Kara Berard Rockenbach |

Bio

Education:

Stetson University, College of Law, J.D., 1994

Stetson University, Honors Program, B.A. in Political Science, 1991

American University, Washington Semester Program, Honors Scholarship Recipient, 1990

Admissions:

The Florida Bar

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

U.S. District Courts, Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida

Memberships:

Palm Beach County Bar Association

Appellate Practice Committee, Past Chair and Current Member

Professionalism Committee, Chair 2009-2010; Co-Chair 2016-2017

The Florida Bar

Appellate Practice Section

Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee, Vice-Chair 2009-2010, Chair 2010-2011

Standing Committee on Professionalism 2013-Member current, Vice Chair 2016-2017, Chair 2017-2018

Judicial Nominating Commission, Fourth District Court of Appeal

Commissioner Appointed by Governor Scott 2014-present

Commissioner Appointed by Governor Bush 2005-2010

Vice-Chair 2007-2008; Chair 2008-2009

Fourth District Court of Appeal Historical Society

Treasurer 2011- present

The Florida Supreme Court Historical Society

Member, Board of Trustees

The Florida Bar Foundation

Fellow

Florida Association of Women Lawyers

Member 1996-present

Governor Crist’s Points of Light Award

Judge 2007-2008

Craig S. Barnard American Inns of Court LIV

Member 2004-2006

Experience:

Kara Berard Rockenbach, a founding partner of Link & Rockenbach, PA, focuses her statewide practice on appellate law and civil matters. Her extensive experience in appellate practice started with a judicial clerkship at the Fourth District Court of Appeal. For the past twenty years, Kara has co-counseled statewide with hundreds of trial counsel preserving and preventing error at the trial level, assisted trial counsel with pretrial motions and charge conferences on jury instructions, and argued post-trial motions in anticipation of a possible appeal. Kara has handled in excess of 300 appeals in all of Florida’s district courts of appeal, as well as the Florida Supreme Court. She has been recognized by Super Lawyers^{^{^®}} as a Top Rated Appellate Lawyer 2015-present, and AV Preeminent Judicial Edition rated by Martindale-Hubbell^{^{^®}}, 2006-present.

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