubenfeld, P.A.

Concierge Lawyer in Business Law, Appeals, Real Property Law and Civil Litigation Principal, Law Offices of Daren Rubenfeld, P.A.

Jeremy Bailie is an Associate with the firm, practicing appellate and commercial litigation. Jeremy attended Northland International University where he received his bachelor’s degree in History. After completing his undergraduate degree, Jeremy earned his Juris Doctor, with a concentration in advocacy, from Stetson University College of Law, where he served as the Chief Justice of Stetson’s #1 nationally-ranked Moot Court program. During law school, through the Moot Court program, Jeremy argued in front of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans’ Claims, the Florida Supreme Court, and judges from all five Florida district courts of appeal. After law school,...

Christopher V. Carlyle has been Board Certified by The Florida Bar in appellate practice since 2006 and is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell. Mr. Carlyle has consistently been named to Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite in Appellate Practice and as a Florida Super Lawyer in Appellate Law by Thomson Reuters. Mr. Carlyle has an extensive background in appellate as well as commercial litigation. Prior to joining The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm, he practiced a wide range of commercial litigation with Holland & Knight, LLP and McLin & Burnsed, P.A. Mr. Carlyle is admitted to practice in Florida state and federal...

Marcia K. Lippincott provides personal appellate representation to individuals, businesses, and governmental entities statewide. She will work with your trial attorney, or alone, to be “Your Appellate Partner.”

She has held the Florida Bar designation “appellate expert” since the 1994 inception of that board certification and has also received Martindale-Hubbell’s elite “Av” rating for excellence in legal ability, conduct, ethics, reliability, and diligence since 1988.

In 2011-2016, 2018-2019 Florida Trend Magazine named Ms. Lippincott one of Florida’s Legal Elite, an honor bestowed on only 2% of Florida attorneys. Florida Trend states attorneys chosen “exemplify a standard of excellence in their profession, and...

Don Fitzgerald practices in the area of commercial and consumer litigation. Don focusses on the rights of consumers who have been subjected to unfair credit reporting, harassment from debt collectors, and foreclosure on their homes. Don aggressively fights for consumers’ rights using the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Florida Consumer Collections Practices Act, Florida Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and other laws that provide relief for beleaguered consumers.
Don attended college at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, an internationally recognized training school for Merchant Marine and Naval Officers, and attended law school at the University of...