Steven L Brannock

Steve Brannock is a founding shareholder of Brannock & Humphries, a firm specializing in appeals and trial support.  Brannock & Humphries has twice been named by the Florida Business Edition of Super Lawyers as the top-rated small litigation firm in Florida (firms of two to ten lawyers).  Before founding Brannock & Humphries, Mr. Brannock spent 28 years with Holland & Knight, where he supervised its appellate practice in central Florida.

Mr. Brannock has been an appellate specialist for nearly his entire legal career.  Board Certified in appellate practice by the Florida Bar, his experience includes litigating appellate matters in all five Florida District Courts of Appeal, the Florida Supreme Court, six federal circuit courts of appeal, and the United States Supreme Court.  He has handled hundreds of appeals in virtually every subject area of the law.  He is recognized by numerous “Best Lawyer Lists,” including Best Lawyers in America, Chambers, USA, Florida Trend Legal Elite, and Super Lawyers.  He has been named to the list of 100 top practitioners in Florida by Super Lawyers every year since 2008. He also holds the highest rating obtainable from Martindale-Hubbell (AV preeminent).

Mr. Brannock has been active in the Appellate Section of the Florida Bar, having served as Chair of the Section.  In June 2012, he received the Adkins Award, the Appellate Section’s highest award for contributions to appellate practice in Florida.  He has also served as Chair of the Florida Appellate Rules Committee.  He is a frequent lecturer and writer on the appellate topics and has served as an adjunct professor of the appellate practice at the Stetson University College of Law.

Mr. Brannock earned his J.D., with high honors, in 1980 from the University of Florida College of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.