Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that Tampa partner Garrett A. Tozier has been certified as a specialist by The Florida Bar in Appellate Practice. Board Certification is a distinction which only seven percent of eligible Florida Bar members hold.
Appellate Practice is one of the 27 areas of specialty recognized by the Florida Supreme Court for board certification. Board certification helps consumers identify specialists in various areas of law, and is the highest level of evaluation by The Florida Bar of competency and experience within an area of law, professionalism and ethics in practice. To obtain Board Certification, attorneys are required to demonstrate substantial involvement in the area of appellate practice, pass a rigorous written examination, and satisfy an extensive background peer review assessment from appellate lawyers. The standards for specialization in appellate practice require devotion of at least 30% of practice to appellate law in the previous three years, and personally handling at least 25 appellate actions and five appellate oral arguments in the previous five years. Out of the nearly 95,000 active Florida attorneys, Garrett is one of only 209 attorneys to be Board Certified in Appellate Practice.
About Garrett A. Tozier
Garrett A. Tozier is a partner in the Tampa office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he is a member of the Appellate Practice Group. He is Board Certified in Appellate Practice by The Florida Bar. Garrett represents clients in a wide range of appellate and litigation matters involving commercial disputes, business torts, real-property litigation, and class action and insurance defense. He is experienced in appellate advocacy and procedure in state and federal appellate courts, and routinely prepares briefs on merits, on jurisdiction, and for extraordinary writs in original proceedings. Garrett also provides pre-trial and trial support to litigators, assisting in the development of legal arguments and ensuring adequate preservation of issues necessary for appellate review.