Cotney has extensive appellate experience in both state and federal courts.  Our appellate practice group aids in appealing adverse judgments, defending good judgments on appeal, making and preserving an appropriate record in the event of an appeal, and seeking review of judicial or administrative decisions of critical rulings during a case.  Our attorneys have significant experience handling appeals and significant motion practice. In fact, other attorneys and law firms regularly seek to retain us when a deserving client’s case is jeopardized by a bad ruling.

Our lawyers have dozens of published opinions, a sampling of which are here:

  • City of Oldsmar v. State, 790 So.2d 1042 (Fla. 2001)
  • Randall Mechanical, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, (11th Cir.) 2020 WL 1287750
  • Cloer v. Green Mountain Specialties Corp., (M.D. Fla.) 2018 WL 7287153
  • Spivey Utility Construction Company v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, (M.D. Fla.) 2018 WL 4207997
  • Jody Wilson Constr., Inc., Respondent., 2018 O.S.H. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 33661 (CMPAU Feb. 28, 2018)
  • Knight v. Curry’s Roofing, LLC (M.D. Fla.) 2016 WL 11594795
  • Lima v. CitiMortgage, Inc., 61 So. 3d 1133 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011) (table)
  • Waters v. Amtrust Bank, 64 So. 3d 1267 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011) (table)
  • Estes Express Lines Corp. v. Nieves, 184 So. 3d 527 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015) (table)
  • Burford v. Matheny, 185 So. 3d 1240 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016) (table)
  • Allen v. State Farm, 198 So. 3d 871 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016)
  • Shindorf v. Bell, 207 So. 3d 371 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016)
  • Allen v. State Farm, 209 So. 3d 11 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016)
  • Charles v. Southern Baptist Hosp., 209 So. 3d 1199 (Fla. 2016) (for amicus curiae AARP)
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  • Citizens Prop. Ins. Co. v. Albrecht, 240 So. 3d 662 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017) (table)
  • Olympus Ins. Co. v. Basagic, 241 So. 3d 803 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018) (table)
  • R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. McCabe, 245 So. 3d 684 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018) (table)
  • R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Nally, 253 So. 3d 576 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018) (table)
  • Williams v. CVT, LLC, 295 So. 2d 883 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020)