John Crabtree

John G. Crabtree is a Florida Bar board certified appellate specialist and a member of the American Law Institute. He has argued before all of Florida's state and federal appellate courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States. He works in the areas of appellate practice and class action litigation. In addition to representing parties, he has represented various amici curiae in he appellate courts, and wrote an amicus brief in the landmark age discrimination case Smith v. City of Jackson, presenting a novel textual argument that the Supreme Court used in its decision. By appointment of the president of The Florida Bar, Mr. Crabtree currently serves as Chair of Florida's Appellate Court Rules Committee — the committee responsible for drafting the rules governing Florida's appellate courts. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida appointed him to serve on the Committee on District Court of Appeal Workload and Jurisdiction — one of only four private practitioners appointed to the seventeen-person Committee. His cases have been featured in the national media, including The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and The National Law Journal. Mr. Crabtree has chaired The Florida Bar's 1400-member Appellate Practice Section, chaired the Florida Justice Association's Appellate Practice Section, and served two years as the Editor of the Bar's Florida Appellate Practice Guide. He is the author of The Record on Appeal - Civil Appeals, a chapter in the Florida Appellate Practice treatise published by The Florida Bar. He has lectured and written on a range of appellate topics and served as a consultant and expert witness in the area of appellate practice. Mr. Crabtree has received Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating, and is named in the current editions of Best Lawyers in America, Florida Super Lawyers, and Florida Trend magazine's Legal Elite.