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Shannon McLin Carlyle scarlyle@appellatelawfirm.com

Shannon McLin Carlyle is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in appellate practice and is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell. She is also a Board Certified Appellate Court Mediator. She is an experienced appellate advocate with an extensive background in state and federal appellate representation. As a former law clerk to the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal, Ms. Carlyle developed a unique perspective as to what appellate courts expect in appellate briefs and pleadings. Ms. Carlyle is admitted to practice in Florida state and federal courts, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Ms. Carlyle earned her Juris Doctorate with honors from Pepperdine University School of Law where she was Associate Editor of the Pepperdine Law Review. She also earned her B.A. in journalism with honors from the University of Central Florida.

Ms. Carlyle has lectured and written on issues important to appellate courts and practitioners. Recent writings include:

• We're Not So Bad After All
• Jurisdiction is Jurisdiction: A Warning to Litigators
• Your Appellate Lawyer: A Lawyer's Guide for Family Lawyers
• Inside the Fifth District Court of Appeal
• Oops: Did we say His Interest in his pension? We meant Her interest in His Pension: The Typo that Changed the Law, The Family Law Commentator (Winter 2004)
• Florida Litigation and Appeals: Appealing the Trial Court's Decision.

Ms. Carlyle is a member of The Florida Bar, and since 1993 has been a Charter Member of the Appellate Practice Section, where she serves on the Executive Council, and is a former section delegate to the Council of Sections. She is the former chairman of the section's Outreach Committee and served on the Fifth District Court of Appeal's Mediation Task Force.

Ms. Carlyle also served as an ad hoc member of The Florida Bar's Appellate Court Rules Committee, and co chaired the Family Law Section's Amicus Committee. She is also a member of the Florida Justice Association, where she currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Women's Caucus, and on the Amicus Curiae Committee, which works with the FJA in drafting and filing amicus briefs on the FJA's behalf. In addition to her state and national bar activities, Ms. Carlyle is a member of the Orange County Bar Association, the Lake County Bar Association, the Marion County Bar Association, the Sumter County Bar Association, and the Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers.

A life-long resident of Lake County, Ms. Carlyle has been active in the community. She has served as Vice President of Habitat for Humanity of Lake County, Inc., as well as on the organization's Board of Directors. She was also a member of Leadership Lake County and served as President of the Class of 2001. She currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The Hans and Cay Jacobsen Foundation, and is on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of First Green Bank (I/O) the first environmentally focused financial institution in the Southeast.